Vitals: 28, married, two little girls (newborn and a two-year-old)
Education: B.S. in Business Management from Brigham Young University
Publications: Currently news editor at-large for GamePro, a columnist and feature writer for MSNBC, and a contributing author to Edge Magazine and Crispy Gamer. Since 2005, my work has been prominently featured in CNN, Business Week, GigaOM, PC World, Joystiq, Next-Generation, Game Daily, GigaGamez, Macworld, CIO, NewTeeVee, and Connect Magazine.
Platforms played: Wii, PS3, 360, DS. I'm a sucker for pick-up-and-play titles, as this pesky thing called life limits the amount of time I can invest in the really deep games.
Genres played: Action, adventure, rhythm-based, FPS, puzzle, online multiplayer, arcade mini-games and the dreaded "casual" ones, too. Occasionally sports games grace my machines.
Multiplayer or single-player: Both.
Some of the most memorable games I've played: Golden Axe (Arcade),
Kung Fu (NES),
Super Mario Brothers (NES),
Tecmo Bowl (NES),
Tetris (GB),
Black Cauldron (IBM PC Jr.),
Sonic the Hedgehog (Genesis),
Mortal Kombat (Arcade),
Doom II (PC),
Flashback (Genesis),
Donkey Kong Country (SNES),
Jet Moto (PSX),
Twisted Metal (PSX),
Tomb Raider (PSX),
NiGHTS (Saturn),
Zelda: Minish Cap (GBA),
Unreal Tournament (PC),
Metroid Prime (GCN),
Halo (PC),
RE4 (GCN),
Shadow of the Colossus (PS2),
Beyond Good and Evil (Multi),
Kirby: Canvas Curse (DS),
Wii Sports (Wii).
What makes me tick: Baseball, thesauruses, music, DVDs and eating steak with my wife.
Bonus Round: Blake Snow is a burgeoning videogame critic, professional journalist, sophisticated blogger and news reporter with an inquiring mind. He graduated from Brigham Young University in 2004 with a degree in business management and formerly worked as a web consultant. In addition to maintaining a
personal blog, Blake is a novice husband and father of two girls. He resides in beautiful Orem, Utah.