The Game Informer Staff Page: Issue #206

The Game Informer redesign was not without its casualties. As we looked to find more space in the magazine and expanded our staff starting with our Epic Mickey issue (#199), the popular editor bio page got the axe. After loads of reader email demanding its return, we're bringing editor interests, dislikes, and current favorite games in an easily digestible online format. Enjoy!

Andy McNamara  Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Excited For The Giant Slate Of Announcements Coming To E3, Love The New iPad Just Wish It Supported Flash As The Experience Isn’t What It
Could Be (Though Once Apple Kills Flash, It Should Work As Intended) Dislikes: Planning For Upcoming E3, Comcast Cable TV Still Blows In My Area
(Still No HD Daily Show) Current Favorite Games: Scrabble (iPad), World of Warcraft, Dragon Age: Origins, Chrono Trigger (DS)

Andrew Reiner Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Mad Men (I Figure I'll Watch It Since Most People Say I'm A Modern Day Don Draper), Creating New Elements (If Tony Stark Can Achieve
The Impossible With A Crappy 1970s Model, I Should Be Able To Reach Similar Success With Fruit, Canned Beef, And A Half-Starved Pelican), Co-Op Board
Games (Check Out Arkham Horror) Dislikes: Environment Flybys In Video Games (Do I Really Need To Have The Camera Show Me Where To Go?), Lost (What Once Was My Favorite Show On TV Is Now Turning Into One Of The Worst Shows On TV), Mall Of America's VIP Movie Theater (It Doesn't Have Stadium Seating, The Screen Is Small, And You'll Hear People Order Drinks Through The Entire Film) Current Favorite Games: Lost Planet 2, Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, Red Dead Redemption, Alan Wake

Matt Helgeson Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: The Lies Of Locke Lamora By Scott Lynch, Justified, New York High Society Matron Pizzarina Sbarro, My New House, My New Bike Dislikes: Moving Twice In One Month, Doing Tax Stuff, My Stupid 21-Year-Old Self That Screwed Up My Ankle For Life Getting Drunk In St. Cloud, Minnesota Current Favorite Games: Super Mario Galaxy 2, "What The Hell Is In That Box?", "I'll Sign That And Fax it Back To You", Picross 3D

Matthew Kato Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: A Serious Man, The Informant!, The New Vending Machines That Take Credit Cards, HBO Documentary Broad Street Bullies, The Big Sleep By Raymond Chandler Dislikes: Gamers Who Want Too Much Realism In Video Games (C’Mon, It’s A Game Anyway. Realism Isn’t The Be-All, End-All), Sporting Events With Fan “Whiteouts” Current Favorite Games: Blur, Skate 3, Madden NFL 11, Red Dead Redemption

Adam Biessener Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Bones (Emily Deschanel Has 1000x The Charisma And Acting Chops Of Her Sister), Over-The-Air Syncing To My Phone, Being Able To See My Desk Again, Getting Hyped For E3 Announcements Dislikes: Spending Literally Six Hours Cleaning My Desk, The Weird Hacks Needed To Sync Multiple CalDAV Accounts To iPhone, Still-Spotty Support For 5.1 Sound In PC Games, The New (Ugly) Steam Interface, Joe And Bryan's Oddly Incorrect Assessment Re: The Deschanel Sisters Current Favorite Games: Master of Magic, Master of Orion, Master of Orion II, Civilization IV, Alan Wake, Puzzle Quest

Joe Juba Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: My New Metal Gear Figures, Flight Of The Conchords, The Fact That I Don't Know Exactly Why I Love Deadly Premonition, Burning Through Fables, The Most Awesomest Thing Ever Dislikes: The Whole "Are Games Art?" Debate, My Indecision Regarding The Next TV Series I Should Watch (Deadwood or Rome?), People Who Say "Literally" When They Clearly Mean "Figuratively" Current Favorite Games: Deadly Premonition, Alan Wake, Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth (I Almost Forgot I Owned A PSP)

Matt Miller Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Y: The Last Man, Community’s Paintball Episode, The Virus-Like Growth Of The Netflix Streaming Catalog, Pictures Of Erupting Volcanoes That Look Like The Apocalypse, Neil Gaiman’s Instructions Dislikes: Reality Shows That Survive While Great Scripted TV Gets Cancelled, The Cost Of Car Repairs (How Can One Little Piece Of Metal Cost $500?), Having One’s Wallet Eaten By One’s Dog Current Favorite Games: Limbo, Prince Of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, Alan Wake, Joe Danger, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, Shank

Matt Bertz Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: The National – High Violet, Broken Social Scene – Forgiveness Rock, Montreal Kicking Crosby To The Curb, Treme, My New Globe Vienna 2 Bicycle, Mickey Rourke’s Testosterone Fueled Performance In Rogue Warrior Dislikes: My iPhone 3G’s Sluggish Performance And Weak Sauce Battery Life, Tech Companies Shoving 3D Down Our Throats, The Retarded ePeen Fight Between Apple And Adobe, The Lack Of New Maps And Unlocks For Bad Company 2 Current Favorite Games: Red Dead Redemption, NHL 10, Splinter Cell: Conviction, Alan Wake, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, FIFA 2010 World Cup

Jeff Cork Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: E3, This Guy, These Guys, Rock & Roll Double Chunk Dislikes: E3 Planning, The End Of Lost, Developers Who Hide Their Stories In Non-Gaming Media, The End Of 24 (What A Horrible Way To Go Out) Current Favorite Games: Alan Wake, Dead Rising 2, Red Dead Redemption

