GamerNode: Staff

About the Writing staff The GamerNode writing team is essentially the core of what GamerNode is. Our dedicated staff is responsible for writing news, reviews, previews and special features in order to provide the best information about gaming possible...and above all, they're all hardcore gamers!

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  Brendon Lindsey Editor-in-Chief My job here at GN is running just about everything related to content. That means assigning stories, writing stories, editing stories, contacting publishers and developers, and occasionally helping whip a writer who has slacked off. I started gaming with Duck Hunt, and I haven't slowed down since. Coincidentally, that's also the first step in my training for the inevitable zombie invasion. As long as there are no laughing zombie dogs, I think I'll be alright.
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  Frank Ling Editorial Director My main responsibility at GamerNode is to do Jar Jar Binks impersonations. As you can see from the photo on the left, I do a REAL good job at it. But sometimes, I am forced to do some work around here, so I direct our excellent writing staff, pass out assignments, tweak, write and edit articles and of course, play my favorite video games when I should be working. I also chat with all the staff to distract them from their duties and I feel that this is my strongest asset at the offices of GN. I'm a very lucky guy.
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  Eddie Inzauto Senior Editor Equipped with nothing but a light gun, a loaf of bread and a burning passion for gaming, Eddie braves the cruel, cruel world of electronic adversity with a smile on his face and a song in his heart. He is no stranger to peril, however, and has indeed reduced many-a-foe to smoldering heaps of textureless polygons. Likewise, his gentle, soothing voice has been known to lovingly quicken chocobo eggs and spontaneously lull man-eating piranha plants into peaceful slumber. His fingers swift and his mind sharp, no obstacle will stand in his way.
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  Billy Wang Previews Editor Being the previews editor for GN not only allows me to report on the daily hustle and bustle of the gaming industry but also allows me to write letters to famous people apologizing for a previous night of a GN staff drunken rampage, bail out jailed GN staff members for excessive groping, attend hearings for restraining orders and of course, work with a bunch of clowns who are crazy for this job.
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  Demetri Kouvalis Special Features Editor It all started when I got my very first console back when I was about six years old. It was Christmas and to my surprise, I opened my rather large gift to discover a SNES system along with Super Mario World attached to it. Since that fateful day gaming has been a big part of my life. I went on to get the N64, cementing my loyalty with the Big N, playing games like Goldeneye and Super Smash Bros. Then Sony graced me with the power of the "CD", in which I was introduced to the art of storytelling. Final Fantasy became an obsession with me and every RPG to come out would be a day worth waiting patiently for. I've come a long way and now enjoy the brilliance of HD gaming, but my true gaming self still resides in the "old school", coupled with the love of handheld gaming.
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  Creighton DeSimone Staff Writer Before washing up on the shores of GamerNode I was spewing my personal opinions of the news on my own site. I think I had a total of 4 hits (that were not either me or my mother) in just over a year that I was writing. It’s really nice to have an audience for my nonsense. I could tell you that joining the GamerNode staff is the best thing I’ve ever done for myself. I could, but that would be a lie. The chains they use to keep me attached to my desk are too tight--cutting off circulation to most of my body, and sometimes they forget to feed me. So read my stuff, my next post could be my last…
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  John Meyer Staff Writer I've been a hardcore gamer ever since I was two years old. My first console was a Super Nintendo and I've bought every Nintendo platform since (except for the Virtual Boy). Fast forward to now and I own an Xbox 360, a Wii, and a DS that I take everywhere I go. Couple my love for gaming and my love for reading and writing and you have me as a games journalist. I love to play games and I love to write about games. In fact, sometimes the two are interconnected--I learned to read by playing video games.
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  Sean Pincombe Staff Writer My role at GamerNode is to write articles about all of the latest and greatest PC games and hardware components, although every now and then Frank will kidnap my Vortigaunt plushy and force me to write about console gaming. I started gaming at the age of 5 with Commander Keen and Doom and I haven't taken a look back since. Being a hardcore PC gamer means that I can, no, I must spend stupidly large amounts of money on hardware and I find it completely normal to devote entire weekends to perfecting ones AWPing skills in CSS. Long live PC gaming, and long live GamerNode!
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  Tim Mellish Staff Writer Hello fellow gamers. My role at GamerNode is providing the latest and greatest news about the companies we all love and care about. Some people ask me, "Are you a hardcore gamer?" If waiting eight hours in the blistering cold for Halo 2, or nine hours in the beating sun for Halo 3 (so that I could be the first person in my county to buy them) doesn't make me hardcore, nothing does. My gaming roots start at the original Atari, and span to the current console landscape. Whether it is Halo LANS, World of Warcraft raids, Team Fortress 2 matches, or reliving the good old times with speed runs in Sonic 2 and 3, I'm always up for a great gaming marathon. One small warning though; I'm a T-Shirt Ninja in training, so if shirts suddenly go missing...you know where they went.
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  Chris Abiuso Staff Writer It was Christmas. Chris, a young child at the time, was unwrapping presents, when something new appeared: a box of floppy disks, which his father explained contained games. Chris and his father ran to their only computer, a black-on-green screen computer where the screen was way too small and the actual computer was way too big. However, in a matter of moments, the floppy disks were inserted and strange moving squares came up; a snake eating boxes and growing bigger, gorillas throwing bananas at each other, a ball being bounced from paddle to paddle. It would be a year later that Chris’ father would buy him Wolfenstein 3D, Monkey Island, and Putt-Putt. From that moment on, Chris was a hardcore gamer.

