Name: Chris Pankonin
Nicknames: Pank, The Commish, the Boss, Vinnie Mac
Location: Omaha, NE
Three Favorite Genres:
Sports (Basketball/Baseball/Football)
Survival Horror
First Person Shooters
Three Favorite Games:
NCAA Football
Grand Theft Auto 4
Resident Evil 4
Favorite Console: Xbox 360
Other Places Their Writing Can Be Found:
411mania
Inside Pulse
Bio: If you’re wondering who got this whole thing started, it was me! In 2001, I took over as the [...]

Name: Bryan Berg
Nicknames: Berg, The Game
Location: Long Island, NY
Three Favorite Genres
– Sports
– RPGs
– Platformers
Three Favorite Games
– Final Fantasy IV (SNES)
– Super Mario World (SNES)
– Mortal Kombat II (SNES)
Favorite Console: Super Nintendo

Name: Aaron Sirois
Nicknames: Jack, Jack the Ripper, and all other joke forms of that name.
Location: Maine, NY
Three Favorite Genres:
3D Action
Music/Rhythm
Wrestling
Three Favorite Games:
Final Fantasy Tactics (PSX)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64)
Guitar Hero Franchise (PS2)
Favorite Console: Playstation 2
Other Places His Writing Can Be Found:
This is my first gig, baby!
Bio: Aaron Sirois is not [...]

Name: ML Kennedy
Nicknames: Xylo, Wolfbaronxylo, Kennedy, Mr. Kennedy. . . Kennedy
Location: The South side of Chicago
Three Favorite Genres:
Bad Wrestling Games
2D platformers
Side-scrolling beat ‘em ups
Three Favorite Games:
Shining Force (Genesis)
Fighters Megamix (Sega Saturn)
Super Mario Bros 3 (NES)
Favorite Console: Sega Saturn
Other Places His Writing Can Be Found:
Inside Pulse (Multiple subsites)
Wolfbaronxylo.livejournal.com
The in-boxes of many unfortunate people.
Bio: ML Kennedy [...]

Name: Fred Badlissi
Nicknames: …they exist. Inquire within.
Location: Austin, TX
Three Favorite Genres: At the moment…
2D Fighters
Light Gun games.
Anything with RPG elements outside of traditional RPGs
Three Favorite Games
Samurai Shodown 2 (Neo Geo)
Dr. Mario (NES)
Legacy of Kain: Defiance (XBOX)
Favorite Console: Sega Saturn
Other Places Writing Can be Found:
The Daily Texan
411 Mania
Inside Pulse
Artisan News Service (my pieces are [...]

Serioiusly, how awesome is this picture?
Name: Matthew Yeager
Nicknames: Chick Magnet, Kazendar the Barbarian, Mad Dog, Jagermeister, Thrill Ride, and Alchoholic (though the last one might count as a title instead of a nickname).
Location: The hardcore streets of Minneapolis, MN. Midwest represent.
Three Favorite Genres:
-Survival Horror
-Light gun games
-Pinball games
Three Favorite Games:
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Area 51 (the [...]

Name: Guy Desmarais
Nickname: Kapoutman
Location: Montreal, Quebec
Three Favorite Genres:
Platformers
Action-Adventure
Too many genres tied for third
Favorite Console: Nintendo 64
Three Favorite Games:
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES)
Super Mario 64 (N64)
Other Places Their Writing Can Be Found:
kapoutland.net
insidepulse.com
tpww.net (archives)
Bio: Guy Desmarais started on the Intellivision, nonchalantly playing games like Donkey Kong Jr. or The [...]

Name: Lee Baxley
Nicknames: FLee, FLeedawg, The Bad Guy
Location: Tulsa, OK
Three Favorite Genres:
Role Playing Games
Driving Games
Massively Multiplayer Online games
Favorite Console: Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Three Favorite Games:
Final Fantasy IV (SNES/PS1)
Super Metroid (SNES)
Actraiser (SNES)
Bio: Lee Baxley has been gaming since the early days of consoles, but didn’t get really hooked until the NES came out. He lost [...]

Name: Mark B.
Nicknames: Rantmaster, Kenny, whatever Kennedy comes up with to replace my last name with for the week.
Location: New Jersey.
Three Favorite Genres:
RPG’s in various flavors.
Fighting Games.
Adventure Games.

Name: Chuck Platt
Nicknames: Fuzz, Weeze, Dr. AIDS, Discotheque, Doctor Discotheque, Super Giant Ninja
Location: Liberty, MO
3 Favorite Genres:
1) Dungeon Crawls
2) Tactical RPG’s
3) Wrestling games
3 Favorite Games:
1) Fatal Fury: Mark of the Wolves
2) Ikaruga
3) Gunstar Heroes
Favorite Console: Sega Dreamcast
Bio: Born on a Merchant Marine vessel headed towards the Micronesian Islands to a whore and a pirate, Chuck [...]

Name: Charlie Marsh
Nicknames: I don’t really have any nicknames, so I’ll just go with…Snake
Location: Syracuse, NY/Orange, CT

Greetings! I’m Bebito Jackson, Director of Marketing & Public Relations here at Gamefan. It’s my job to pick up the pieces after the staff inevitably alienates companies due to honestly reviewing games or by prank emailing them or by saying or doing something stupid in general. I also write and help out with a variety [...]

This is the first of a weekly feature we’ll be doing here at Diehard GameFAN. We figure it’s just as important for you to know the writers as it is for you to read our stuff. Why? Because this way you can tell which of our authors have similar tastes to you, and you can [...]