Tom Chick was born in Dallas, raised in Little Rock, went to graduate school in Boston, and now lives in Los Angeles. He has been writing about games for more than 10 years. He currently holds the world's record for worst
Rock Band drummer.
Age: 40 (chronologically), 14-24 (mentally)
Education: Far too much for someone who sits around all day writing about games.
Publications: Games for Windows, Sci Fi Channel, Variety, GameSpy, Yahoo!, the late great Computer Games Magazine.
Platforms played: All of them. Yes, all. Seriously. Try me.
Genres played: All of them. Yes, all. Seriously. Try me. Okay, fine, you got me. I don't play sports games that aren't golf and I avoid MMOs as much as possible.
My 10 favorite games:
1) I'm saving this slot
2)
BioShock
3) I'm also saving this slot, just in case
4)
Civilization IV
5)
Killer 7
6) The RTS
du jour
7) Internet message boards
8)
Dark Cloud 2
9)
BioShock
10) Checking to see if anyone has defaced my Wikipedia entry