GI Staff And Reader Interests, Dislikes, And Favorite Games: Issue #224

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: GTA V Watch, Throwing Wii Remotes, The Daily Show, Tosh.0, Colbert Report, South Park, Cycling, Running, My Search For The Perfect Burger, NOLA Dislikes: NBA Players (I Really Think You Guys Need To Look At Working With The Owners To Make The Game Better And In Turn Make The Pie Bigger And The Money Better; I Think A Super Competitive League À La The NFL For The NBA Would Be Incredible), The NCAA Bowl System – Annoys Me Every Year, That I Don't Have Enough Time In The Day To Play All The Games I Want To Play Current Favorite Games: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, Batman: Arkham City, Assassin's Creed: Revelations

Andrew Reiner Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Starting The Overblood 2 Super Replay This Week (This One Is Going To Be Insane, Folks), Using My Wii Extensively (Thank You, Zelda), Smashing Pumpkins Re-Issuing Gish On December 5, Rumors That We'll See PlayStation 4 And The Next Xbox At Next Year's E3 Dislikes: Losing All Of My Music Stored On A Hard Drive (Tracking Down Pixies Replacement Discs Is Proving To Be Difficult), Seeing Jimmy Wales' Face Whenever I Go To Wikipedia, The Looming Threat Of Star Wars: The Old Republic Taking Over My Life At The End Of December (Must…Finish…Holiday…Games…First…) Current Favorite Games: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, The Legend Of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Dark Souls, Saints Row: The Third, Batman: Arkham City, Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, Super Mario 3D Land, Battlefield 3

Matt Helgeson Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: A Dance With Dragons By George R. R. Martin, Cowboys International – The Original Sin, Other Music In New York, Party Down, Boardwalk Empire Dislikes: The Meltdown Of The Minnesota Vikings, Penn State, The Green Bay Packers, Winter Is Coming Current Favorite Games: Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, Batman: Arkham City, Bulletstorm, Pinball FX 2

Matthew Kato Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Chardee MacDennis: The Game Of Games, Brian Wilson's Solo Piano Version Of "Surf's Up" From 1967, EA's Inventive À La Carte Pricing For Fight Night Champions, The Official Skyrim Strategy Guide (Good Work, People) Dislikes: Jerry Sandusky, Penn State, Joe Paterno & The Whole Rotten NCAA/University/Sports Money Machine, Mark Mallman, Capcom Proposing We All Pay More For Its Production Costs (Lots Of Companies Don't Do This), Rappers Hijacking Perfectly Good Songs Current Favorite Games: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Adam Biessener Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Astonishing X-Men, Being Surprised In A Good Way About A Game's Quality, Morten Lauridsen, Restoration, Alteration, One-Handed, Block, Light Armor, The 2012 Nissan Sentra Special Edition Dislikes: Frost Trolls, Having To Crap All Over A Game That I Was Excited For Because It Turns Out To Suck, No Ascension On Android, Automatic Transmissions Current Favorite Games: Skyrim, Minecraft, Skyrim, Skyrim, Cut The Rope, Skyrim

Joe Juba Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Huge Marathon Gaming Sessions With The Season's Best Games, These Starlings, Bad Lip Reading, Rewatching This, Following @SmartDanRyckert (I Don't Know Who Runs This, But They Seem Pretty Brilliant) Dislikes: The Fact That I'm This Excited For The New American Pie (Now Hollywood Needs To Make A Can't Hardly Wait Reunion), People Complaining About Reviews For Games They Haven't Played, Big Games With Lots Of Bugs (I Don't Care How Ambitious Your Game Is…Glitchy Releases Are Never Okay) Current Favorite Games: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, Assassin's Creed Revelations, Batman: Arkham City, The Witness

Matt Miller Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Getting 100 Hours Into Skyrim And Realizing I'm Only Halfway Done, Finally Getting A Snowblower, The Current High Quality Of Superhero Comics From Both Major Publishers, In Time (Better Movie Than I Expected) Dislikes: Daylight Savings Time (We're Not An Agrarian Society Anymore!), The Weirdly Inconsistent Storytelling In Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Stop With The Droid Episodes, Already), The Absurdly Long Waits For HBO Series To Hit DVD Current Favorite Games: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Batman: Arkham City, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Rayman Origins

Matt Bertz Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Carolina Chocolate Drops, Deer Tick – Divine Providence, New Orleans, Mother's Famous Ferdi Special, Go Cups, The Surprising Start For The Minnesota Wild, Banner Pilot – Heart Beats Pacific Dislikes: The 2011 Minnesota Vikings (Total Train Wreck), Google Music's Terrible Search Functionality, Dan's Ridiculous Claim That Chinese Democracy Is a Good Album, Those Slimy Fannie Mae Executives Who Tried To Steal $6 Million From American Citizens, Battlefield 3 Getting Snubbed For Best Graphics In The Spike VGAs Current Favorite Games: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Assassin's Creed Revelations, Battlefield 3, FIFA 12

Jeff Cork Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Finding Time To Play All Of These Games, Being A Jackass In Skyrim (Jumping On NPCs’ Heads During ‘Dramatic’ Moments Never Gets Old), Pictures Of Tim’s Amazing Cyst Dislikes: The Increasingly Long Time It’s Taking My 360 To Populate My List Of XBLA Games, The Transition From Jacket Weather To Coat Weather, Llamas Current Favorite Games: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Batman: Arkham City, Assassin’s Creed Revelations, Pinball FX 2, Battlefield 3, Saints Row: The Third

