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Hal Halpin
Name Hal Halpin
Function President & Founder
Platform of Choice iPhone, lately. PC, normally
Favorite Game Mario Kart 64
Now Playing TallBikeJoust
Favorite Character Wario
Anxiously Anticipating Halo: Reach

Heather Ellertson
Name Heather Ellertson
Function Vice President of Marketing, ECA
Platform of Choice Wii
Favorite Game I don't mean to copy you Hal, but I have to say Mario cart from N64 is my favorite game as well!
Now Playing Baseball and golf for the Wii. This is a great platform, fun to play and what a work out you get as well! I feel like I’m doing a commercial for Nintendo!
Favorite Character I really don’t have a “Favorite” character
Anxiously Anticipating Super Mario Galaxy 2

Jennifer Mercurio, Esq.
Name Jennifer Mercurio, Esq.
Function Vice President & General Counsel
Platform of Choice PC
Favorite Game Sims 2, SimCity
Now Playing Chess, “Scrabu… Er, Lexulous!”
Favorite Character Lara Croft
Anxiously Anticipating

Seth Stebbins
Name Seth Stebbins
Function Marketing Manager, ECA
Platform of Choice Xbox 360
Favorite Game Jedi Outcast for GC, cod 4,GOW, old school NES Kung Fu
Now Playing COD4 (never gets old!)
Favorite Character none off hand...
Anxiously Anticipating world peace

valerie
Name Valerie Marques
Function Marketing Intern
Platform of Choice Wii
Favorite Game DDR
Now Playing Band Hero
Favorite Character Mario
Anxiously Anticipating

Name Robert Hunter, IV / “Beau”
Function Digital Rights Consultant
Platform of Choice All of the above
Favorite Game FFVII, World of Warcraft, C&C, Anything with a good soundtrack
Now Playing Sudoku
Favorite Character Golgo 13
Anxiously Anticipating Holodecks

Brett Schenker
Name Brett Schenker
Function Online Advocacy Manager
Platform of Choice I like them all
Favorite Game Galaga and Asteroids
Now Playing Rockband and Singstar
Favorite Character I got nada for this one.
Anxiously Anticipating Natal and PS3 Motion Control

Name Patrick Hightower
Function Policy Coordinator
Platform of Choice Any!
Favorite Game Rock Band 2, Civilization, Oregon Trail
Now Playing Dragon Quest IV, Fallout 3, the new PoP
Favorite Character Pikachu
Anxiously Anticipating Mass Effect 2, Fable 3, Untitled Harmonix Beatles game.

Name Aaron Ruby
Function EIC, GameCulture
Platform of Choice
Favorite Game Tonight it's Vagrant Story, Ico, Ninja Gaiden 2, Passage, and Half-Life
Now Playing Dead Space 2
Favorite Character Parappa the Rappa
Anxiously Anticipating Civ 4

Name Pete Gallagher
Function Editor,GamePolitics.com
Platform of Choice PC, PS3
Favorite Game Quake Series
Now Playing Battlefield: Bad Company 2, MLB The Show 10, Pick-Up Sticks
Favorite Character Ratchet
Anxiously Anticipating Bring your dog to work day

Julie
Name Julie Gray
Function Editor, Game Culture
Platform of Choice That's kinda tricky, I play equal amounts on both the 360 and PC but if I had to choose - PC ftw!
Favorite Game Again, kinda difficult to choose but probably a toss up between the Quake series (PC), Gears of War (Xbox 360), EverQuest (PC) and Diablo series (PC)
Now Playing Oh gosh, how much space do I have? Battlefield Bad Company 2 (Xbox 360), Lord of the Rings Online (PC), Dungeons and Dragons Online (PC), Gears of War 2 (Xbox 360) and Dead to Rights (PS3).
Favorite Character When it releases, probably the female COG in Gears of War 3 :)
Anxiously Anticipating Gears of War 3, Dead Space 2, Diablo 3, Star Wars: The Old Republic and Ghost Recon: Future Soldier.

James Fudge
Name James Fudge
Function Editor, GamePolitics.com
Platform of Choice PC, 360
Favorite Game Quake Series / Master of Magic
Now Playing Whatever Pete hates.
Favorite Character Clank
Anxiously Anticipating Bring my cat to work day.

Name Hannah Davis
Function Lead Forum Moderator
Platform of Choice
Favorite Game
Now Playing
Favorite Character
Anxiously Anticipating

Mike
Name Michael Conley
Function IT/Marketing Intern
Platform of Choice XBOX 360
Favorite Game Halo 3, Call of Duty
Now Playing Halo 3
Favorite Character
Anxiously Anticipating

Bianca
Name Bianca Luchessi
Function Social Networking Intern
Platform of Choice Wii
Favorite Game Wii Sports
Now Playing Wii bowling
Favorite Character Mario
Anxiously Anticipating Summer to start

Matthew
Name Matthew Olschan
Function Chapter Coordinator
Platform of Choice PC, Xbox 360
Favorite Game Golden Eye 007
Now Playing League of Legends
Favorite Character Gordon Freeman
Anxiously Anticipating Star Wars: The Old Republic, Halo Reach