GI Staff And Reader Interests, Dislikes, And Favorite Games: Issue #217

The Game Informer monthly staff page is 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: Game Of Thrones (HBO Don’t Screw This Up), Cycling, The Joy Formidable (I Like To Call Them Silversun Pickups 2.0 And Smashing Pumkins 3.0), Rival Schools (The Band, Check Them Out), iPad 2, Old Man’s War By John Scalzi, A Dance Of Dragons Releases July 17 (I’m Going To Take The Day Off) Dislikes: The A--holes Who Stole Bikes Out Of My Garage (Seriously, These People Should Be Shot – The Driveway Has Been Electrified To Deter Future Dbags), Bugs On The Site That Make Me Crazy, Apple’s Super Annoying OS Naming Conventions (Is Tiger Better Than Snow Leopard Or Is Liger The Best? Perhaps They Will Release A Snow Beaver In The Future), The NFL Labor Dispute Is Just Annoying Current Favorite Games: Portal 2, Dragon Age II, World of Warcraft, Rift

Andrew Reiner Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: 3DS' Social Options (Who Wants To Help Me Fight Ghosts?), Recording This Summer's Super Replays, Playing Through All Of The Classic Sonic The Hedgehog Games Again, HBO's Excellent Game Of Thrones Series, LEGO Minifigures Series 4 Dislikes: Getting A New Puzzle Piece In 3DS' StreetPass And Realizing This Event Was The Highlight Of My Day, People Who Watch Game Of Thrones Before Reading The Book, Listening To Coworkers Complain About The NFL Lockout Current Favorite Games: Mortal Kombat, Duke Nukem Forever, Portal 2, Tail Of The Sun, LA Noire

Matt Helgeson Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Game of Thrones On HBO (First Episode Was Amazing), National Record Store Day, Curren$y & The Alchemist – Cover Coup, Anticipating Reading The Pale King By David Foster Wallace, Biking Dislikes: The Worst Year Of Minnesota Weather In Memory, How Hard It Is To Find Cool Games For Android, The NFL Lockout Current Favorite Games: Bulletstorm, Fight Night Champion, Angry Birds, Choice Of The Dragon, Pinball FX2

Matthew Kato Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Joshua Tree National Park, Palm Springs’ Mid-Century Modern Aesthetic, Finding Two Good Local Bands At Once: Jeremy Messersmith & Peter Wolf Crier, HBO’s Game Of Thrones Show, Larabars Dislikes: Royalty, That I’m A Mouthbreather (I’m Working On Fixing It), At Least 10 Years More Of The NHL On Versus Favorite Current Favorite Games: Portal 2, NCAA Football 12, Madden NFL 12

Adam Biessener Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: The Return Of Baseball, Summer Haircuts (Courtesy Of My Clipper), Game Of Thrones On HBO, Discworld Novels, Black Swan, Archer, Minecraft Servers That Aren't Unplayably Laggy Dislikes: The Twins Being Godawful Terrible At Everything About And/Or Tangentially Related To Baseball, DLC Price Gouging, People Who Bomb User Reviews Of A Product Because Of A Ridiculous Entitlement Complex Current Favorite Games: Portal 2, King's Bounty: Crossworlds, Minecraft, Final Fantasy Tactics: War Of The Lions, Anomaly: Warzone Earth

Joe Juba Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: The Mountain Goats' All Eternals Deck, Phantom Of The Floppera, Re-reading The Name Of The Wind, The Unsullied Perfection Of Portal 2's Co-Op Dislikes: Not Reading The Wise Man's Fear Because I Insist On Re-reading The Name Of The Wind, Substandard Massaman Curry, Chicks With Steve Buscemi's Eyes, The Fact That I'm Not Cave Johnson Current Favorite Games: Portal 2, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Torchlight, Mass Effect 2, Mortal Kombat, Final Fantasy IV: Complete Collection

Matt Miller Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: The Wise Man's Fear, Pushing Daisies, Poutine, D&D's Heroes of Shadow, The Fun Of A New Puppy In the House Dislikes: The Exhaustion Involved With A New Puppy In The House, Flight Delays, Joe's Blind And Foolish Disregard For Remo Williams Current Favorite Games: World Of Warcraft, Outland, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (The Da Vinci Disappearance), Portal 2, Dragon Age 2

Matt Bertz Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Sons of Anarchy, Game Of Thrones, Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring For My Halo, Tokyo Vice by Jake Adelstein, The Pasta Tasting At Babbo, Brunello Di Montalcino, Brooklyn Winery, J Mascis – Several Shades Of Why, An Idiot Abroad Dislikes: This Never-Ending Minnesota Winter (It’s Already Here, Ned Stark), Rich People Fighting Over Who Gets To Be Richer, The Premature Death of Journalist/Filmmaker Tim Hetherington, Current Favorite Games: Portal 2, Crysis 2, L.A. Noire

