GI Staff And Reader Interests, Dislikes, And Favorite Games: Issue #213

The Game Informer monthly staff page is a forum where we all come together and talk about what's cool right now. We'll get the ball rolling and would love to hear everyone's current interests, dislikes, and favorite games.

Andy McNamara  Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: My New Trek Bike That Showed Up Three Months Ahead Of Schedule That I Can't Ride For Four, I Can't Stop Watching The Timberwolves Even Though They Are Really Bad (But I Have Hope Again), Cuties, Snow, Doomtree, Mimicking Birds Dislikes: Shoveling Snow, Not Finishing All The Games I Wanted To By Now (I Know, It's A Horrible Curse), That It Took Me Months/Years To Discover The Raconteurs (Amazing Band For Those Later To The Party Than I) Current Favorite Games: World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, Picross 3D, Amnesia: The Dark Descent

Andrew Reiner Profile E-mail Editor

Interest: Nintendo 3DS (I Love What I'm Seeing From The Software So Far), Loudly Playing Dead Space 2 In The GI Office (Nothing Motivates Workers Like The Sound Of Crying Babies), The NFL Season Coming To A Close (Let's Go Cubs!!!) Dislikes: The Inconsistency In DLC Prices, Running Out Of Hard Drive Space On My PS3 And 360, Kinect And Move Both Suffering From Post-Release Software Support (Announce Something!) Current Favorite Games: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Mortal Kombat, Dead Space 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow, Pinball FX 2, Donkey Kong Country Returns

Matt Helgeson Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Finally Getting Into Stevie Wonder’s ‘70s Albums, John Phillips – John, The Wolfking of L.A., Finally Playing Heavy Rain And Loving It Dislikes: The Horror Of The Vikings 2010 Season, University of Minnesota Wimping Out On Mike Leach, 18+ Inches Of Snow, Sub-Zero Temps, Heavy Rain Making Me Feel Like A Bad Father Current Favorite Games: Heavy Rain, Marvel Pinball, Pinball FX2

Matthew Kato Profile E-mail Editor

Likes: David Cross' The Increasingly Poor Decisions Of Todd Margaret, Afghani Pizza, The Fact That Already 2011 Looks To Be An Awesome Year For Games Dislikes: The Crazy Thought That I Might Buy And Play Mass Effect 2 Again On The PS3, The Fact That Ubisoft Doesn't Explain Some Key Gameplay Stuff To You When You Start AC: Brotherhood (And I've Played AC II!), The Holidays, Hollywood Big-Wigs Thinking They Can Come In And Just Make Games Like That (I'm Skeptical!), The Fact That I Can't Turn On A Game These Days Without Having To Update, Sign-In, Or Sign-Up First Current Favorite Games: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Heavy Rain, Marvel Pinball, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Fight Night Champion

Adam Biessener Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Acacia: The War With The Mein By David Anthony Durham, Dollhouse Season 2, Leading The Heroic Charge As A Tank For The First Time, Healers Who Learn Their New Mechanics, DPS Who Successfully Move Out Of The Fire Dislikes: The Many Forms WoW Incompetence Takes, Including But Not Limited To: Standing In The Fire, Eating Cleaves, DoTing CC Targets, Spamming Inefficient Heals, Missing Interrupts, Forgetting Defensive Cooldowns (Especially Iceblock), Trying To AoE Elites, Not Reading Tooltips, Standing Next To Adds Who Explode On Death, Not Switching Targets, And Running Away From The Tank Current Favorite Games: World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, Civilization V

Joe Juba Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: The Walking Dead, Breaking Bad, The Fact That AMC Is Officially The Best Channel On TV, Handerpants, Never Say No To Panda Dislikes: The Temptation To Start WoW Again, My Favorite Burger Joint Burning Down, So Many 40-Hour Games, So Little Time Current Favorite Games: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Ilomilo, Mass Effect 2, X-Men: The Arcade Game, A World Of Keflings, Fable III, Valkyria Chronicles II (Still!)

Matt Miller Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: The New Dr. Who (What A Great Season!), Going Back To Read All The Old Dune Books (Fear Is The Mind Killer…), The Ease Of Holiday Shopping Online, Pomplamoose, Tannhäuser Dislikes: Kay Jewelers Commercials (Am I The Only One?), The Ever-Increasing Number Of Ads On Xbox Live, People Who Drive Like They’re Crazy As Soon As There’s Two Inches Of Snow On The Ground Current Favorite Games: Pac-Man Championship Edition DX, Valkyria Chronicles II, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, Donkey Kong Country Returns, Rock Band 3

Matt Bertz Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: ELDER SCROLLS V BABY!, The League, The Savage Detectives By Roberto Bolaño, Red Cliff, My New Nikon D7000 DSLR, Two Bands One Cup At Triple Rock Social Club Dislikes: The 2010 Minnesota Vikings, Tarvaris Jackson, Brett Favre, The Metrodome Current Favorite Games: Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, NHL 11

Jeff Cork Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Finally Tearing Through My Gaming Backlog Over Christmas Break, Giving Dan A Hard Time, Getting Sprayed In The Face By GWAR, Having A Fireplace (And Subsequently Stinking Up The Entire Neighborhood) Dislikes: Shoveling My Long-Ass Driveway, Getting A Sore Back After Shoveling My Long-Ass Driveway (So Old), Dan's Inability To Estimate The Passage Of Time, Dan's Nasty Mouth, Dan Current Favorite Games: Pinball FX 2, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, Rock Band 3, LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars

Ben Reeves Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Inception on Blu-Ray (Still Confusing, Still Awesome), My Run – The Terry Hitchcock Documentary, The September Issue (I Can Believe I’m Admitting That I Watched It), Chocolate: The Exhibition Dislikes: A Car That Take Five Minutes To Start Every Morning (I Have A Feeling I’ll Soon Be Taking The Bus), How My Family Can Fit An Argument Into Each Day Of A Vacation, The New Facebook (I Fear Change) Current Favorite Games: Dead Space 2, Super Meat Boy, Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, Fable III, Call of Duty: Black Ops 

Bryan Vore Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Watching Lawrence Of Arabia After Seeing Uncharted 3, Having A Snow Blower, Finally Playing The Assassin's Creed II DLC Before I Kick Off Brotherhood, Kanye West -- My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Two Generals By Scott Chantler Dislikes: The Six-Foot Piles Of Snow In My Backyard That Will Be There Until March Current Favorite Games: Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, Mass Effect 3, Call of Duty: Black Ops, X-Men: The Arcade Game

Meagan Marie Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Tomb Raider, Artgerm’s Catwoman, Mega 64’s Reboot, Mass Effect 3, Uncharted 3, Tracking Down Organix Vanilla Silk Conditioner, Constructing COG Armor, Cat Costumes, Jamba Juice, Ugly Christmas Sweaters, 2011 Dislikes: Getting Five Feet Of Snow, Everything About Joyride, That I Still Feel Compelled To Buy Comics Per Issue Instead Of In Trades, That I Ran Out Of 30 Rock Episodes Current Favorite Games: Mass Effect 2, Split/Second, Dance Central, Kinect Adventures

Annette Gonzalez Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Catching Up On This Year’s Games (There Are So Many Great Ones), Ditching The Microwave And Learning To Cook, Thinking About All The Great Games Coming Out In 2011, Holiday Vacation In Chicago Dislikes: Snow, Snow Disrupting My Daily Commute, Negative Temperatures, Winter In General Current Favorite Games: Dance Central, Mass Effect 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Super Meat Boy

Philip Kollar Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: That Feeling Of Falling Back In Love With World Of Warcraft That Happens Whenever A New Expansion Hits, Doomtree, Awesome Black Friday Video Game Deals, Asking The Family To Get Me Kinect For Christmas So I Don’t Need To Pay For It Myself, Friends Visiting For The Holidays, How Incredible 2011 Is Looking For Game Releases Already, Our New Video Player Dislikes: That Feeling Of Wasting All Of My Free Time On World Of Warcraft That Happens Whenever A New Expansion Hits, Minnesota Winter, How Minneapolis Public Transit Gets Even Worse During Minnesota Winter, Growing Number Of CG/Live Action Game Trailers In Place Of Actual Gameplay Current Favorite Games: World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm, Two Worlds II, Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit, Call Of Duty: Black Ops

Jeff Marchiafava Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Preparing For Lots Of Gaming And Eating For Holiday Break, Filling Out My Game Library On The Cheap Thanks To Holiday Deals, Outdoor Football Games During Blizzards, Online Shopping (Buying Presents Has Never Been Easier), The Number Of Awesome Sequels Coming Out At The End Of 2011 Dislikes: Not Having Any More Episodes Of Battlestar Galactica To Watch, Michael Vick Destroying My Fantasy Football Hopes, Blizzards (One Massive Dumping Is Alright, But This Is Ridiculous) Current Favorite Games: ModNation Racers, Marvel Pinball, Dead Space, Uncharted 2

Dan Ryckert Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Constantly Beating Reiner's Scores In Pinball FX 2, Conan, Videos Of Collapsing Stadiums, The New Kanye West Album, Skyrim, Eating Gallons Of Ice Cream On Doctor's Orders, Uncharted 3, 1966 Batman, Kratos In Mortal Kombat, Discovering That There Is A Movie Called Farticus Starring Abe Vigoda As Zeus And Bull From Night Court As Hades Dislikes: The VGAs, Shoveling Snow, Constant Surgery On My ****ing Tongue, Trying To Figure Out How I'll Have Time To Play All The 2011 Games, The VGAs, Not Being Able To Play A PS3 Game Without Installing 19 Updates, People That Actually Take Offense To The Term "Happy Holidays," Dane Cook On The VGAs (And In General), The Fact That Prototype 2 Is Happening, The VGAs Current Favorite Games: Pinball FX 2, Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit, Sly Collection, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Pac-Man Championship Edition DX, Angry Birds Seasons, Mike Tyson's Punch-Out

Tim Turi Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Dog Fort, Dog Fight: A Love Story, The Original Star Wars Trilogy, My iPhone, Shoveling Snow (No I Did Not Mean To Place That Under Dislike), Czech Republic, Vegetables, Epic Meal Time, Unlearning Inverted Y-Axis Controls, Epic Sax Walrus, Super Meat Boy’s Soundtrack, The Fantastic Mr. Fox Dislikes: Losing Two Hours To Super Meat Boy’s Auto-Save Bug, Not Drinking Beer, North Korea, Subzero Temperatures, That Smell In My Kitchen, Stupid People, Jeff Cork’s Children Current Favorite Games: Super Meat Boy, Enslaved: Odyssey To The West, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World: The Game, Valkyria Chronicles II, Donkey Kong Country Returns, Mega Man 10, Deadly Premonition, Amnesia, Vanquish, Plants Vs. Zombies

Ben Hanson  Profile E-mail Editor

Interests: Watchmen, Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal, Penny Arcade TV Dislikes: VGAs, Super Meat Boy’s Keyboard Controls, Politicians Current Favorite Games: Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare, Starcraft II, Plants Vs. Zombies (Have You Seen This? Have You Heard About This?), Puzzle Agent, Infinity Blade