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GI Staff And Reader Interests, Dislikes, And Favorite Games: Issue #229
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
Interests: Game of Thrones, Twins Baseball (Even Though We Are Bad), NHL Playoffs, Audi R8 GT (I Really Need Audi To Give Me One, I'll Talk About It Every Month I Promise)
Dislikes: When the Weather Is Nice During the Week And Horrible On Weekends, Comcast (Seriously, Minneapolis Cable Boxes Are Awful), That I'm So Behind On My Gaming I Haven't Gotten A Chance To Start Witcher 2 or Guild Wars 2 Yet
Current Favorite Games: Fez, Xenoblade Chronicles
Andrew Reiner
Interests: E3 (Next Gen Console Reveals Will Make This One Of The Best Shows Yet), Wii U (I'm Getting A Good Read From Third Parties, E3 Reveals Should Be Interesting), Halo 4's Season-Long, Story-Driven Multiplayer (That's One Of The Best Ideas I've Heard Of For Generating Continued Interest In A Game), Mass Effect 3's Multiplayer (I'm Still Hooked)
Dislikes: The Nexon/EA Rumor (All Of The Industry's Third-Party Developers Are Merging Into One Giant Frankenstein Monster), Microsoft Still Not Allowing For More Than 100 Friends On Xbox Live, The Lack Of New Vita Games
Current Favorite Games: The Walking Dead, The Witcher 2: Assassins Of Kings, Prototype 2, Diablo III, Mortal Kombat (Vita), Infinity Blade II, Mass Effect 3
Matt Helgeson
Interests: The Wire Season 3, HBO Go, The NFL Draft, Biking To Work
Dislikes: My Xbox 360 Red Ringing (My Second Dead 360), The Possibility Of The Vikings Moving, The Minnesota State Legislature
Current Favorite Games: Draw Something, Super Stickman Golf, Mario Tennis Open, Tetris
Matthew Kato
Interests: The Nest Of Mallard Eggs I Found In My Backyard, Tom & Lorenzo's Mad Men Culture/Style Blog, Being Able To Add Search Engines In Chrome, The Possibility Of A The World Ends With You Sequel, My New-Old Bauer Vapor X:60 Stick (I Like To Buy Previously Top-Of-The-Line Sticks At A Deep Discount)
Dislikes: The Nest Of Mallard Eggs Currently Abandoned In My Backyard, Mandolins And Banjos, Some Of Sony's Newest Game Announcements (LittleBigPlanet Karting & PlayStation All-Stars?! C'Mon, Is It The Early '90s All Of A Sudden?), The Vast Majority Of Video Game Soundtracks
Current Favorite Games: Trials Evolution, Madden NFL 13, Dirt Showdown, Pro Evolution Soccer 2013
Adam Biessener
Interests: The Language-Acquisition Process (Or, My Niece Is The Cutest Thing In The World Right Now), Learning Actual History Instead Of The Questionable High School Curriculum I Was Subjected To As A Young'un, Guns, Germs, And Steel, Almost Everything About My Kindle
Dislikes: Amazon's Refusal To Allow Kindles To Read Adobe DRM-Protected Ebooks (Can We Have An Industry Standard Or At Least Something Not Actively Hostile To Consumers, Please?), The Twins' Rotation (Worst In Living Memory), Three Red Lights
Current Favorite Games: Civilization V, Archmage (Android), Might & Magic III, Might & Magic IV, Might & Magic V, The Witcher 2: Assassins Of Kings
Joe Juba
Interests: The World's Manliest Car, Jump-Roping Dogs, Joe Biden's Bad Lip Reading, Awesome Games Reaching Kickstarter Goals, Torchlight II…Whenever It Comes Out
Dislikes: Waiting For Prometheus, This Article (Though I Love Braid And Respect Jonathan Blow), Countdowns To Countdowns, Announcements Of Announcements, The Latest Update To WELDER On iOS, DLC Costumes
Current Favorite Games: Mass Effect 3, Trials Evolution, Journey, Fez, Asura's Wrath, Tiny Tower
Matt Miller
Interests: Robopocalypse By Daniel H. Wilson, Abarat By Clive Barker, Tannhäuser Board Game, The Continued Excellence Of Peter David's X-Factor, This Review Of The Avengers
Dislikes: Popped-Out Radio Versions Of Otherwise Good Songs, Not Having HBO Right Now (I Miss You, Game Of Thrones), The Departure Of Monte Cook From The D&D Next Team
Current Favorite Games: Fez, Botanicula, Trials Evolution, Mass Effect 3, Starcraft II, Star Wars: The Old Republic
Matt Bertz
Interests: The Cabin In The Woods, Playoff Hockey, Dr. John – Locked Down, Girls, Chelsea Making The Champions League Finals, Roger Sterling On LSD, Shopping For Scotch
Dislikes: The Increasing Likelihood That The Vikings Leave Minnesota, Hologram Tupac, Multi-Billion Dollar Corporations Paying No Federal Taxes, Every TV Show Ever About Singing And/Or Dancing
Current Favorite Games: The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, Fez, Syndicate, Journey, FIFA 12
Jeff Cork
Interests: Finally Getting Caught Up With Mad Men (What Took Me So Long?!), Finally Upgrading To A Phone With A Functional GPS (I Get Lost A Lot, OK?!), Ice Cream Fridays, Seeing The Vikings Leave Once And For All (Someone Please Tell Me How I Help To Accelerate This Process)
