GI Staff And Reader Interests, Dislikes, And Favorite Games: Issue #219

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: Cycling, Learning To Fix My Bike Armed With The Big Blue Book (Let's Just Say I Do Not Have Mechanic Blood Running Through My Veins), That Wii U Makes It Possible For Me To Put A Nintendo Machine Back Into My Home Theater After Years Of Being Exiled To The Guest Room, South Park, Game of Thrones, A Dance Of Dragons, Art Blakely Dislikes: Wii U Is A Truly Awful Name And May Well Seal The Fate Of The New System, No Really, I Hate Wii U's Name Current Favorite Games: Infamous 2, Game Dev Story, L.A. Noire, Battleheart

Andrew Reiner Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Walking Away From E3 With The Desire To Play All Of The High Profile Games (BioShock, Elder Scrolls, Battlefield, Uncharted, Etc.), Collecting High Priced Video Game Statues (This Means Less Collectibles Each Year, But They Won't Be Boxed Up Anytime Soon), Reiner And Phil's Ghetto Hub Dislikes: Running Out of 3DS StreetPass Activities (Here's Hoping Nintendo Releases More Of Them Via System Update, Nintendo's Messaging For Wii U (I Still Don't Fully Understand The Machine), Contracting The Post E3 Nerd Flu, Microsoft Focusing So Heavily On Kinect And Not Enough On Core Games Current Favorite Games: Dungeon Siege III, Shadows of The Damned, L.A. Noire

Matt Helgeson Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Deadwood, Summer, PS Vita, E3, Rip It Up And Start Again By Simon Reynolds, BG&E Tofu House In L.A. Dislikes: Recovering From E3, Too Much Rain, Not Going To The Gym As Much As I Should Current Favorite Games: BioShock Infinite, Tomb Raider, Hitman: Absolution, Rayman Origins, Enjoy Suduko

Matthew Kato Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Arctic Monkey’s Suck It And See, LeBron Losing, The Comfortable Stretch The Consoles Are In (Don’t Put Out The New Ones Too Soon!) Dislikes: That Some Gamers Still Still Believe In The “Console Wars,” The Recent Uptick In Hacks, Self-Reference In Songs (Don’t Sing About The Road Or Use The Phrase, “This Song”), Cult Of Personality In The Industry Current Favorite Games: BioShock Infinite, NCAA Football 12, L.A. Noire, Tomb Raider, Assassin’s Creed Revelations

Adam Biessener Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: The Wise Man's Fear By Patrick Rothfuss, Terry Pratchett's Discworld Novels (As Always), Finding New And Exciting Ways To Break A Game Previously Thought Thoroughly Owned (3-Faith Atheists Equipped With Shirahadori, You Will Always Have A Special Place In My Heart), Disc Golf Season Dislikes: Wounded Pets (Even If A Scratched Eye Is Better Than The Glaucoma I Was Afraid Of), Too-Small USB Sticks (Who Can Fit Anything On 1GB Any More?), League Of Legends Teammates Who Don't Let Their Terribad Performance Stop Them From Insulting Everyone Else's Skills Current Favorite Games: League Of Legends, Final Fantasy Tactics: War Of The Lions, The Witcher 2: Assassins Of Kings, Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, Plants Vs. Zombies

Joe Juba Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: This Old Commercial (Who Approved This!?), Cheesecake Of All Varieties, Conan's Dartmouth Address, Finally Seeing The Mountain Goats In Concert, The HD Remake Trend, Seeing A Picture Of Dan Getting Bucked Off Of A Mechanical Bull Dislikes: Big Titles Missing At E3 (Where Were Metal Gear: Rising And Final Fantasy Versus XIII?), Birds With Arms, Ruining Good Bratwurst With Sauerkraut, Facebook Activism, The Number Of People Wearing Fashion Hats In Los Angeles Current Favorite Games: Infamous 2, Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon, BioShock Infinite, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Mass Effect 3, Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Final Fantasy XIII-2

Matt Miller Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Transformers: Prime, All The Great Sequels At E3, Battlestar Galactica On Repeated Viewings, Echo by Terry Moore (It's Over Now, So You Should Read The Whole Series!), The Rising Prominence Of Tabletop Gaming Dislikes: Joe's Insistence That A New Beverly Hills Cop Movie Is A Good Idea, The Lack Of New IP At E3, Mowing In Early Summer (Stop Growing!) Current Favorite Games: The Witcher 2: Assassins Of Kings, Portal 2, World Of Warcraft

Matt Bertz Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Patrice Désilets Returning Into Game Development, The Devil Makes Three – Do Wrong Right, Seeing All My Wonderful Friends At E3, BBQ Season, Dominick’s In L.A. Dislikes: The Vikings’ Precarious Stadium Situation, Mr. Caffeine, That I Never Saw The Ramones Play Live, The Vancouver Canucks And Its Rioting Fan Base, Waiting For Half-Life News Current Favorite Games: Battlefield 3, Madden NFL 12, BioShock Infinite, FIFA 12

