Odder Bloggers

Keeping up to date on this industry is a living, screaming nightmare. There are dozens of games with dozens of stories, each of which changes on at longest a monthly and often weekly basis. Each game has dozens of developers and public relations staff who are trying to get the word out, but often what one tells us isn't quite the same as what another informed us about in the not too distant past.

Thanks goodness our network is fortunate enough to have a King's ransom in quality editors, many of which write their own blogs, kind of like the one you are reading now. There is simply no means to keep up with this industry without a knowledgeable, inebriated staff. Let me introduce you to a few of our intrepid staff.

Jeff Woleslagle, who many of you know as our TenTonHammer.com rodeo clown jots down his thoughts in Ganked when time permits. Jeff is a busy guy and spends more of his time writing articles of value, rather than the kind of tripe that I put out, but we'll keep him around anyway, even if he is pushing the quality meter a little to high for my liking. Byron "Messiah" Mudry is responsible for Digital Haven, a World of Warcraft focused blog. He also uses a Mac. Need I say more? Coyote Sharptongue is the author of what might be the funniest blog you are likely to read. I mean this with all my two-sizes-too-small heart. If I could write like this guy I'd be carving my way onto the comedy network and kicking Ben Stiller in the nads. Don't let the blog title fool you, Not funny...ever is guaranteed to make you laugh and also proves that blogs with titles that contain "..." are golden. Nicole "Awensomethingorother" Hamlett puts her meandering and malicious thoughts to type in On A Side Note. She is also our resident schmoozer of industry personalities so go post something in her comments and give a fake name like Richard Garriott, Raph Koster or Benny Hill.

Our other staffers aren't the blogging type, or at least they haven't been since we locked them up and forced them to play EQ1 again. It is even rumoured that one of them, Thurston "Ratboy" Hillman has been yiffing rather than blogging. He is our Warhammer Online community manager, so I can only assume he will play a Skaven (race of rats) when the game ships.

What other gaming blogs do you read? How do you find the time???

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