Interests: Classic Gaming Expo, My new Trek (though it sucks my previous one had to break to make a new one possible), Lalapalooza, Archers of Loaf (They finally came back to Minneapolis!)

Dislikes: That there is this version of how technology works in my head that is awesome and that reality rarely delivers, waiting for my new Origin PC to arrive

Current Favorite Games: Castle Age, Pinball FX 2, Quantum Conundrum (though, I just want to finish it, I don't adore it like I had hoped), Darksiders II (I don't have it yet, but IT WILL BE MINE)

Interests: PlayStation Vita (I love this machine. Wish I had more reasons to play it), Lego Star Wars' Jabba the Hutt sets, Watching Tim Turi suffer through Cyberia's action sequences (I have a feeling we're going to see him crack before this thing is over. Expecting many tears), Google Fiber (Bring it to Minnesota next!)

Dislikes: Running out of space on my iPhone (Deciding what apps to delete is a painful experience), The Killing getting canceled (I would love to see those characters return), My Chicago Cubs (Already, next year is looking brutal)

Current Favorite Games: Darksiders II, Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, Sound Shapes, Dragon's Dogma, Cyberia

Interests: Blues & Chaos: The Music Writing of Robert Palmer, The Wire season five, Riding my bike, My daughter turning two

Dislikes: Brutal heat, Almost being done with The Wire, Vikings' Greg Childs career-ending injury

Current Favorite Games: Tiny Tower, Temple Run, The Elder Scrolls V: Skryim

Interests: First trip to Duluth, Gene: "Who Said This Was The End?", Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master, Rude Hand Gestures of the World, The return of the Grid franchise!, Curiosity on Mars, Vanity Fair's Kurt Eichenwald article: "Microsoft's Lost Decade," U.S. Women's national soccer team, Zach Parise & Ryan Suter choosing Minnesota and telling the rest of the NHL to go ---- themselves

Dislikes: The idea that THQ dropping del Torro's Insane is not a good thing for THQ right now (The company needs steady income not vanity projects from film directors that are nowhere near completion), Melissa Tancredi, Too much Ouya optimism, The weird zombie apocalypse dream I had where I punched Robert Guillaume in the face and stole his motorcycle (Sorry dude)

Current Favorite Games: NHL 13, Madden NFL 13, Pro Evolution Soccer 2013

Interests: Archer Season 3 (purchasing and watching it through Amazon on my PS3 was surprisingly painless), Suckering friends into co-op games that they turn out to love, Curiosity (seriously, we landed a freakin' robot on freakin' Mars. Living in the future rules), the Twins finally playing like a real live professional baseball team, That another Dominion expansion is coming soon

Dislikes: Thieves, bandits, lowlifes, scum, everything about the Olympics that isn't actual athletic competition (meaning, you know, most of it), Crabgrass, creeping charlie, whatever the heck the rest of the weeds that I have in my yard instead of grass are

Current Favorite Games: Orcs Must Die 2, MathDoku (Android), Kingdom Rush, Civilization V: Gods & Kings, 7 Wonders (tabletop)

Interests: Lake Dredge Appraisal, Playing Skyrim for Dawnguard and getting sucked back in to everything else, Books and bikinis: the perfect match, Replacing "Heaven" with "Cleveland" in song lyrics, Trying to find the cheapest legal beer

Dislikes: Here Comes Honey Boo Boo (So, our cultural has hit rock bottom, then?), The failure of the Before The Mask Kickstarter, Only having one TV during the Olympics, Gangnam style

Current Favorite Games: Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Dungeon Village, Minecraft, Persona 4 Arena

Interests: Big changes on the way in comic creative line-ups with Marvel NOW!,  The awesomeness of the Curiosity landing on Mars, Sons of Anarchy,  Descent’s Second Edition

Dislikes: Only getting to see the U.S. athletes compete at the Olympics in many events, Microtransactions that ruin game balance and progression, Negative political ad season, The fact that this show exists

Current Favorite Games: Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, Darksiders II, Papo & Yo, Rock Band Blitz, Sine Mora, Rayman Origins, Dust: An Elysian Tail

Interests: Gary Clark Jr., Lollapalooza bachelor parties, The final season of Damages, The Arrested Development crew being back on the set, Pequod's pizza

Dislikes: AMC breaking up the final season of Breaking Bad into two television seasons, The frenzied week leading up to a wedding, The potential for another NHL lockout, The Vikings chances of success this year

Current Favorite Games: Madden NFL 13, The Walking Dead, Slender, Battlefield 3

Interests: Breaking Bad season 5 (Oh Walter White, what won’t you do?), German McDonald’s, Hitting Ben Hanson with Nerf darts, The response Ben Hanson has each time he’s hit by Nerf darts, German Burger King, Not having to capitalize every word in my interests and dislikes (it’s a surprisingly tedious way to format text)

Dislikes: The dark, Heights, Snakes, Spiders, Mowing the lawn, That one guy who’s running for president

