GI Staff And Reader Interests, Dislikes, And Favorite Games: Issue #220

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, Google Plus, Twitter (Follow me @GI_AndyMc), Coming Up With New Plans For Game Informer, Surprised I Am Kind of Excited For Planetside 2, The Tour De France, Archers of Loaf (The Chicago Shows Rocked) Dislikes: How Slow New Plans For Game Informer Take To Come To Fruition, Netflix's New Pricing Plan, Slow Internets!, Comcast (Can They Do Anything Right?), Not Having Real Choice For Internet and Television Service (Choose This Idiot Or The Other) Current Favorite Games: Bastion,  World of Warcraft, L.A. Noire

Andrew Reiner Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: My New Tail Of The Sun T-Shirt (Thanks Go Out To All Of Our Replay Viewers For The Great Designs!),  George R. R. Martin's Amazing A Dance With Dragons, Brandon Sanderson's The Way Of Kings (Check It Out If You Like Game of Thrones), White Collar & Psych (Two Great TV Shows I'm Watching On DVD), Putting Aside Funds for Vita (I'm A Tech Dork. I Can't Wait To Play With This Machine!) Dislikes: Robot Chicken's Star Wars III (Way Too Much Seth MacFarlane, Not Enough Classic Chicken Humor), 3DS' Software Drought (Come On, Nintendo, This Is Very Uncharacteristic Of You), Accidentally Throwing Away A LEGO Set I Built At Work (Idiot Confirmed) Current Favorite Games: El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron, Bastion, Galerians, Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon

Matt Helgeson Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: A Dance With Dragons By George R.R. Martin, Spotify, Swimming, WTF With Marc Maron Podcast, Toots and the Maytalls – Funky Kingston Dislikes: Having To Wait For My Wife To Finish A Dance With Dragons, Comcast Putting Up Four Random Episodes Of TV Shows Instead Of Full Seasons, The NBA Lockout, Hail Current Favorite Games: Pinball FX2 (Captain America And Fantastic Four Tables), Portal 2, Plants Vs. Zombies On Android, Enjoy Sudoku

Matthew Kato Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Heatley & Setoguchi On The Minnesota Wild, Pirate Radio (Not A Great Movie Per Se, But It's Fun & The Music's Sweet), Baked Beans (Was Never A Fan As A Kid), Noel Gallagher's Take On Burt Bacharach ("Half The World Away" Vs. "This Guy's In Love With You"), Switching To My New Gas Grill From Charcoal, U.S. Women's Soccer At The World Cup, Blue Valentine (What I Call The Perfect Antidote To A Sunny Day), The Sweet Hammond B3 Sound Of Booker T. Jones' The Road From Memphis, The New Season Of Louie Dislikes: Tiki Barber And His Endless Parade Of Self-Serving PR BS, My iPhone's Touchscreen (I Very Often Accidentally Turn It On), Netflix Fee Consternation, Those Bumper Stickers Showing Who's In Your Family (John Lithgow In Dexter Had The Right Idea Of What To Do To Those People) Current Favorite Games: L.A. Noire DLC Cases, Bastion, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, NHL 12

Adam Biessener Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Game Of Thrones on HBO, A Dance With Dragons, Mauer Finally Hitting Again, Readers Missing Sarcasm (Your Comments Are Delicious Fuel For My Snark), Grand Marais, Electronic Versions Of Awesome Board Game Dominion, Join Us – They Might Be Giants Dislikes: Minnesota's Sadistic Weather (Normally I Have A Blanket No-Weather Policy In This Section, But The Month Of July Has Gone Above And Beyond The Call Of Making Humans Miserable In This Godforsaken State), My Constant Paranoia About Hard Drive Failure Current Favorite Games: Dungeons Of Dredmor, Civilization V, League Of Legends, Cursed Treasure

Joe Juba Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Re-Watching Robocop, A New Robocop In 2013, Mother Mother, Ice Cream Cake, The Autumn Brew Review, Juba! Dislikes: Cars With No Air Conditioning (Like Mine), Netflix Doubling In Cost, State Shutdowns, Whatever This Is, The Hollow Hype For Google+, The Fact That I Can't Erase Ace Of Base From My Mind Completely Current Favorite Games: Infamous 2, L.A. Noire, Bastion, Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet, Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon, Torchlight

Matt Miller Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Waiting Six Years And Finally Getting A Book Out Of The Deal, This Year's Summer Of Arcade Lineup, Finally Hitting 85 With My Rogue, The Avengers Trailer Dislikes: The Prospect Of Another Six Year Wait, 115 Degree Heat Indexes In Minnesota, The Squandered Opportunity of Camelot, Trying To Navigate What Anime Is Worth Watching These Days Current Favorite Games: Bastion, World Of Warcraft, Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection, Renegade Ops, The Witcher 2: Assassins Of Kings