About the Graphics & Multimedia staff These guys are involved with the appearance of GamerNode. Some spend their days uploading multimedia items geared to be bundled with articles. Others are in charge of the graphical aspects of GamerNode and making sure everything looks A+.

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  Jesse Wingert Creative Director Being the creative director involves developing new website layouts, forums skins, logos, article images and other graphic-related items. My passion for graphic designing, creativity and video games collide as I pump out new and innovative bits and pieces for GamerNode. All I can say is that this is the job that I have always dreamt of having.
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  Justin Demetroff Multimedia Uploader Joining the team at GamerNode is something I came by through one of my close friends, Ryan Maffit (Web Development Manager). I followed GamerNode as it developed, each time I was more and more impressed with their progress. I now work with the multimedia team uploading glorious images for all of the GamerNode community to enjoy.
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  Phil Hoyt ArcadeNode Multimedia Uploader ...Coming soon
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  Mike Linback Jr. Multimedia Uploader ...Coming soon

About the Web Development staff The web development staff members are a close team of coding gurus. Using their intricate minds, we believe that they can accomplish any task we set before them... one way or another.

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  Ryan Maffit Web Development Manager Hello my name is Ryan Maffit and I am one of the two lead web developers here at GamerNode. My job is to make sure that the GamerNode website and server are running good, and to help code the GamerNode network website. I am currently in my Senior year of High School and I have had a good amount of experience in the field of web development.
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  Greg Rosen Web Developer My role here at GamerNode has been to create, improve and maintain the GamerNode site and forums. I have been working with PHP since the earlier PHP 4 years. I continue to work on major web projects as well as continuously script add-ons for our forums. Such as helping the mods to weed out spam bots (Meatspin69, John Clabo etc.) and offer the best features to our users.
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  Josh Hubi Web Developer Hey, I am Josh Hubi and I am one of the oldest developers on the team, employed wise. I primarily deal with the front-end, making the site pretty for your wandering eye. If I do a extra special good job, I am given a doggy treat and a pat on the back. I improve, maintain, and create further on to the GamerNode front-end. I also do PHP when needed.

About the Community staff The following staff members handle the administration and moderation of our message boards and the rest of the GamerNode community.

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  Jim Birmingham Community Manager I love GN! I've been here since its second or third week of going live. Being such a fan, I wanted to help GamerNode prosper and become well known, and what better way to assist GN then see to it that this thriving community is in a good mood? My responsibility here at GN is to ensure that the community is a happy group of people, and to make sure the forums stay clean of spam, bots, negative chi, and so on and so forth. I'm here to solve the problems any user may encounter while interacting on the forums, and to make sure moderators are doing their job. I enjoy being able to interact with the community and talk about my favorite games, movies, etc. I find being a CM very enjoyable and look forward to the future of what GN will accomplish.

About the Content Support staff In addition to our excellent writing staff is the very talented support crew who helps to provide the best content for you. These are our "hired guns" and they provide that extra spice to GamerNode to kept things lively around here. They do a great job and are an integral part of GN.

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  Kyle Stallock Content Contributer
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  Andy Groen Content Contributor