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We currently have a team of over 20 writers working around the clock to provide you with the most up-to-date, and informative content possible.

Here's a brief run-down on a few of the people behind the Gameworld Network:

Holt Meyers
Managing Director

GWN had very humble beginnings. It launched officially in February 1998 as PC Gameworld (www.pcgameworld.com) and has grown to be one of the most popular gaming sites on the Internet with over 50,000 visitors daily.

My interest in games began when I got my first computer - it was a Sega with 32KB of memory and no hard disk. It was more like a console game unit than a computer, but I played around with the BASIC programming language, the games were good, and I thought it was overall a pretty cool machine.

Next came an Amiga 500 (the ultimate games machine!). Then a couple of years later I bought a Macintosh (gasp! - let me explain, I used to work in Advertising and everyone else had one...).

Eventually I became resigned to the fact that I would HAVE to get an IBM, and haven't looked back since. I like action games, classic games and flight simulators, and when I'm not at my computer you can find me at the beach, at the gym, or listening to techno.

Gameworld Network reviewers are real gamers, not self-proclaimed "journalists" or "professional writers". Just read their profiles and you will see what I mean!

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Richard Manley
Content Manager

I have been working for Gameworld Industries since 1998 and in that time have helped it grow to become what is undoubtedly one of the most popular video game site networks in the world. These are exciting times we live in, with technology becoming futher entrenched in our day to day lives, and popular games out-performing blockbuster movies on a regular basis. So sit back, relax, and join us for the ride as my team of writers and I bring you the very latest in news, reviews, and opinion from the video game industry, 24/7!

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Adam Urbano
Features Article Writer

Despite a rather varied career, the one constant I've had through the years is gaming. My very first article, an interview for Atari Explorer magazine, was with a developer who only spoke French. This was made even more interesting by the simple fact that I spoke four words of the language, none of which would have been appropriate to say. Before moving on to other publications, I was the proud features editor for all things Atari Jaguar, and to this day I will defend that sad little console and its one good game.

Writing for GWN remains one of the most enjoyable writing experiences of my career, the knowledge and ability of the staff is absolutely top notch. I'm a technology guy with a degree in computer science (and business), a passion for games and writing about them, a love of graphics and web design, a level 60 priest in World of Warcraft and owner of enough self-created and modded technology to power most third world nations. My passion for the video game industry is so strong that for my first job as a game tester I commuted 120 miles each way, every day, including crossing two major Bay Area bridges at rush hour. I should also mention that I play the guitar and ski, which is most likely the only way I snagged my beautiful fiancée, Katie. I have subsequently turned her to our side, and she is now the proud owner of a level 60 warrior in WOW.

I am also the playwright of "Evidence, Alibi and A Fairly Naked Dead Man", and if you are the person that saw it, please call me as I believe you left your hat in the theatre.

Scott R Krol

So, you want to know something about me, eh? I don't know, are you sure you're not with them? Don't look at me like that, you know exactly what I'm talking about. Look at me. Huddled in a dark corner, eyes on every exit. Well, sit down. Pour yourself a drink. What were we talking about? Oh yes, you wanted me to divulge my story. Very well.

I'm a gamer. Board games, role playing games, CCGs, and of course, computer games. Started it all back in the '70s. Those were the days, with Avalon Hill ruling the wargame roost and TSR showing us a brand new way of exploiting our imagination. Computer gaming soon followed. The very first game I played was probably Zork on a friend's Apple. As soon as I discovered how much fun a box full of electronics could provide I knew I had to have one for myself. Forget a Red Ryder bb gun, all I wanted for my Christmas was an Atari 800. Convincing my parents it would be educational was the easy part. Convincing them that playing NATO Commander, Lode Runner, and Star Raiders was educational turned out to be the tough part. From that point on my love affair with computer gaming has never ceased, even though she can be a fickle mistress (Force Commander? Ultima IX?) at times.

What's that? You already know I'm into computer games because this is a computer game site and want to know more about me as a person? I suppose I can oblige. When I'm not playing computer games, or writing about them, I enjoy writing short stories and one day hope to have an epic fantasy novel under my belt. Speaking of novels I tend to read one or two a week, with some of my favorite authors being George R.R. Martin, L.E. Modesitt Jr, the team of Preston and Child, and Michael Slade. I love music and have a large collection, mostly death metal, classical, and opera. I draw, mostly pencil, but occasionally I do pen. I'm big into military history, and I also collect erotic trading cards (much more enjoyable than baseball cards). I have three dogs, and three cats, which can be a handful. I hate traffic (and living in a suburb of Atlanta sure doesn't help), the media, and idiots who blame society's woes on computer gaming.

There, satisfied? Or do you want this to turn into a personal ad? Wait, what's that? At the door... no, surely that's not...it is, isn't it? So, the stars are right! Ia! Ia! Cthuluh Fatghn!

Walter Hurdle

Name a military flight sim and he's flown it. Name a racing sim from Papyrus and he's driven it. Name a tactical military FPS with the name "Tom Clancy" on the box and he's been immersed in it. Since the early days of electronic gaming on Intellivison, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, and Amiga 500, Walter Hurdle has raged through his favorite genres, kicking butt and taking names. Primarily a PC gamer today, sports games on the Xbox being the sole exception, GWN's resident "Superfreak" keeps it real when dissecting games for lucky visitors to the site.

