Category: Staff Bios

  • Staff Bio: Chris Pankonin

    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…

  • Staff Bio: Bryan Berg

    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

  • Staff Bio: Aaron Sirois

    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…

  • Staff Bio: ML Kennedy

    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…

  • Staff Bio Week 9: Frederick Badlissi

    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…

  • Staff Bio Week Eight – Matt Yeager

    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…

  • Staff Bio Week 7 – Guy Desmarais

    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:…

  • Staff Bio Week 6 – Lee Baxley

    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…

  • Staff Bio Week 5 – Mark B.

    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.

  • Staff Bio: Week 4 – Chuck Platt

    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…

  • Staff Bio: Week 3 – Charlie Marsh

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

  • Staff Bio: Week 2 – Bebito Jackson

    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…

  • Staff Bio: Week 1 – Alexander Lucard

    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…