Know Me

San Francisco Bay Area native.

Authentic, Charismatic, Creative, Unstoppable.

I enjoy creative writing, song writing, playing guitar/keyboard,

open-water swimming, hot-tubbing, cinema and hosting movies, moto-riding, collectables, working out.

Games genres I enjoy: 1v1 competitive Fighting games, and MetroidVanias

Deeply passionate about creative arts, entertainment, and intellectual property, with a special focus on cinema and games.

I actively support independent film makers, cinema, local artists and musicians.

Background

Although the majority of my career has been in Video Games; my entire youth we steeped in Music, Music Production and Theater…

Son of a celebrated recording engineer artist, Gary Dominguez, who toured or recorded with the likes of Dolly Parton, Paul McCartney, Roy Orbison, Keith Valor, Chet Atkins. Gary was manager at historic Coast Recorders working with voice talents and bands including; Faith No More, and The Lloyds

(1980-1989)

  • As a youth I probably spent close to 1000 hours in the studio as my father was recording/producing

  • Served with the Boy Scouts of America; achieved the rank of Eagle Scout

  • Music studies; Keyboard (3yr) / Trumpet (4yr)

(1989 - 1999)

  • Assistant Director MSJH Theater/Drama Production: A Street Car Named Desire

  • MSJH Graduating Class of 1993

  • Attended Ohlone Jr. College (1995) studying Art Foundation and TV Production

  • Attended The Academy Of Art University in San Francisco (1996-1999)

    • Motion Pictures and Digital Art foundation

(1995 - 1999)

  • Worked at game companies: Psygnosis, SEGA of America, Konami of America

    • Member of the SEGA Dreamcast Launch Team (1999)

  • Co-Founder of The Fivehundereds (1997-2000) RAB motorcycle/car/social club

  • Former Tattoo Artist (1998-2002) (apprenticeship at Sacred Rose Tattoo shop)

(2001 - 2006)

  • Worked at game companies: THQ and Legacy Interactive

    • The Punisher / WWE

  • Level Designer and Writer at 7 Studios

    • The Sopranos: Road to Respect

  • Referee for local all-female wrestling group The Lucha Locas

  • Studied Brazilian Jiujitsu with Machado

(2006 - 2011)

  • Level Designer and contributing Writer at LucasArts

    • Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings / Star Wars: The Force Unleashed / TFU2 / Ultimate Sith / Lucidity

  • Level Designer at Crystal Dynamics

    • Tomb Raider

  • Studied movie structure, screenplay writing and movie analysis under acclaimed writer

  • Member of the WGAW / Writers Guild of America, West (Video Game Caucus) (2009-2022)

  • Received a Nomination from the WGAW for Video Game Writing Achievement / Star Wars TFU2

(2011 - 2021)

  • Game Designer at TinyCo. and Zynga

    • Words With Friends / Running with Friends / Scramble / MafiaWars2 / Frontierville

  • Game Design Director and contributing Creative Writing at Fifth Journey

    • RoboCop Delta City / Pacific Rim Breach Wars / Run from Dusk Till Dawn / Hartland (and more)

  • Self taught Guitarist

  • Open-water swimmer with the China Beach Swim Pod (2014-present)

  • Established Rogue Theory Studio (2018) my independent development studio

  • Learned UNREAL Engine via Udemy online courses

  • Level Designer at Ascension Studios

    • Immortals of Aveum

(2021 - Present)

  • Sperasoft (a Keywords company)

  • Principal Game Designer, Subject Matter Expert, Narrative Director, Conceptual Director Games and Concept Designs and IP include:

    • The Unholy League, Game of Thrones, The Thing, John Wick (and more)

  • Founder of Alibi-Entertainment LLC, an Independent Entertainment Development Company. (2023)

  • Director of Entertainment Development & Creative Writer (2023-present)

    • Currently working on several creative writing projects

    • (concepts, screenplays, and graphic novel collaboration)