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True to our humble beginnings, Destructoid is not made up of (only) journalists; we view ourselves as critics. Our site is a curated, unique mix of editorial voices -- hired primarily from our community. This means you'll see different angles on all topics, which makes for some amusing debate. Get to know our cast of characters:
 | Hamza CTZ Aziz Managing Director I'm a shark! I am always available for you: hamza[@]destructoid.com Gtalk: CyberneticTigerZ I am also an Associate Editor and it's my goal to always provide you guys with some sort of ente... If you found pizza on the ground, would you eat it? |
 | Joseph Leray Features Contributor Joseph Leray is a long-time features contributor, reviewer, and (self-styled) editor-at-large for Destructoid. He lives in Nashville with a menageries of pets and a Final Fantasy IX obsession. Ubisoft was right to nix Splinter Cell: Blacklist torture |
 | Aaron Mxy Yost Forums Admin Aaron "Mxy" Yost is an admin for the Dtoid Forums, and hosts/produces the Communitoid podcast with some of the other Dtoid community managers. He also has a dark secret that must never be reveale... Forums, we have them: February 2012 |
 | Dale North Editor-In-Chief I am Destructoid's Editor-In-Chief. I love corgis. I make music. FAIL: This Xbox Live Arcade avatar is NOT a corgi |
 | Conor Elsea Community Monster, US Conor has been working with the community since shortly after PAX East '10, where he drunkenly told an editor he wanted to be "more active, man" over and over. The next day, when reminded of it,... Communitoid 006: The Donk Danger Zone |
 | Jim Sterling Reviews Editor Destructoid reviews editor, responsible for running and maintaining the cutting edge videogame critique that people ignore because all they want to see are the scores at the end. Also a regular f... Ten golden rules of online gaming |
 | Tony Ponce Associate Editor Destructoid associate editor and Mega Man super fanboy. Tony celebrates the lighter side of out hobby by sharing the latest in fan-made art, videos, music, and more. A lover of both retro and Jap... ScrewAttack TOTALLY has the skinny on Xbox 720 |
 | Jayson Napolitano Music Editor Jayson Napolitano is Destructoid's resident Music Editor, specializing in coverage of game music, chiptunes, and more. After driving both friends and family insane by humming his favorite melodie... The Black Box: When chiptunes and piano collide |
 | Jonathan Holmes Site Mascot "Where do dreams end and reality begin? Videogames, I suppose."- Gainax, FLCL Vol. 1 "The beach, the trees, even the clouds in the sky... everything is build from little tiny pieces of stuff. Ju... Three-year-old wants to play Donkey Kong as Pauline |
 | Conrad Zimmerman Director of Video Destructoid's head of video operations. An avid player of tabletop and video games throughout his life, Conrad has a passion for unique design mechanics and is a nut for gaming history. Conrad o... We played Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds on Hangover |
 | Joanna Mueller Mama Forums Also known as Zodiac Eclipse on the forums, Joanna is your friendly neighborhood MOMerator and co-forum admin. She fights spam and trolls with Aaron and helps promote and support the awesomeness ... Finding my true love in Star Wars Galaxies |
 | Jonathan Ross Organizer of Fine Dining Jonathan is one of Destructoid's resident PC gamers, although he plays the occasional console game here and there. You'll often find him playing TF2, Diablo or Torchlight, and, most recently, Wo... Review: Razer Electra Headset |
 | Jordan Devore Managing News Editor Jordan is a founding member of Destructoid, poster of seemingly random cute animal pictures, and tends to be shockingly inoffensive. Drop him a line if you have a pitch, questions related to any... EA to offer free PC game for SimCity players |
 | Chris Carter Associate Editor Chris (Magnalon) has been enjoying Destructoid avidly since 2008. He finally decided to take the next step, make an account, and start blogging in January of 2009. Now, he's staff! ---------... Review: ATV Wild Ride 3D |
 | Elsa I'm 50 years old, I'm female, I'm happily married, I'm retired from the work force... and I spend way too much time gaming. I enjoy long walks on the beach, with a gun, sometimes with my husband... Damsel in Distress.... |
 | Occams electric toothbrush So this is my blog. I collect religious art, taxidermy things and play video games old and new. I've been playing video games for over twenty years and for better or worse have begun to develop ... Occam Thoughts: Gaming Moments of 2012 |
 | PhilKenSebben I am 31 and have saggy balls. I'm getting old and I probably hate you. I enjoy watching the weather channel and complaining about grass. I'm raising two kids, working, dealing with life and just ... Contest Time - BIT.TRIP Presents... Runner 2 (Steam) |
 | Mr Andy Dixon US Community Manager Andy is Destructoid's US Community Manager. He moderates the Cblogs and Forums, hosts Friday Night Fights and other community playdates, and promotes well-written user blogs to the front page. ... Artists Wanted: 'Winter' recap and your next topic! |