Ben Reeves Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Skyrim, Brewing Beer, Skyrim, Prepping for Thanksgiving Break (I’m Going To Eat So Much Turkey And Play So Much Skyrim), Old Halloween Candy (Not Like A Year Old Or Anything, But Leftover Candy That I Can Stick In My Mouth), Skyrim Dislikes: Having Too Many Games To Play (Skyrim Is A Big Problem Here), Weekends That Are Mysteriously And Suddenly Over (Skyrim Again), Daylight Savings Time Starting The Evening Before I’m Ready For it (I Don’t Know How But Skyrim Might Be Behind This One Too) Current Favorite Games: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Bryan Vore Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Playing As Many Games As I Can Except Skyrim (Eh, I'll Probably Save It For My Next Guinness Record Attempt Someday), My New Automatic Cat Feeder (It’s Like Having A Robot Helper In The Kitchen), Hot Soup In Cold Weather, Being Immune To Terrible Jelly Belly Flavors, Destroying Dan And Hanson In Daytona USA Dislikes: Burning My Tongue On Hot Soup, Not Having A Clear Winner In The New Kindle Lineup (I’d Like To Get Into The E-Reader/Tablet Game, But Which One Is The Best?) Current Favorite Games: The Legend Of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Batman: Arkham City, Zombievillle USA 2

Philip Kollar Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Thanksgiving Break, Breaks In General, Playing The Absurd Number Of New Games Out Right Now, What Is The What By Dave Eggers, Hanna, The Soundtrack To Hanna, Battlestar Galactica, Watching Livestreams Of The Occupy Wall Street Insanity Instead Of Sleeping Dislikes: Minnesota Finally Getting Cold, Having To Pay For The Absurd Number Of New Games Out Right Now, Overt Dismissiveness, Sleep Current Favorite Games: Star Wars: The Old Republic, The Legend Of Zelda: Skyward Sword, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, Wolfenstein RPG, Rayman Origins, Saints Row: The Third, Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

Jeff Marchiafava Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Fulfilling My Ethnical Destiny By Becoming A Godfather, Shaun The Sheep, Finally Being Able To Play Skyrim, Having Skyrim Live Up To My Absurdly High Expectations Dislikes: Not Having Time To Play Any Other Games Besides Skyrim, Not Having Time To Do Anything Else Besides Play Skyrim, Finally Having To Bust Out My Winter Jacket (It’s All Downhill From Here), How Bad The Vikings Are Playing (Maybe They’re All Preoccupied With Skyrim, Too?) Current Favorite Games: Skyrim, Skyrim, Skyrim

Dan Ryckert Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Screaming At Goats In Skyrim, Talking People Into Getting Drunk With Me And Seeing Jack & Jill, My Amazing Twitter Background,Thin Lizzy, The GTA V Trailer, Ric Flair Dislikes: Being Disappointed By Peanut Butter Snickers (It Sounded So Promising), Bob Marley, COD Elite Still Being Down, Wikipedia Taking Down The Mention Of Me Being Larry Bird’s Nephew Current Favorite Games: Skyrim, Uncharted 3, Arkham City, Super Mario 3D Land, Modern Warfare 3, Battlefield 3, Saints Row: The Third, Yoshi’s Island, Daytona USA

Tim Turi Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Planet Earth, Rock Climbing, David Lynch’s Album Crazy Clown Time, Peanut Butter, Chat Roulette Shenanigans, Imbibing And Viewing Adam Sandler’s Atrocious Jack And Jill, The Excitement This Season’s Great Games Generates In The Game Informer Office, The Alien Carnage Soundtrack, This Rock Version Of A Sonic 2 Song, A Tasty Burger, Chris Hardwick’s The Nerdist Way Dislikes: The Enjoyment I Got Out Of Seeing Jack And Jill, Flasks, The Passing Of GWAR Guitarist Cory Smoot, The Coming Winter Current Favorite Games: Skyrim, Super Mario 3D Land, Max Payne, Sonic 2, Kirby’s Return To Dream Land, The Sly Collection, Resident Evil: Revelations, Rage

Ben Hanson Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Apple, Animation, Trying To Convince Myself To Take Fantasy Lore More Seriously (Sorry, Skyrim) Dislikes: Being Officially Overwhelmed By Great Games, Realizing That My Interests Don’t Shift Too Often Current Favorite Games: Rayman Origins, Super Mario 3D Land, Skyrim, Kirby’s Return To Dream Land

Kyle Hilliard Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: My Contribution To Replay This Month, The Pod F. Tompkast, WTF With Marc Maron, Learning To Cook Dinner One Handed While Holding A Baby, Storage Wars Dislikes: The Current State Of Community On NBC (It May Be Destined For The Same Fate As Arrested Development), That I Can Only Play Skyrim When My Wife Isn’t And That Is When She Is Asleep, That Watching The Walking Dead Has Suddenly Begun To Feel Like A Chore, Doing Laundry Current Favorite Games: Batman: Arkham City, Super Mario 3D Land, Uncharted 3, Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Ico/Shadow Of The Colossus HD, Rayman Origins, Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Words With Friends 

Jim Reilly Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Grilled Cheese Sandwiches, Girls That Like Fast Food, My Brand New Jeans Dislikes: Really Cold Weather, Getting Out Of The Shower, When The Internet Randomly Goes Out, Mall Of America Current Favorite Games: Dark Souls