GI Staff And Reader Interests, Dislikes, And Favorite Games: Issue #209

From now on the Game Informer monthly staff page will be more of a forum where we all come together and talk about what's cool right now. We'll get the ball rolling and would love to hear everyone's current interests, dislikes, and favorite games.

Andy McNamara  Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: PAX, Quakecon, Biking, Penn & Teller BS, Audi, Arcade Fire, Office Redesign Dislikes: Broken Internets!, Post Car Wash Rain Current Favorite Games: Limbo, StarCraft II, World of Warcraft, Dragon Age, Alien Swarm, Singularity

Andrew Reiner Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: The Return of Futurama (FINALLY!), The Expendables & The Other Guys (Hollywood Can Still Make Great Disasters), Secret Plans To Become The World's Greatest Dancer (Using Only Dance Central For Training), The Return Of Ace Combat On Console!, Haribo Smurfen Dislikes: Xbox Live's Summer Of Arcade (Limbo & Castlevania HD Didn't Do It For Me), The Lack Of Consumer Interest In Kinect And Move, Holiday Game Budgeting Woes (I Figure I'll Need $1,200 To Get What I Want. I Currently Have $250 Saved Up.) Current Favorite Games: Call Of Duty: Black Ops, Mafia II, StarCraft II, Alan Wake (Again), Batman: Arkham City, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood

Matt Helgeson Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Fatherhood, Les Savy Fav - Root For Ruin, Thomas Pynchon - Inherent Vice, Cop Out (So This Was Kinda...Brilliant?) Dislikes: Brett Farve's Sexxxy Picture Scandal, The Final Destination (I Can't Believe People Actually Like This Crap), Crying Current Favorite Games: Diaper Changer 2K10, Sleep Deprivation, "Aw Who's The Cutest?", "Why Won't You Sleep?"

Matthew Kato Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Louie, The New Season Of Mad Men, A Single Man, Cyrus, How To Make Love To Adrian Colesberry By Adrian Colesberry Dislikes: My Once-A-Year PS3 Problem, Pre-Season Football, Knowing That There Is No Way In Hell Rockstar’s L.A. Noire Will Come Out This Year Current Favorite Games: BioShock Infinite, Limbo, NHL 11, Madden NFL 11, Dirt 3

Adam Biessener Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Inception, Free Digital Versions Of Awesome Board Games (Race For The Galaxy And San Juan In Particular), Finding New WoW Addons That Change My Life For The Better (Tidyplates Is So Good), Soren Johnson's Blog, Despicable Me Dislikes: The Unrelenting Heat Making Me Sweat Out Of New And Interesting Places, StarCraft II Melting My Video Card (Great Job There, Blizzard), iOS 4 Slowing My iPhone 3G To An Even Slower Crawl (Which I Didn't Think Would Be Possible), Bees Current Favorite Games: StarCraft II, World Of Warcraft, Castlevania: Harmony Of Despair, Limbo, Civilization V

Joe Juba Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: New Mad Men, The Sixth Scott Pilgrim Book, Inception, D&D's New Vision For Dark Sun, In The Lake Of The Woods By Tim O'Brien, The First Season Of Dollhouse, Refusing To Watch Buffy The Vampire Slayer Dislikes: Bicyclists Who Don't Obey Traffic Signs, Owning A Computer That Can't Play StarCraft II, Waiting For The Second Season Of Dollhouse, Ellen Page's Stupid Symbolic Name In Inception (Ariadne? Oh, Please) Current Favorite Games: Valkyria Chronicles II, Limbo, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, Red Dead Redemption, Mass Effect 2 (The DLC Keeps Me Coming Back!), Machinarium, Arkham Horror

Matt Miller Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Scott Pilgrim In Its Various Incarnations, My New Super Deluxe AT-AT, Descent: Journeys In The Dark, D&D’s New Take On The Dark Sun Setting, All You Can Eat Taco Bars Dislikes: Getting Rained Out In The Rollercoaster Line, What Will Now Be The Interminable Wait For StarCraft II: Heart Of The Swarm, Heavy Construction With Drills And Jackhammers Right By My Desk (Maybe The Jackhammers Are An Exaggeration) Current Favorite Games: StarCraft II, Limbo, Dead Space, Hydro Thunder Hurricane, Castlevania: Harmony Of Despair, A Boy And His Blob, Soulcaster

Matt Bertz Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: The Return of the NFL, Mad Men Season Four, Inception, Planning a Trip To Italy, The Pending Return of It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Our Badass Batman: Arkham City Covers, The House of Medici: Its Rise and Fall by Christopher Hibbert Dislikes: Yet Another Favre Retirement Soap Opera (Get Over Yourself You Drama Queen/Interception Machine), The Slow Painful Death of Entourage, The Slow Painful Death of Reasonable Discourse In America, Planning For Three Fantasy Leagues (This Is Starting To Feel Like Work), iPhone OS4 on 3G iPhone (SSLLOOWW) Current Favorite Games: Madden NFL 11, Limbo, Alan Wake, Mafia II, NHL 11

Jeff Cork Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Finally Breaking Down And Getting A Smartphone, Staying Inside, Comic Books, Master Chief, Deleting Avatar From My Smartphone As Quickly As Possible, Watching From The Sidelines As High-Profile Peripherals Crash And/Or Burn, The Passage, Typing The Word "Smartphone" Dislikes: The Social Media Responsibilities That Come With Finally Breaking Down And Getting A Smartphone, This Oppressively Hot Summer, Planning Stuff, Having Stuff I Bought Count Against Me For My Birthday Current Favorite Games: Dead Rising 2, Fallout: New Vegas, Castlevania: Symphony Of The Night