 | Max Scoville Video Dreamboat My name is Max Scoville and I host on Revision3. You are more than welcome to follow me on and I have a of some weird pictures I drew. Here's an embarrassing picture of me from high school: Deadpool, Dead Space & Dead Tired Of SimCity's BS |
 | Spencer Hayes Community Manager/ Video Personality Nobody really knows what Spencer does. Technically some sort of Community Manager Spencer has also been known to stand in front of cameras and talk to people. Additionally, he's a hot hunk o' man... Team Fortress 2sdays: Guitar Solo Edition |
 | Tara Long Queen of Video Things I like bunnies. The DTOID Show is going LIVE today for our 420th episode! |
 | Beccy Caine European Community Manager Beccy is the EU Community Manager and has the funny accent to prove it. Her role is to "maintain the European presence on the site", which primarily involves refusing to cater to American spel... PAX 2012 [picspam] |
 | Allistair Pinsof Features Editor His name is Allistair. He lives in Austin. If he is ever in your city, please come visit him in his minivan. He has have many fresh diapers. No worries! Review: The Banner Saga: Factions |
 | Rick "KingFoom" Olson Dtoid.TV Producer Live channel manager and content producer for Dtoid.Tv. Broadcasting Mash Tactics LIVE M-F at 7pm EST @ http://www.twitch.tv/destructoid Live show: Star Trek Online |
 | Abel Girmay Contributor Born and raised in Oakland, CA. Avid fan of FPS, RPGs, and Little Caesars Pizza. Seriously...they're only 5 dollars. The Daily Hotness: Hey guys, I think we broke it |
 | Alasdair Duncan PC Contributor Alasdair Duncan is that bearded, bespectacled Scotsman that covers PC gaming that is not Fraser Brown. A long time Destructoid community member and forum moderator, he covers adventure, puzzle, F... Weekend PC deals: Max Payne 3, Killing Floor, Sonic |
 | Alessandro Fillari Contributor is a contributor for Destructoid . A San Francisco native, he's an admirer of the city's diverse culture and lifestyle. Prior to joining the staff, he was a contributor and an editor for his coll... Producer Ryozo Tsujimoto talks Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate |
 | Alex Bout PC Contributor Hi! I'm Alex, and I'm on the PC and Hardware teams here at Destructoid. While I've been playing games since I was a kid, I admit that I haven't really gotten into the gaming community until very... Review: ROCCAT Isku FX |
 | Audun Sorlie Contributor A Norwegian journalist and published author, specializing in video game music and salami. Having lived in Brazil, United States, and Europe, he has been featured in many magazines around the worl... Game Boy never sounded better than with this Spanish gold |
 | Bob Muir Contributor Bob has been hanging around ModernMethod for years and and somehow writes almost everywhere, including Japanator and Flixist. He was once lit on fire, but it's not as cool as you'd think. I reme... Review: One Piece: Pirate Warriors |
 | Brett Makedonski Contributor Brett is a writer who currently resides in Colorado Springs. When he's not writing, he's probably thinking "Damnit, I should really write something!" Aliens: Colonial Marines update rolls out for Xbox 360 |
 | Brett Zeidler Contributor Dtoid's resident baby, Super Contributor, and Engineering QA. Brett Zeidler of the Internet is also a musician, co-host of Weekend Escape on Dtoid.TV, panda aficionado, and CS student. Buttz. OUYA now accepting game submissions for its store |
 | Caitlin Cooke Contributor Dtoid's sporadic review, preview and features writer. Co-host of Weekend Escape with Brett Zeidler on dtoid.tv, 12pm PST on Sat. "Without the looming consequence of death, is this even science?" Games to play with your boyfriend on Valentine's Day |
 | Casey Baker Contributor Casey Baker is passionate about all things video game, and has been this way since very young. His earliest memories involve trying to get E.T. out of a hole. Casey plays nearly all genres of g... Preview: The four major gameplay tweaks in GRID 2 |
 | Daniel Starkey PC Contributor Some say he never sleeps and eats only gourmet amaretto cupcakes. Others claim he's a hyperactive optimist. To citizens of the Destructoid empire, though, he's Captain Starkey, Intergalactic Game... Review: Mass Effect 3 Citadel |
 | Darren Nakamura Contributor Darren is a scientist and an educator by day, and a writer and reviewer by night. He takes care of the Daily Hotness on Fridays. While he enjoys shooters, RPGs, platformers, strategy, and rhyth... Harvest Moon: Gritty Reboot goes back to nature |
 | Elliot Gay Contributor Elliot Gay lives in Japan and spends most of his time writing about Japanese pop culture for Japanator.com. He can also be found writing about men in suits on occasion as well. Monster Hunter 4 is a fast and ferocious beast |
 | Fraser Brown Contributor Got a splinter stuck in his hand nineteen years ago and just left it in there. True story. He lives with this thorny burden in Edinburgh, Scotland, drinking a lot of whisky and playing a lot of... Review: Richard & Alice |