Dislikes: Hearing Bad Things About A Game I Was Otherwise Looking Forward To, Having To Get Caught Up On Fringe (Love The Show, Hate The Time Commitment), Knowing That The Oppressive Summer Heat Is Coming, Getting Lost A Lot
Current Favorite Games: The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, Prototype 2, Trials Evolution, Pinball FX 2, Pinball Arcade
Ben Reeves
Interests: The Cabin In The Woods (This Movie Could Win Movie Of The Year As Far As I’m Concerned), The Hunger Games (Finally Saw The Movie, And It Totally Redeemed The Book), Visiting Washington D.C. (The Smithsonian Is My Lover), Wrestlemania
Dislikes: Listening To Everyone Talk About How Awesome The Avengers Is (I’m Tired Of Waiting; I Just Want To See It Already)
Current Favorite Games: The Walking Dead, Fez, Mass Effect 3, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Bryan Vore
Interests: Kickball Season Firing Up Again, Going To Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill Before A Movie (The Bologna Sandwich With Velveeta And Freedom Fries Is The Best!), The Incredible HBO Go, Spring Biking, Game Of Thrones, Mad Men, Eastbound & Down
Dislikes: The Xbox 360's Unreliable Xfinity TV Streaming App, Being Outside Of Walking Distance From All Of The Good Food Trucks
Current Favorite Games: Mass Effect 3, Fez, Resident Evil: Revelations, Infinity Blade II, Prototype 2, Prototype 1
Jeff Marchiafava
Interests: Going From A 40+ Hour RPG (Mass Effect 3) To A Couple Downloadable Titles (Fez, Trials Evolution), T-Shirt Weather, Sriracha Sauce (It Makes Everything Better!), Eastbound & Down, Deadwood, And All The Other Shows I Can Now Watch On HBO Go
Dislikes: Cooking Chicken (I Always Feel Like I’m Going To Poison Myself), The Effect Deadwood Has On My Vocabulary, Waiting For Anticipated Games To Come Out (I’m Looking At You, Borderlands 2)
Current Favorite Games: Fez, Trials Evolution, Mass Effect 3, Sniper Elite V2
Dan Ryckert
Interests: French Toast And Maple Syrup Taquitos, Goosebumps Books, That Steel Panther Show, These Guys, That Guy I Saw With A "Suck My Fart" T-Shirt
Dislikes: Paying $12 For A Beer In Los Angeles, Cab Drivers In Los Angeles, Dead Fish On My Cashews In Los Angeles, Ben Hanson's DVD Collection
Current Favorite Games: Fez, Trials Evolution, Half-Life
Tim Turi
Interests: The Sega Nomad, Rock Climbing, Cabin In The Woods, Meshuggah’s Koloss, Mad Men, Smoothies, Christina Hendricks, The Anchor Bar & Grill, The Legacy Music Hour, “Evil Destroyer” From Thunder Force IV, Running
Dislikes: Silent House, People Who Forget To Use Their Blinker, Spoilers, Flakes, Oranges That Are Hard To Peel
Current Favorite Games: Fez, Kid Dracula, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Castlevania: The Adventure, Henry Hatsworth In The Puzzling Adventure, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist, Borderlands
Ben Hanson
Interests: Currently Reading Frank Capra’s Autobiography And Am Enjoying It Thoroughly, Thinking About The Cabin In The Woods, Grinding In Xenoblade Chronicles
Dislikes: Not Having The Motivation To Play More Peace Walker On PS3, Not Being Able To Convince Tim Turi To Drink Beers And Play The Jurassic Park Game With Me, Motion Sickness
Current Favorite Games: The Walking Dead, Xenoblade Chronicles, Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit, Trials Evolution
Kyle Hilliard
Interests: Paul F. Tompkins' Laboring Under Delusions Stand-up Special, Game Of Thrones Season Two, Veep, Community, The Under-Appreciated Game Boy Micro, Fancy New Gaming PCs Coming In The Mail, Jason Giving Me A Bunch Of Cool Left 4 Dead Posters For No Particular Reason
Dislikes: The Unexpectedly High Prices Of Auto Body Repair Shops, Overpriced Mediocre Japanese Food, Overpriced Mediocre Chinese Food, The Xbox 360 Cloud Save System Not Being Totally Reliable, Not Being Able To Delete The Part Of My Brain That Played Fez So I Can Replay It Fresh
Current Favorite Games: Fez, Trials Evolution, Black, Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance, Burnout Paradise
Jim Reilly
Interests: Good Airport Fast Food, Cracking Open A Bottle Of Fresh Shampoo, Portland Chicks, Smelling A Fresh Game Manual
Dislikes: Modern Warfare 3, Having To Download Updates When Starting A Game For The First Time, Trying To Vacuum My Cement Floor In My Apartment
Current Favorite Games: Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition
Jason Oestreicher
Interests: The Loop Burger, Owning A Gong, Energy Drinks
Dislikes: Having My Trials Evolution Times Beaten, Blowing Fuses, Making The Tough Choice About Which Toys To Display
Current Favorite Games: Street Fighter X Tekken, Trials Evolution, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, Devil May Cry HD Collection, Phantasy Star Online 2
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