Mario J. Lucero

June 8, 1988 from Albuquerque, New Mexico

🤠 Bio

A designer and writer that has worked on for numerous professional institutions and publications, he is also a computer scientist, a director and actor, as well as a country, New Mexico, and electronic musician. He is the cofounder and lead artist of Heaven Sent Gaming. Alongside his wife Isabel Ruiz Lucero, they are responsible for the co-creation of the vast majority of the publications and the fictional universe that ties it together.

List of works by Mario J. Lucero

Bibliography

aywv (2009, hiatus); editor, journalist, writer
HSV Bible (2006, hiatus); editor, theologian
Craft (2011, ongoing); co-creator, writer
Iron (2011, ongoing); creator, writer
Many: The Blog of a Space Probe (2011, ongoing); creator, writer
New Mexico Cultural Encyclopedia & Lexicon (2016, hiatus); editor, historian, journalist, writer
Reverie: The First 5 Years… And Then Some (2022); author
New Mexican English Dictionary (2022); author
Issue #0 (2022); author

Journalism

“Music Streaming Services Mishandle Our Data-and Our Culture Is Paying for It.” Quartz, formerly owned by Atlantic Media and Uzabase now owned by G/O Media. January 3, 2020.
“Mixing Food Cultures: Japan, Mexico and Southwest US.” Tokyo Weekender, owned by ENGAWA. March 4, 2022.

Photography

“The 10 Best Songs of New Mexico Music, America’s Forgotten Folk Genre” by Gustavo Arellano. Latino USA, by Futuro Media. November 8, 2017.
“Al Hurricane, Godfather of New Mexico music, dies” by Russell Contreras. Associated Press, in syndication with ABC Amarillo, CBS Austin, Fox Baltimore, NBC Las Vegas, and others. October 23, 2017.

Comicography

Reverie (2010); co-creator, writer
Karis (2011); writer
Thad’s World Destruction: Before Destruction (2011); co-creator, writer
BladeChick (2012, ongoing); co-creator, writer
Mouton (2012, ongoing); co-creator, writer
Jinn (2013, hiatus); co-creator, writer
Vic & Vic (2013, hiatus); co-creator, writer
Koki’o Shade and Monkey (2013, ongoing); co-creator, writer
‘Verse Way (2014, hiatus); co-creator, writer

Discography

All We Are by Life Never Lost (2008); masterer
“Intro, Yo” (2009); musician, mixer, masterer
HSGpodcast (2012); co-host, mixer, masterer
a Heaven Sent Gaming broadcast (2016, ongoing); co-host, mixer, masterer
LE37 albums (2018); musician, mixer, masterer

Filmography

Mario’s vlog (2011); actor, director, editor
Bible Reading (2011); actor, director, editor
RP (2022); various character voices
HSGplays (2011-2012); actor, director, editor
سفر در جاده ۶۶ on BBC Persian (2016); guest
“Local couple celebrates 1 decade of ‘Heaven Sent Gaming'” by Aaron Drawhorn on KRQE 13 (2016); guest
RP (2023); various character voices
Boba Cocoa (2023); various character voices

Gameography

Balance (2007); designer
BitDonate (2011); designer, programmer

Uncredited and Undated

Neither Heaven Sent Gaming nor Mario J. Lucero condone modifying or manipulating video game hardware in a manner contradicting the terms-of-service of said products.

Numerous anonymous creations and contributions to various home-brew video game and software applications on various platforms.
Contributions to several large video game emulation projects.
Minor contributions to Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency open-source projects.

Mario J. Lucero in the press

Mario is also a journalist, see his bibliography above.

“Local couple celebrates 1 decade of Heaven Sent Gaming” by Aaron Drawhorn. KRQE, owned by Nexstar Media Group, and an affiliate of CBS and Fox. 14 Oct. 2016.
“Heaven Sent Gaming combines couple’s talents for words, images” by Elaine Briseño. Albuquerque Journal. 12 Aug. 2017.
“Heaven Sent Gaming Picks Up Global Fans” by Alita Byrd. Spectrum Magazine, independent Seventh-Day Adventist publication. 11 Oct. 2017.
“ANALYSIS: Why charts are not the best yardsticks for judging artistic quality” by Idoko Salihu. Premium Times, independent publication owned by Dapo Olorunyomi. 16 Apr. 2020.
“A Clear Cookie Jar: Discussing the Increased Autonomy of Our Digital Privacy” by Olivia Done and edited by Rachael Bradshaw. Digital Tattoo, a publication of the The University of British Columbia. Jun 15, 2021.
“Negotiating Artistic Representation in the Era of #Worldmusic: Trends, Challenges, Authenticity, and the Artist’s Perspective” by Eric Leonel Cureño. Arizona State University, thesis. Nov, 2021.
“A Formula for Music Similarity: Utilising music-theoretical approaches in audible perceptions of harmonic similarity” by Anna Louise Selway. University of Southampton, doctoral thesis. 2021.