Bio Note: Mark Silcox received his PhD in Philosophy from The Ohio State University in 2002. He is presently Professor and Department Chair of Humanities and Philosophy at the University of Central Oklahoma. His books include Philosophy through Video Games (with Jon Cogburn), Experience Machines: The Philosophy of Virtual Worlds, and A Defense of Simulated Experience: New Noble Lies. He has also published a science fiction novel and over thirty short stories.

Affiliation: University of Central Oklahoma, USA