Matt Bertz Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Finally Reading George R.R. Martin's A Dance With Dragons, The Return of Breaking Bad, Damages, and Curb Your Enthusiasm, The End Of The NFL Lockout, Minnesota Wild Prospect Mikael Granlund, The Breadth Of The Spotify Music Catalog Dislikes: Comic Book Movies Scraping The Bottom Of The Barrel (I'm Talking To You, Captain America), Losing Wild Defenseman Brent Burns (Looks Like A Good Trade, But I'll Miss Him), Rupert Murdoch's General Disposition, Extreme Heat Current Favorite Games: NCAA Football 12, Bastion, Infamous 2

Jeff Cork Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Reading A Dance With Dragons, Making The Most Of The Game Drought By Tackling The Backlog, Bagels, This Thing, Iced Tea Dislikes: The Heat, The Humidity, People Leaving, The Annoying Process Of Selling/Buying A House, Did I Mention The Heat And Humidity Already? Current Favorite Games: Pinball FX 2, BioShock Infinite, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Bejeweled Blitz

Ben Reeves Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: San Diego Comic-Con 2011 (Follow My Exploits On Twitter), Winning The Backyard Olympics Dressed As Cuba, Starting The New Season Of Breaking Bad Dislikes: Missing Out On The Captain America Pre-Screen Tickets, Getting Teased With The Dark Knight Rises Trailers, Getting Teased In General, It’s Mostly Joe Juba’s Fault Current Favorite Games: Ms. Splosion Man, Infamous 2, Shadows of the Damned, L.A. Noire, Portal 2

Bryan Vore Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: A Storm Of Swords, The Hunger Games, Starting A Book Club, Going To A Fleet Foxes Show And A WWE Smackdown Event Within A Couple Days Of Each Other, Hobo With A Shotgun, The Minnesota Government Starting Back Up Dislikes: Being Hot As Hell All Of The Time, Working On A Basement Project, Having To Be On Constant Spoiler Alert With Everyone Reading A Dance With Dragons, The Inevitable Netflix Price Hike Current Favorite Games: Bastion, L.A. Noire DLC Cases, Plants vs. Zombies, Zenonia, Donkey Kong GB

Annette Gonzalez Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Toaster Strudel (Thank You Ben Hanson), Wugazi, Weird '80s Music Videos Dislikes: Packing/Moving, Heat Waves, Heat Waves When Packing And Moving Current Favorite Games: Trenched, From Dust, Portal 2, Dance Central

Philip Kollar Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Comic-Con, Going On A Billion Trips (Seriously, I Love Traveling), Finally Hitting 10,000 Followers On Twitter, Never Having To Watch Another Harry Potter Movie (Mostly Enjoyed The Books, Hated The Films), A Clash Of Kings (Halfway Through And I Dig This Book So Much More Than The First), Hosting An Upcoming Super Replay Dislikes: This Absurd Minnesota Heat Wave, My Apartment's Appalling Lack Of Air Conditioning, Last Second Comic-Con Registration Problems, Every Pre-Harry Potter Trailer Except For Dark Knight Rises Looking Terrible, Paper Cuts, The Number In My Bank Account Current Favorite Games: Monster Tale, No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise, El Shaddai: Ascension Of The Metatron, The Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Infamous 2

Jeff Marchiafava Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Central Air Conditioning, The Original Star Trek Series Being Added To Netflix Instant View, Getting Back Into Fallout 3, Having A Giant New Couch In My Living Room, Getting Into Terraria Dislikes: Moving A Giant Couch While Minnesota Is In The Process Of Melting (It’s Hot Out), My Dying Raspberry Bushes (Either Someone Salted The Dirt In My Garden Or It’s Placed On Top Of An Ancient Indian Burial Ground), Airports And Everything About Them Current Favorite Games: Fallout 3, Pinball FX 2, Terraria, Dead Nation

Dan Ryckert Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Breaking Bad, Google Plus, CM Punk, Re-watching Deadwood, Buying Copious Amounts Of Tootsie Fruit Rolls, Our Tail Of The Sun Shirts Dislikes: Rush, Soccer, Bill Wyman’s Solo Career, Minnesota Weather, Bob Marley Current Favorite Games: Shadows Of The Damned, Bastion, Ms. Splosion Man, Donkey Kong (GB), Link’s Awakening, Shantae: Risky’s Revenge

Tim Turi Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein, Warm Weather, Hobo with a Shotgun, The Beach, The Bear From The Edge, Cooking, Twin Peaks, Camping, Creamed Corn, Drinking And Playing Random Games, www.animalsbeingdicks.com Dislikes: Watching The Edge Before Camping Trip Far Up North, The Humidity Making All Of Minnesota Sweat The Liquid Equivalent Of The Ocean, The Tree Of Life, The MN Gov’t Shutdown Delaying My Fishing License Current Favorite Games: Terraria, Shadows of the Damned, Trenched, Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins, Infamous 2, Kirby’s Adventure, Donkey Kong, Resistance 3, Portal, Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, Galerians

Ben Hanson Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Animation, Breaking Bad, Battlestar Galactica, The Larry Sanders Show Dislikes: Troubleshooting in Tech Forums, Paperwork, My Inability To Stop Purchasing iPhone Games Current Favorite Games: Link’s Awakening, Shadow Cities, Puzzle Agent 2, Starcraft 2, Outland, Radiant Historia.