Current Favorite Games: Dishonored, Lego Lord of the Rings, Pinball FX 2, Pikmin 3

Interests: Being the best man at my buddy Steve’s wedding (Good luck you guys), Nathan Sawaya LEGO Art, Spike And Mike Cartoons, San Diego Comic Con 2012, Dry Dock Brewing

Dislikes: Biometric screenings, Impromptu bachelor parties at Fun City

Current Favorite Games: Fortnite, Borderlands 2, Fix-It Felix, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, Diablo III, Assassins Creed III, The Elder Scrolls V: Dawnguard

Interests: The Olympics, Starting to burn through shows again once the Olympics are over, Son of Baconator, Betty’s Pies, S’mores, Die Antwoord at First Ave, Google Fiber

Dislikes: Being unable to watch any Blu-rays or streaming shows during international travel (this would be a great time to catch up!)

Current Favorite Games: New Super Mario Bros. 2, Fieldrunners 2, Borderlands (Hit level cap. Just trying to polish off the last of the DLC with the Jeffs)

Interests: My Roomba (We live in the age of cleaning robots, how cool is that?!), Writing silly articles for the site, Shamelessly plugging my own work, “Beating” Tiny Tower (I’ve built every store and everyone has dream jobs, so…game over?), Not capitalizing every first letter in my interests and dislikes, vacations!


Dislikes: The number of commercials NBC has managed to pack into the Olympics, Google Fiber not being in Minneapolis yet (seriously Google, I’ll pay you whatever you want), Waiting for this holiday’s awesome games

Current Favorite Games: Rainbow Moon, Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, Card Change (Android), Minecraft XBLA

Interests: The Expendables 2, Going to Summerslam, Having first row seats to Raw on August 27, Not watching the Olympics, My new T2 figure, The impending release of Borderlands 2, New seasons of Breaking Bad and Louie

Dislikes: Passing out after my high school reunion, Vita software updates preventing me from playing Sound Shapes on a flight

Current Favorite Games: New Super Mario Bros. 2, Spelunky, Sound Shapes, Hero Academy, Warioware

Interests: H.P. Lovercraft, Brave, Breaking Bad, Gorillaz, Rock climbing, Peanut Butter, Moonrise Kingdom, War of the Worlds the novel, Powerglove, Reddit, Pho, The Transformers '80s cartoon, Hot days, Soft serve, The Dark Knight Rises, Failing at bad Bane impressions

Dislikes: Game delays, Eating oatmeal raisin cookies when you think they're chocolate chip, Most of Prometheus, Bad pho (faux pho?), Messy kitchens, Friends too absorbed in their cell phones to spend actual time with one another

Current Favorite Games: Final Fantasy VI, Slender, Super Mario 3D Land, Resident Evil 6, Deadlight, Ratchet & Clank HD Collection

Interests: ESPN’s 30 for 30 documentary series (now on Netflix Instant!), Re-watching all of Arrested Development, Poppy seed muffins (Even though Jeff Marchiafava claims that they are disgusting and that “nobody wants to eat seeds"), Understanding Comics (the book)

Dislikes: How quickly time flies (Especially as it pertains to weekends during the summer), Vandals, Vandal Hearts, Weeds (plural)

Current Favorite Games: Sound Shapes, Hero Academy, Jurassic Park Builder,  Orcs Must Die 2, New Super Mario Bros. Wii

Interests: Comedy Bang Bang live in Minneapolis, Hannibal Buress, The Dark Knight Rises, The Dark Knight Rises in IMAX, Music, Food, Chili in the summer, Bagel bites, Strawberry banana smoothies, Safety Not Guaranteed, Video games, Google, Jason Bateman’s Twitter account where he tweets photos from the set of Arrested Development

Dislikes: Mega Man X on iOS, Batman and Robin, This one game I am reviewing, Laundry

Current Favorite Games: Sound Shapes, Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, Resident Evil 6, Tiny Wings, Prince of Persia HD Collection, Spec Ops: The Line

Interests: Spec Ops: The Line, Bed Head Shampoo, Burgers from Matt’s but without cheese in the middle, Metal Gear Solid 4 trophies

Dislikes: Buying a game online and not having your credit card work, Cheese

Current Favorite Games: Metal Gear Solid 4

Interests: Refresher playthroughs, Breaking Bad, Making Super Replay intros

Dislikes: Knowing I will never be any good at Persona 4 Arena, The end of trial periods, Water chestnuts

Current Favorite Games: Street Fighter X Tekken, Persona 4 Arena, Darksiders, Borderlands, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

Interests: Spending time gaming on my new computer, Discussing hockey around the office, Showing off my Persona 4 Teddie plushie, Searching for new board games, Finding cool places around MN

Dislikes: Unpacking all my boxes from my move, Being away from my cat, Waking up at 6AM from construction, The potential for a hockey lockout

Current Favorite Games: Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, Growlanser: Wayfarer of Time, Persona 4 Arena