Dr. Kenneth (Rico) Norwood (They/Them) is an American video game researcher, content producer, and part-time lecturer at Tales and the University of Europe for Applied Sciences. They currently reside between Berlin and London. Originally from Houston, Texas, they earned their undergraduate degree in Mass Communications from Xavier University of Louisiana in 2013. That same year, after receiving their B.A., they relocated to Brooklyn, New York, to pursue an M.A. in Media Studies at Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus, which they completed in 2017. Their primary academic focus is the role of Black Queer Art and its disruption of historical narratives through film and video games. They have written extensively on Black video game and film studies as well as Quare theory, with their work featured in publications such as TechRadar, Wired Magazine, The Metro, PinkNews, and other outlets.