It is with great pleasure I introduce four new writers who have joined the site recently. They are joining us at an exciting time where we are just about gearing up for the imminent next gen of gaming tech and, although they may help out in some of the new areas we will be expanding to in the future, for now it may well come as welcome news that these new inductees are all gaming writers. We hope you like what you see from them in the coming months, and I hope you will join me in extending a very warm Red Barrel welcome to these worthy additions to the team.
You may have encountered some of Rik‘s fine work in previews and more already – in the interest of full disclosure we should point out that (as well as being an awesome dude) he is an employee of SEGA, so will be reviewing any game that is not produced by them (and I won’t tell you that he worked on the QA for Aliens:CM as he won’t thank me for that at all!) Dom is an experienced blogger who previously wrote for Halocouncil.com and while he isn’t the first member of the BRB team from Ireland, I believe he is the first to actually live over on the fair Emerald Isle. Katherine (KathiPayne) is new to the blogging scene and is an aspiring writer, on the evidence of her first submission — a review of Papers, Please — I think she is going to settle in to our Barrel of monkeys quite nicely. Hamish isn’t as Scottish as his name would suggest but is a friendly, London based blogger who writes his own gaming blog, For The Xp. Please join me in welcoming all four new members of the BRB team!
Enough of me waffling on, I will let them introduce themselves — With the assistance of a set of insightful, devilishly fiendish questions designed to burrow deep into their gaming brains and expose their inner glitches.
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Rik @RikLaffar
Who the hell are you?
Rik, you know this. You hired me. [“Hired” is a strong word with payment implications = p – Tim]
What are your favourite games or gaming genres?
Favourite genres are RPG (J and Action) and Espionage games. Favourite series are Final Fantasy, Zelda, Kingdom Hearts, Metal Gear Solid, and Splinter Cell.
Most importantly, what is your favourite type of barrel?
The type Jack Daniels is made in. [Possibly the best answer to this question that we have had! – Tim]
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Dom @Pyxel8
Who the hell are you?
I’m a 22 year old guy from Ireland. I have an almost two year old son and another child due in January. I’m a HUGE Manchester United fan. I was studying Software Development with a focus on video game design in college and I’m going back to pursue that next September. You can catch me on Xbox LIVE with the gamertag Pyxel8.
What are your favourite games or gaming genres?
My fave genres are JRPG and FPS. My fave games are Final Fantasy (IX, X), the Tales Of… series, Lost Odyssey, Halo and Fable.
What is your favourite type of barrel?
Green 😛
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KathiPayne @KatherineGPayne
What is your favourite type of barrel?
Tudor
Rik may have had the best Barrel answer, but Hamish was a close second.
Welcome to the bigger red family all!
Diarmuid
You can’t go wrong with a few more Irish people involved.
Welcome everybody.
Rik
Haha, I feel I probably should have put a touch more effort into my introduction…
Hamish
Hi to all, happy to be here.
Dom
Can I change my barrel answer? I have a better one… A barrel of laughs… get it? Ya know cos its funny. Nevermind
Glowbear
Yay welcome guys!! And more Irish…muhahahaha!
Vincent
Gah! Rookies!!!!