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John "Warrior" Keefer
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Years in the Industry: 5
Favorite Platform: PC
Favorite Genres: RTS, RPG
What Keeps Him Going: Pepsi and Sugar
D&D; Alter Ego: Human Paladin (Level 60)
Most Recent Links: The Story Behind Supreme Commander; Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle-earth review
Warrior is the slave driver behind the schedule, big features and event coverage on GameSpy. He is lord overseer of the PC and Console editors and works hard to not only ensure editorial quality, but editorial integrity. He was a writer and editor in the newspaper business for 17 years in his former life.
Dave "Fargo" Kosak
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Years in the Industry: 7
Favorite Platform: PC, Xbox
Favorite Genres: FPS, Roleplaying, Strategy
Passion: Sniping: The delicious, dirty joy
Drives: A 2003 Mini Cooper S / 1974 Volkswagen Thing
Eats: Steak. Smothered in seasoning
Watches: Buffy and Angel DVDs
Links: Supreme Commander Preview; Will Wright Presents Spore; Sims 2 Review; Retrospective: id Software; GameSpy Grudge; The Gaming Gourmet; PlanetFargo; Flintlocke's Guide to Azeroth; The Daily Victim
Fargo is one of the founding fathers of GameSpy, starting in 1996 when he helped company founder Mark "The Freshmaker" Surfas launch PlanetQuake. He left a job in the advertising industry because he couldn't stand saying good things about games he didn't like, and he's been a full-time writer and creative lead in the gaming industry ever since. Fueling the big move was a passion for online gaming and everything that the Internet brings to games: player interaction, multiplayer gaming, game modifications, tournaments, downloads... he gets all breathy whenever he talks about it, which, frankly, is disturbing. Fargo writes the longest-running column on GameSpy, a weekly humor column called PlanetFargo. He also publishes a daily World of Warcraft comic: Flintlocke's Guide to Azeroth.
Sal "Sluggo" Accardo
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Years in the Industry: 5
Hails From: Brooklyn, NYC
Favorite Platform: PC
Favorite Genres: Action, Sports
Favorite Bands: Our Lady Peace, Del Amitri
Often Found: Playing CTF, defending the flag
Links: DOOM3: The Very First Look, Halo (Xbox) review , Battlefield 1942 (PC) review, Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (PC) review, No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way (PC) review
Originally from Brooklyn, NYC, Sluggo packed his bags in 1999 and drove cross-country to the sunny shores of southern California, where he's been involved with GameSpy.com since its launch in October 1999. Originally starting out covering mods for Quake 2 and Half-Life, Sluggo is GameSpy's resident "Man of Action," and heads up all of the site's PC game coverage. In 2002, he had the first full preview of DOOM3, and this year has written stories on Half-Life 2, Halo 2, as well as the world exclusive preview of Halo PC. Outside of videogames, Sluggo spent several years as a professional musician, and can often be found listening to something on his sweet Nomad Jukebox 3.
Bryn "hardcore_pawn" Williams
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Years in the Industry: More than 6 less than 7
Favorite Platform: GameCube / Game Boy Advance
Favorite Genres: Fighters, Racers, 3D Action, Adventure.
Best Cat Owned: Jack the one-eyed cat
Best Thing Owned: Sony 34XBR800 HDTV
Links: The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Walker ; Wario Ware, Inc.: Mega Microgame$; Game Boy Advance SP; Hunter: The Reckoning - Redeemer; Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell; Game Boy Player (Import).
Bryn hails from Manchester, England -- and he's proud of it. So proud, in fact, that he lives in sunny California with his wife and two cats -- and Ben (there's nothing weird going on, I can assure you.) He lives for Nintendo-related gaming but is also not adverse to kicking back with Xbox or PlayStation 2 on occasion. Having worked on various print and online publications in the past, GameSpy and its lovely green hue now rates no.1 in his book.
Allen "Delsyn" Rausch
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Years in the Industry: 8
Favorite Platform: PC, PS2, Atari 2600
Favorite Genres: Strategy, RPGs, Anything "thinky"
Favorite Sweet Things: Atomic Fireballs, Coca-Cola, Catherine Bell
Most precious possessions: His kids, Lily and David
Links: Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb ; Galactic Civilizations; Freelancer; Praetorians; Silent Hill 2; Survivor Ultimate; The Matrix Online; EVE Online: The Second Genesis; Heroes of Might & Magic IV: Winds of War.
Allen originally comes from Long Island, New York, the birthplace of suburban sprawl and home of really big Bon Jovi style hair. He's been knocking about the gaming industry in various capacities for many years including stints as marketing manager for two major gaming publishers. In the past, he's contributed reviews, articles and features to major gaming publications and Web sites and his first fiction novella "Dia de Los Muertos" was recently published by White Wolf. He loves his job here at GameSpy, although if he has to play one more game of Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure, he won't be held responsible for his actions.
Will Tuttle
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Years in the Industry: 5
Favorite Platforms: Xbox, NES, PlayStation, and Commodore 64
Favorite Genres: Sports, FPSs, action, platformers, and RPGs
Fave Arcade Game: Ms. Pac-Man (the fast version!)
Names Used in RPGs: Robert Neville, Big Perm, MeowMix
Xbox Live Gamertag: Just ask me, we'll play!
Links: Battlefield 2: Modern Combat; Tomb Raider: Legend; Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter; The Future of the Xbox 360; The Top 25 Xbox Games of All-Time
Growing up in rural New Hampshire, Will had to endure his fair share of freezing winters and hot, humid summers. From these two hellish extremes, a lifelong love of video games arose. The passion grew while spending his formative years with the Atari 2600, flourished during the heady Commodore 64 and NES days, and finally bloomed with the release of Sony's original PlayStation. After playing this groundbreaking system, Will knew that it was his destiny to make his name in the game industry. He packed up his car, hit the road, and ended up in San Francisco, where he's been living for the last 8 years. After what seems like millions of written words later, Will stands before you as a man who wants nothing more than to give the readers (AKA you) what they want.
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