Dan "Shoe" Hsu Author Bio

Vitals: 36, no kids, half a cat

Education: Once took a workshop at Home Depot to learn how to cut and lay tile. Oh, and the University of Michigan for four and a half years.

Publications: Associate Editor, Previews Editor, then eventually Editor-in-Chief of Electronic Gaming Monthly; Editorial Director for the 1UP Network; Executive Editor, then Editor-in-Chief at Gamers.com.

Platforms played: Everything, though PC gaming has slowed down a lot in recent years.

Genres played: Shooters, strategy, action, platform, stealth and arcade.

Multiplayer or single-player: Multiplayer … until I can't compete with the Internet kids anymore. I also love just about everything co-op.

My Top 10 games:

1) Super Mario 1, 2, 3, and Super Mario Galaxy
2) These turn-based strategy games: Civilization series, Advance Wars series and Heroes of Might and Magic III
3) These games for multiplayer: Halo series, Splinter Cell series and Tetris Attack
4) BioShock
5) These real-time-strategy games: Dark Reign, WarCraft 2 and PixelJunk Monsters
6) Phantasy Star Online
7) These fighting games when playing head-to-head: Soulcalibur series and Street Fighter series
8) Metroid series (2-D only)
9) These games with cars in them: Grand Theft Auto series and Burnout series. And, uh … Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3.
10) God of War series

There … 10 games exactly!

What makes me tick: My biological clock. Also: clichés, bad drivers, message boards and Ohio State football.