Jeff Cork Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Getting Back From E3, Wii U (Don't Sell This Thing Short), Watching To See If This Is The Last Wave Of Portables Before Phones Take Over The Market, Curry-Flavored Items Dislikes: The Disappointment That Is Duke Nukem Forever, Wii U's Horrible Name (Sounds Too Much Like A Siren), Wading Through Crowds Of Sweaty, Swag-Frenzied Nerds Current Favorite Games: Dead Rising 2: Off The Record, BioShock Infinite, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Battlefield 3, Sesame Street: Once Upon A Monster

Ben Reeves Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Touring The E3 Show Floor With Reiner, Roscoe's House of Chicken and Waffles (Everyone Who Eats There Is Beautiful), In-N-Out Party Trucks (Life Savers), Recording The GI Staff After E3 After-Parties Dislikes: Missing Out On The BioShock Infinite E3 Demo Despite My Best Efforts To Get To The 2K Booth Current Favorite Games: L.A. Noire, Crysis 2, Portal 2, Borderland: Claptrap's New Robot Revolution

Bryan Vore Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Having An Awesome Wedding, Not Having To Plan A Wedding Anymore, Wii U (Dumb Name Though), PS Vita, Game Of Thrones (TV Show), A Storm Of Swords (Book), That The 3DS Finally Has A Quality Game Plan (This Is Going To Be Nintendo’s Primary Console Until Wii U Comes Out. Sorry, Wii) Dislikes: Missing Out On The Sights, Sounds, And People Of E3 Current Favorite Games: Donkey Kong (Game Boy Version), Super Mario Land, L.A. Noire, Darksiders, The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time 3D

Annette Gonzalez Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: E3 Is Over, Losing Weight After A Month's Worth Of Intense Workouts, Roscoe's Chicken And Waffles, Summer Weather Dislikes: E3 Is Over, Growing Backlog Games: BioShock Infinite, Mass Effect 3, Dance Central 2, Rayman Origins

Philip Kollar Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Vacation, Redheads, E3 2011 Being Over, Somehow Avoiding E3-Related Sickness For The First Year Ever, Comic-Con Planning, E3 2012 Planning, Being One Of The First People To Try Out The Wii U And Its Crazy New Controller, That Awesome $250 Price Tag For The PlayStation Vita, Digital Comics, Super 8 Dislikes: Mr. Caffeine, The Vast Majority Of Microsoft’s E3 2011 Press Conference, The Physical Impossibility Of Seeing Everyone And Every Game I Wanted To At E3, X-Men: First Class, The DC Comics Reboot (I Really Want This To Be For The Better, But I’m Very Concerned), Duke Nukem Forever Current Favorite Games: Shadows Of The Damned, Infamous 2, Hanging With Friends, Darksiders, L.A. Noire, Divinity II: The Dragon Knight Saga, Monster Tale

Jeff Marchiafava Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Meeting New Industry People And Partying With Them At E3, Sneaking My Way Into Some Awesome E3 Demos, Missing Out On The Monster Heat Wave Back In Minnesota, Spicy Korean Soup From Koreatown Dislikes: L.A. Cabbies And Their Aversion To Credit Cards, Being In LAX With A Hangover, Being In LAX Period, Waiting For All Of E3's Awesome Games To Come Out Current Favorite Games: Batman: Arkham City, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Bastion, Warhammer 40K: Space Marine

Dan Ryckert Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Thunder Dropping Those Bucket Drummers In Infamous 2, E3 Karaoke Night, Rocky IV, Breaking Bad Coming Back Next Month, Convincing My Dad To Join Twitter, Vita's Price Dislikes: Mr. Caffeine, Kinect Labs Making Everything I Scan Look Like A Failed Genetic Mutation, Giant Mobs Of Slow-Walking People At E3, The Name Wii U, Microsoft's Insistence That We Love Kinect Curent Favorite Games: Infamous 2, L.A. Noire, Bioshock Infinite, Twisted Metal, Saints Row: The Third, Uncharted 3, Battlefield 3

Tim Turi Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Interesting Cab Drivers, Twin Peaks, Raymond Scott’s “Powerhouse”, My Super Meat Boy Vinyl Figure, Day Of The Dead, Queen’s “Don’t Stop Me Now”, Cyborg Hearts, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein, Meeting Shigeru Miyamoto And Yuji Naka, Jeff Ryan's Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered North America, An E3 Security Guard Asking me “Why Would You Do That?” Dislikes: Pushy Cab Drivers, Early Morning Construction, Crappy Wi-Fi, E3 Ending, Hipsters, 3DS’s Inconsistent StreetPass System, Involuntary Cold Showers, That Smell In My Apartment Current Favorites Games: Ms. Pac-Man, Donkey Kong (Gameboy Version) Resident Evil: Revelations, Asura’s Wrath, Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D, BioShock Infinite, Resistance 3, L.A. Noire, Sonic Generations, Silent Hill: Downpour; Final Fantasy XIII-2, Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, New Super Mario Bros.

Ben Hanson Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Mario And The Nintendo Legacy, Cartoons And Animation, Gaming Podcasts, Craigslist Shopping, Biking Dislikes: Cooking Anything Other Than Noodles, Eating Noodles For Every Meal, Sleep Deprivation, Huntsman Spiders (In The Name Of All That Is Holy, Do Not Click On This Link) Current Favorite Games: The Beatles: Rock Band, League Of Evil, Minecraft, Starcraft 2, Super Stickman Golf