Jon-Paul Dyson has been with the Strong National Museum of Play since 1998, where he is vice president for exhibits and director of the International Center for the History of Electronic Games (ICHEG), which cares for more than sixty thousand video games and related artifacts as well as hundreds of thousands of archival materials from important individuals and companies in the games industry. The Strong is also home to the World Video Game Hall of Fame. Dyson holds a BA in history from Oberlin College and a PhD in American intellectual and cultural history from the University at Buffalo.