Zack Stromberg

The earliest gaming memory that I have is walking out to the arcade in my parents apartment when I was around three. There was one of those overhead driving games where the car was effectively a T shape and you tried to avoid other Ts falling down the screen. Then we moved. Fortunately shortly thereafter we moved again, next door to a family with Pong.

From that day on I was hooked on gaming. I have played virtually every gaming system since: Atari, Colecovision, Intellivision, Apple II, Nintendo, SEGA Master System...all the way up to modern consoles and PCs. (I might have missed a few more obscure systems like Vectrex). All this gaming throughout my life has created a monster gamer (at least according to my girlfriend, who constantly complains about my attention to gaming, and lack thereof to her). I love, LOVE gaming. I actually have damn near gone broke buying gaming equipment. It's a little sad really......(sigh).

Well inevitably I fell into the world of online game reviews and previews. I hope that my enthusiasm for gaming is reflected in the quality of my writing. I look forward to the road ahead and where it may lead.

Kevin Blanchard

Well, let's see. My name is Kevin Blanchard, and I live in sunny Santa Rosa, CA with my wife and her two cats. I am 26 years old and am currently a slave to my computer day in and day out. I have been gaming in one fashion or another since I was 6 years old. You name it, I have played it. Platforms of every type have fallen under my masterful control, from the quaint likes of the unwieldy Colecovisions and Intellivisions in days of old, to the sleek, sexy, and powerful Xboxes and PS2s of today.

But my one most loyal love affair has been PC gaming. Ever since I got my first 286 so many years ago, and embarked upon the wonder that is PC gaming, I have been ensnared by the PC's indomitable grasp of creativity, performance, and innovation. I have played and enjoyed pretty much every genre of gaming, but tend to focus mainly on FPS and flight and driving sims. These are my joys, my releases, and sometimes my frustrations. It is my pleasure to serve as your conduit to what is fair and foul in the gaming world and I hope to continue in that role for a long time to come.

Adam Shirley

I am the baby of GWN compared to most of the other crusties dominating its vast virtual halls, being still in my late teen years. I was just getting into gaming as things were really starting to look up, my first gaming machine being a monstrous top-spec 233mhz machine with a full 16MB RAM. My first proper retail game was Magic Carpet, the entire game being on one solitary floppy disk. Now my extensive collection is bursting out from my cupboards and overflowing my shelves, as I build it up at a hefty rate.

Something that particularly irks me is the puerile geek branding given to many gamers from cretinous bigots who cannot comprehend the powerful source of entertainment that the PC offers. Being a PC gamer doesn't make you some sort recluse or pariah, some white-faced four-eyed nerd staring at a screen 24/7. Hence, I play football once a week, visit the gym regularly, and make sure I have a genuine social life, as well as a virtual one. Join the fight with me, and let's make PC gaming something to be proud of.

Oh yes, and I meant proper football as well, not that common misnomer used by everyone West of the pond. The sort where you only use your feet, hence the cleverly devised title. And yes, I am British for those less percipient readers.

Christopher T. Means

What's more fun than sitting around with four to twelve of your friends blasting each other to bits, or crushing each others armies in the name of fun? Nothing, that's what. Video games are one of the last bastions of camaraderie where we can gather together and match wits in the spirit of pure fun. That's what games are, pure fun, they really don't serve any other purpose, and I like that.

Since I consider that every game that comes out can learn and borrow from those that came before it, I'm known for having high standards. Video games are an artform. I review them for quality, and if I personally don't like them, then I consider if anyone else would, and if so, who?

Christopher Burkett

I have been a gamer every since I was 2 years old. I'm not kidding either. I started playing on various consoles like the Atari 2600 and Nintendo, and later playing everything from the Super Nintendo to the small tiger/hasbro handheld and a Magnavox Odyssey which I found in a dump in perfect condition, who would throw that away?! Basically if you name a console or game I've played it. My game addiction was thrown into super-geekdom when I suddenly had an urge to memorize the name of every developing company, their games and other fun facts. Later on I got addicted to PC gaming and the amount of freedom that the system allowed. Nearly anyone with a computer and some knowledge could make a game.

My writing career began about 5-7 years ago. A news site for games was starting and I decided to give it a try when they asked me. At the time I had absolutely no idea how to write a half decent article but by reading as much as possible I learned in no time. Since then I have worked for IGN Mac and numerous other websites. Currently I'm writing a novel entitled Ensorcel, writing various pieces for PC Gameworld and creating art. I have a small gallery over at DeviantArt which can be viewed here.

Michael Bordelon

31 May 2005: Sadly, Michael recently passed away while serving his country in Iraq. Our deepest sympathies go out to his wife, his three children, and his family. Michael was one of our longest serving and most valued reviewers and will be missed dearly by all of us. Our thoughts and prayers are with him, and his family. He will be forever remembered by our team, and his wonderful reviews and articles will always remain in our archives.