Nick Ahrens Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Local Natives, Broken Bells, AXE COP, 8GB Thumb Drives, High-Speed Video, Any And Everything Wireless, My Buddy Daniel Bray's Photography, Paul Stanley's Crowd Banter Dislikes: People Who Don't Use Their Blinkers, Waiting For Red Dead Redemption, Cleaning My Place, Pain Current Favorite Games: Skate 3, Just Cause 2, Splinter Cell: Conviction, Ow My Balls

Ben Reeves Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Casanova by Matt Fraction and Gabriel Ba (Way Better Than A Crappy Health Leger Movie), Marvel’s Siege (Awesome Guys; I’m On Board), New New Belgium Flavors Dislikes: Mountain Dew’s New Flavors (Buying A Twelve Pack Of Each Was A Mistake), Manswers (Stop Yelling At Me), Preparing For E3 (I Just Want To Be Out There Now), Tetenus Shots (The Shot Isn’t That Bad, It’s How Your Arm Feels For The Next Two Days), People Who Feel The Need To Update Their Twitter Status Every Five Minutes Currently Favorite Games: Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, Splinter Cell: Conviction, UFC Undisputed 2010, The Sims 3: Ambitions, Alan Wake, Final Fantasy XIII

Bryan Vore Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Party Down Season 2 (The Whole Series Is On Netflix Streaming So Go Watch It), Local Natives – Gorilla Manor, Skittles Fizzl'd Fruits, Rewatching Drunk History Dislikes:Constant Spring Rain Getting In The Way Of Everything Fun Current Favorite Games: Splinter Cell: Conviction, Picross 3D, Alan Wake, Lost Planet 2

Meagan Van Burkleo Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Pinkberry, Watching 4 Seasons Of 24 In Three Weeks, Code Geass, OceanLab, Realizing It’s Possible To Write And Listen To Music Simultaneously, SpringCon, Having Food In My Refrigerator,  Finally Getting My Hands On Locke & Key, Convincing Friends That Reading Garth Ennis’ Preacher Is An Issue Of Life Or Death, World Domination Dislikes: Rain, Changing The Radio Station To Avoid An Idiotic Song Only To Hear It On The Alternate Channel, Waiting For SDCC, The Frequency That I Catch Myself Talking To My Cat Current Favorite Games: Outrun, Lost Planet 2, Limbo, Borderlands

Annette Gonzalez Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Going To E3 This Year, Running, Working Without An Arm Sling, Warm Weather, Starbucks White Chocolate Mocha Dislikes: Four Days Worth Of Rain, Physical Therapy (Shoulder) Current Favorite Games: Red Dead Redemption, LittleBigPlanet 2, Snoopy Flying Ace, Mass Effect

Philip Kollar Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Tons Of Out-Of-Town Friends Journeying To Minneapolis This Month, CollegeHumor's Video Section, Becoming A Loremaster (And Hopefully Soon A Kingslayer) In World Of Warcraft, Iron Man 2, The E3 Scramble, Playing New Games Before Dan Dislikes: Catching Up On Lost Finally Only To Be Horribly Disappointed, The Three New Mountain Dew Flavors (YUCK), Disappointing DLC For Games I Love (Looking At You Mass Effect 2), Sleeping...Still Current Favorite Games: Beat Hazard, World Of Warcraft, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Alan Wake

Jeff Marchiafava Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Making My Way Through The Entire Run Of 24 – Even The Bad Seasons, Portal Being Free On Steam, The Surprise Announcement Of LittleBigPlanet 2, Getting Ready For E3 Dislikes: Waiting For Red Dead Redemption, The Weird Cold Streak We’ve Been In (It Feels Like Late Fall), Random Video Editing Problems Current Favorite Games: Tecmo Bowl Throwback, LittleBigPlanet, Red Faction: Guerrilla, Super Mario Crossover

Dan Ryckert Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: This, Eastbound & Down Returning, That Fake Yo-Yo Expert Guy, Comments From Ghostpig, Almost Having A Heart Attack During The "One Minute" Episode Of Breaking Bad, The Drinking Spelling Bee, People Getting Hit In The Nuts Dislikes: Rush, Comedy Central's Censorship Of South Park's "201" Episode, Crappy Hipster Music (Animal Collective, Death Cab, Postal Service), Cosplaying, Pink Floyd, Boondock Saints, Anyone Who Has Ever Referred To Pizza As 'Za Current Favorite Games: Super Street Fighter IV, 3D Dot Game Heroes, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Picross 3D, Professor Layton And The Diabolical Box, LittleBigPlanet, Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past, Rising Zan: Samurai Gunman

Tim Turi Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Tim & Eric Awesome Show: Great Job’s Final Show, Avoiding The Flu, Ensiferum, Playing Bad Games While Drinking, Stuffed Crust Pizza, Winning Dentist Check-ups, Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, Powerglove Dislikes: The Nightmare On Elm Street Remake, Running Out Of Peanut Butter, Endless Rain, PC Games Crashing After Tough Boss Fights, Alive, All These Empty Peanut Butter Jars Current Favorite Games: Alan Wake, Dragon Age: Origins, Deadly Premonition, 3D Dot Game Heroes, Pokémon FireRed Version, Mega Man Zero