 | Hamish Todd Contributor Hamish Todd is a journalist and game designer currently working on "Music of the Spheres", a puzzle game about bouncing bullets, Islamic art, and sound. The trailer and website for Music of the S... Untold riches: The brilliance of Half-Life's barnacles |
 | Harry Monogenis Contributor 'Wheels of Fury' add-on for Sleeping Dogs out now |
 | Hiroko Yamamura Contributor I am Hiroko, yes I am a ninja Viz gets more anime onto your XBox 360 |
 | Ian Bonds Contributor Ian is Dtoid's resident review monkey. If there is a game no one else wants to review, it usually goes to Ian. As a reviewer, Ian has been writing for close to ten years for various sites, starti... Review: Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds |
 | Jason Cabral Contributor Destructoid News Contributor, 2D/3D artist and all around art nerd. Avid retro game and promotional items collector, and frequent practitioner of Wing Chun Kung Fu. Disclosure: I have worked on ... New Hori keyboard is both metal and gosh-darn cute |
 | Josh Tolentino Random Asian Contributor When he's not posting about obscure Japanese games, Josh helps run Destructoid's Japanophile sister site, Japanator.com. Go there for the best in anime, manga, and cool news from Glorious Nippon. Sega takes to Facebook to ask you to support Miku for PS3 |
 | Joshua Derocher PC Contributor Josh is a PC gamer. He can usually be found flying around in EVE Online. He's been known to enjoy playing role-playing games like Dragon Age: Origins, Skyrim, and Planescape Torment. He started ... Review: SimCity |
 | Keith Swiader Contributor Although Keith considers himself 'Destructoid's Man on the Streets of New York City,' it's actually a lie, as he lives closer to Long Island than anything. Xbox 360 spring bundle shipping in US today |
 | Kyle MacGregor Contributor Kyle is Destructoid's resident raccoon ecologist. PS3 shoot-'em-up Mamoru-kun might be coming west |
 | Matthew Razak Contributor Monday reviews aren't on Monday. It's old school, trust me. OK, so I've been and editor for a while now. I probably should fill this part in a bit more fully. I've been here a while. In most a... Review: Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask |
 | Patrick Hancock PC Contributor Watching and playing competitive games like Dota and StarCraft take up most of his time. His three favorite non-video game things in the world are space, dinosaurs, and puppets. So if there we... Natural Selection 2 devs lose $30k to fraudulent keys |
 | Raz Rauf Contributor Raz Rauf hails from London, England. He is a child of the 80s, a teenager of the 90s, and apparently an adult of the current millennia, or at least that's what people tell him. He's been into vi... Prepare for zombie war in Zombie Tycoon 2 |
 | Stephen Beirne Contributor There once was a man from an island Who preferred his spare time to be silent. He liked Final Fantasy XIII, Epistemology, And when gamers got mad he got violent. Another study shows that gaming has a sexist problem |
 | Sterling Aiayla Lyons PC Contributor Sterling Lyons, better known in some circles as "Aiayla", is an avid videogame player of all genres. From Genesis, to Playstation, to PC, Aiayla does it all. League of Legends, and other PC and M... Trends of this Generation: The PC-ification of consoles |
 | Steven Hansen Contributor Steven watches anime & sports, buys meat out of trucks, dates a Muppet, and is only good at cooking. He stands before you bereft of solace and well on the road to perdition. (´^ω^) You should feel bad, but games don't want you to |
 | Storm Dain Video Ninja Uh...never mind. Here is my YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/StormDainProductions Storm's Adventure with Minecraft |
 | Taylor Stein Contributor Taylor is an avid gamer, sushi lover, and overall nerd. After founding two gaming-related sites of her own, she went on to intern with G4, and can now be found across the interwebs writing about ... Ten psychedelic freakouts and hallucinations in games |
 | Tom Fronczak Tom Fronczak is a Founding Editor for both Destructoid and Flixist. Fronz has attended industry events such as CES and E3, but with a degree in 3D graphics he’s pursuing a career in game design a... Game Debate to the Death! Most loyal game company? |
 | Victoria Medina Contributor I've always been terrible with talking about myself, I want to be witty and give you something fun to read, but I never know quite how to say the things I want to say. At least about myself. I ... Review: Tt eSPORTS Level 10 M Gaming Mouse |
 | Vito Gesualdi Contributor Destructoid feature contributor and bearer of a supremely weird last name (pronounced JIZZ-wall-dee). An active standup comedian in Los Angeles, Vito's sardonic brand of humor shines through whet... Winning the console wars: Sony's not-so-secret weapon |
 | Niero Gonzalez Founder & Publisher Hi, I started Destructoid. Ever heard of it? Destructoid used to be my tiny personal blog on the web, and now it's grown into this crazy monstrosity of a gaming community. Needless to say, I... Half of Destructoid's readers block our ads. Now what? |
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