Rawson Stovall
Bio
Starting at age 10, Rawson Stovall was the first regular reviewer of video games with his nationally-syndicated newspaper column, “The Vid Kid,” from 1982-1992. During that era he appeared on numerous television shows including The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, Good Morning America, the CBS Morning News, and That’s Incredible! Articles about him appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and USA Today. His 1984 book, “The Vid Kid’s Book of Home Video Games” was published by Doubleday. Rawson was also the host of the event where Nintendo introduced the Nintendo Entertainment System.
Since 1994 he has been an award-winning, multi-platinum-selling producer and designer with stops at EA, Activision, Sony, MGM, and Concrete Software. He has worked with brands such as The Sims, Pitfall, The Godfather, Medal of Honor, James Bond, PGA TOUR Golf, NHL Hockey, and the National Hot Rod Association.
Participating Sessions
- How I Use Notion to Run my Publishing Company
- Escape the Screenshot Graveyard: Using Notion AI to turn notes, memos & screenshots into action, content, and next steps
- Writing the Video Game Narrative
- The Future of Energy and the 30X Problem
- 📡🕸️ Preppers & Comrades Unite: Building a Decentralized Mesh Network for Resilient Communication
- MN Indie Gamedev Microtalks 2026
- Don’t Blame the User—Fix the Design: The UX of Streets and Cities
- Gopher Supercomputing: Past, Present, and Future
- Cannabis! Building a cultivation, R&D, manufacturing and dispensary business in the Twin Cities.
- UNLOCKING PRODUCTIVITY: THE POWER OF AI TOOLS IN THE WORKPLACE V4
- A weather station, plant monitors, buttons, and other smart home fun
- Design - AI Agents + Skills in Figma
- 50 Years of Consoles, Computers, and Handhelds: The Convergence of the Steam Deck
- Growing Up "Vid Kid"
- Lessons learned building LAIC: Life Time’s AI Concierge
- Business Partners and Co-Founders: The Good, the Bad, the Weird
- Shadow AI! Innovation Without Oversight
- 🤖 AI LIGHTNING TALKS ⚡
- JUMP! A regular person’s guide to introducing AI at work and in real life.
- Elixir: Creating an AI Agent for our Clash Royale Clan
- Leverage Your Experience: How to Land Your First Advisory Role
- What tech lessons should we learn from the ICE invasion?
- The Minnesota First Check Playbook: How Early-Stage Capital Really Flows
- Speed Networking #1 [Networking Lounge]
- Medtech & Med Device Meetup [Networking Lounge]