Jeff Cork Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Storage Wars, Fringe, Lego Minifigs Series 4, A Game Of Thrones On HBO, Checking Into XBLA Bejweled Blitz To Make Sure Dan Ryckert Will Never Get The Top Slot On My Leaderboard Dislikes: Not Having HBO, My Oldest Son Turning 4 (Oh God, They Really Do Grow Up So Fast!), Realizing How Out Of Shape I Am While Playing Fantastic Pets (Dragons Run Fast, OK?!), Dry Mouth, Runny Eyes, Unexplained Discharge Current Favorite Games: Portal 2, Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars, Mortal Kombat, Robotron: 2084

Ben Reeves Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: DamnYouAutoCorrect.com, Google Goggles (It Knows What I’m Looking At, So I Don’t Have To), Getting Suckered Into Commentating The Live Stream At Minnesota’s Combo Breaker Tournament, The New Thor Movie – I Just Know It’s Going To Be Good (Don’t Make Me Eat My Words, Marvel) Dislikes: Getting Stuck On An Unsolvable Puzzle In The Middle Of The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures, Snoop Dogg’s Shameful Performance During Wrestlemania Current Favorite Games: Portal 2, Borderland: Claptrap's New Robot Revolution, Mortal Kombat, Back To The Future: The Game Episode III

Bryan Vore Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: That My Bachelor Party Begins Here, Twin Peaks, Ben & Jerry’s New Clusterfluff Ice Cream (Peanut Butter Ice Cream, Peanut Butter And Marshmallow Swirls, And Caramel Clusters), Finally Reading Game Of Thrones Now That It’s Cool Dislikes: Snow In Late April (Thanks, Minnesota), Audiobook Prices (These Things Are Almost As Expensive As New Video Games)  Current Favorite Games: Portal 2, Dead Space 2

Meagan Marie Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Taking Up A New Job At Crystal Dynamics, Moving Across The Country, Living Near A Pinkberry, This T-Shirt, Dead Space Kitty, Broken Heart Robot Plush, Play For Japan Crossing The $100,000 Mark Dislikes: Leaving The Amazing Game Informer Staff Behind, Having To Drug My Cat To Put Him On A Plane, That Gas Is So Expensive In California Current Favorite Games: Tomb Raider, Red Dead Redemption, Batman: Arkham City

Annette Gonzalez Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Vacations In Miami, Tropical Climates, Sunbathing, Oversized Alcoholic Slushie Beverages With Umbrellas Dislikes: How Much Vacations Cost Current Favorite Games: Portal 2, Portal 2, Portal 2

Philip Kollar Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Finally Reading A Game Of Thrones, Starting My New Movie Podcast, Surviving Deadline, Preparing For E3, Nintendo HD Speculation, Rewatching The Wire, My New iPad Dislikes: Allergies, Never Having Enough Hours In The Day, Insane People Complaining That We Broke The News On Nintendo HD Favorite Games: The Legend Of Heroes: Trails In The Sky, Portal 2, Mortal Kombat, Swords & Sworcery EP, Crysis 2

Jeff Marchiafava Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Spring Weather, Game Infarcer Reader Responses, Going On Walks After Work (And Having It Still Be Light Out When I Get Home), Reuniting With The Companion Cube, Getting Into A Boxing Game, Having Another Reason To Return To Pinball FX 2 Dislikes: Surprise Snowfall In April, The Pile Of Unopened Games I Still Have From Christmas, The Fact That No Matter How Long Portal 2 Is It Won’t Be Long Enough Current Favorite Games: Portal 2, Fight Night Champion, DC Universe Online, Pinball FX 2

Dan Ryckert Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: My Amazing New Jacket, Cave Johnson, This Reader Art, Nicholas Cage’s Hilarious Arrest, Nightwolf’s Ridiculous Ending In Mortal Kombat, Game Of Thrones, Anthony Jeselnik, Still Getting Student Discounts Using My Crazy-Old College ID, The PDP Mortal Kombat Fight Stick, Tracy Morgan Dislikes: Rush, Scraping Snow Off Of My Car In Late April, Jokes From Bar Pianists, Death Cab For Cutie, Taking Forever To Get That Last Puzzle Piece In The 3DS StreetPass Plaza, Hulu Not Having Old Episodes Of Supermarket Sweep Current Favorite Games: Mortal Kombat, Portal 2, Tiny Wings, You Don’t Know Jack

Tim Turi Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Twin Peaks, My New 3DS , Finally Learning How To Channel Out Loud Neighbors, The Wrestler, Nice Weather, StreetPass, Trailer Park Boys, Anamanaguchi, The National Geographic, Mead, Stuffed Crust Pizza With Meat In The Crust Dislikes: Road Warrior-like Gas Prices, Snow In Late April, Doing Dishes, Season 7 Of Trailer Park Boys, Being Clean Shaven, Black Swan, Not Knowing How Long Netflix Movies Are On Instant Queue Current Favorite Games: Portal 2, Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, Resistance 3, Monster Tale, The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, AR Games, Face Raiders, Sonic Generations, Twisted Metal

Ben Hanson  Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Breaking Bad, Mad Men (again), Tennis, Biking, Baseball Dislikes: You Know What I Hate? I Hate Looking At My Bookshelf And Seeing Books That I’ve Read And Remembering Absolutely Nothing About Them, That’s What I Hate. Oh, And Landlords Current Favorite Games: Mushroom Wars Online, Battleheart, Bowser’s Inside Story, Portal 2, Mendel Palace