Nick Ahrens Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: The Damage Done, The End Of Scott Pilgrim (It Was Time), Music, Summer Skate, Inception, R/C Cars! Dislikes: The Heat In MPLS, The D90's Awful Video (I Want A 7D), My Current Skateboard Skill (No Good) Current Favorite Games: Batman: Arkham City, Red Dead Redemption, Fruit Ninja, Dirt 3

Ben Reeves Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Word Balloons Podcast, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (Both The Film And Book Six), Axe Cop, Gertie The Dinosaur, Inception Dislikes: Realizing That Castlevania: Harmony of Despair Was A Bit Of A Disappointment, Losing A Week Of My Life To StarCraft II (Why Can’t Time Just Freeze While I’m Playing That Game?), Shakespeare On The Moon – An Extravagance For The Wealthy Elite (Why Can’t They Just Enjoy Theater Like The Rest of Us?), Current Favorite Games: Limbo, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, Red Dead Redemption, 3D Dot Game Heroes, Dragon Age: Origins

Bryan Vore Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour, Inception, Arcade Fire -- The Suburbs, Mates Of State -- Crushes, The Minnesota State Fair, Mad Men, More HD Collections Of Last-Gen Franchises, Real Maple Syrup Dislikes: 95-Degree Days, Dropped AT&T Calls At My House Current Favorite Games: Batman: Arkham City, Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, Limbo, Castlevania:  Harmony Of Despair, Castlevania Puzzle: Encore Of The Night, Professor Layton And The Unwound Future

Meagan Van Burkleo Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: August, Rescue Me, Getting Vinyl Monster Off The Ground (Check Back Soon!), The 2010 Dunny Line, Video Game Minimalism, Planning For TGS, Remembering The Intricacies of Adobe Illustrator, Catching Up On My Backlog Of Comics, Remixes That Don’t Suck, Pandora Radio, Working Out, Purging My Closet Of Clothing That Is Too Big, Getting Props From Jordan Mechner, Marc Silvestri, and Scott Kester (Mad Moxxi Concept Artist) for my SDCC Costumes, Catwoman Joining The Cast of Batman: Arkham City Dislikes: Realizing I’ve “Been Doing It Wrong” For Years, Not Owning This, How Difficult It Is To Sand Away Imperfections In Super Sculpey, Humidity Current Favorite Games: Split/Second, Limbo, Outrun, Lara Croft And The Guardian Of Light

Annette Gonzalez Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Our Latest Batman Cover, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (great movie, great soundtrack), Tokyo Game Show Next Month, Minneapolis Hip-Hop Scene, Insanity Workouts, Finding Healthy Foods I Actually Like Dislikes: Medical Bills, Bills In General, Humidity, Rain, S****y Weather Conditions As A Whole Current Favorite Games: Dead Space, Dance Central, Red Dead Redemption, Scott Pilgrim

Philip Kollar Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: The Other Guys (I Dig Ferrell When He's Doing Goofy Improv-Style Dialogue), Going To Movies To Experience A Couple Blissful Hours Of Air Conditioning, Man Vs. Food (My Roommate Is Baffled That I Can Watch This Show While Eating), The Limousines - Get Sharp, Extra Lives By Tom Bissell, Having A Month Of Minimal New Releases To Dig Into My Gaming Backlog Dislikes: The Inevitable Backlash Great Games Get For Being Overhyped (I'm Looking At You, StarCraft II Haters), NDAs, People Who Complain That We Don't Cover The One Game They Like Every Month, Disliking Things Current Favorite Games: StarCraft II, World of Warcraft, Persona 3 FES, Dragon Age: Origins, Guilty Party

Jeff Marchiafava Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Pretty Batman Covers, Inception, Going On And Actually Enjoying Evening Walks, Going For 100% In Red Dead (Just 10 Bounties Away!), Watching My Sister Freak Out During Zombie Attacks In RE 5’s Co-op Mode Dislikes: Humidity, Falling Asleep During Every Episode Of V: The Original Series (I’m Enjoying The Show But Watching It Is Like Getting Shot With A Bear Tranquilizer), Still Not Having A Chance To Read Our Batman Cover Story, My Brother Forwarding All Of My Mail When He Moved Out, The DMV’s Refusal To Forward Driver’s Licenses, Spending All Morning At The DMV And Post Office Current Favorite Games: Red Dead Redemption, Resident Evil 5, Singularity, Castlevania: Harmony Of Despair

Dan Ryckert Profile E-mail Editor

Interests:  This, Creedence, Neil Young, That Tiny Monkey In Santa Monica With The Cowboy Hat, The Expendables, Looking Forward To Arkham City Dislikes: Rush, Cosplay, Electronic/Techno Music, Arcade Fire, Hipsters Current Favorite Games: StarCraft II, Castlevania: Harmony of Despair, Madden NFL 11, Picross 3D, Professor Layton And The Diabolical Box, Batman: Arkham Asylum

Tim Turi Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: This Song, Colorado Peaches, Deadwood, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, Listening To Super Mario Galaxy 2’s Soundtrack On Long Drives, Inception, Power 90, Scott Pilgrim #6, Ice Cream, John McClane, The Killing Joke, The Sun, Louie, Sonic the Hedgehog Dislikes: The Amount Of Ice Cream Power 90 Allots Me, Hans Gruber, Waiting For Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World And The Expendables, Sweating Like A Salty Waterfall, People Who Laugh At Their Own Dumb Jokes, Paul Blart: Mall Cop; iPhone 4 Shortages, This Video Current Favorite Games: Castlevania: Harmony of Despair, Chrono Trigger DS, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story, Donkey Kong Country, Limbo, Singularity, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World