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ESC Magazine, founded
by Andy Grieser and Toby Davis in August of 1998, began as a small online
periodical of Windows game reviews. Since then, ESCMag has grown to
include over two-hundred computer and console gaming reviews, as well
as features, discussion groups and industry news, with thousands of
gamers across the world escaping to these pages each week.
In late 2001, ESCMAG became an affiliate
of the GameZone Online
alliance. After four exciting years of gaming, ESCMag has grown to a staff of twelve dedicated
ESCapers. If you are interested in joining
our elite (and irreverant) staff as either a game reviewer or a news
junkie, contact
us for more information.
| Meet the Cool Staff |
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| Andy is an (early) thirtysomething
journalist from suburban Fort Worth, Texas and currently resides
in windy Chicago. He jumped to the world of online writing from
print news. In addition to numerous computer-based reviews in both
print and online formats, he co-authored Something in the Blood:
The Underground World of Today’s Vampires and Our Story: The
Authorized Biography of the Dallas Cowboys. |
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| Toby is a web developer
and avid Mac gamer also from Fort Worth, Texas, who has been an unofficial, self-proclaimed
Apple gaming evangelist since the 1980's. Having developed web applications
for such white-collar firms as Nortel Networks, Verizon and IBM, he now heads
up technology development for an enterprise solutions firm while
expanding his web design-mind across the pages of ESCMag. |
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| Erich has a nack
for critiquing. Since starting in December 1999 at ESCMag, Erich
has had the opportunity to continue his work in finding the faults
in everything everyone does. Never being published in print, as
of yet, he is currently working on science fiction stories and screenplays.
As an avid console gamer, Erich has each of his feet in both the
computer gaming and console gaming fields. Since 1998, Erich has
created many sites, and is currently in the process of creating
his most recent site, Project51.net. |
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| John began his
career at Escmag.com as Andy Grieser's personal ninja bodyguard.
After narrowly escaping death in the form of a robotic starfish
named Clyde the Destroyer, John decided that the pen may actually
be mightier then the sword. He put down his katana, picked up his
keyboard, and hasn't stopped since. |
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| Matt is an 18-year-old
high school student in Pennsylvania. His ambitions range from attending
college to saving the world from some random cliche console role-playing-game
ancient evil awakened by whatever. His favorite console game is
the cult-classic RPG Xenogears, and his favorite PC game would be
a toss up between Deus Ex or Planescape: Torment. Matt hopes to
pursue a career in writing of some sort, because it means he can
get paid without getting off of his wonderfully comfortable rollie
chair. |
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| Erica was originally
bribed into joining ESCmag when Andy promised a paycheck for sitting
around acting cute. Well, still no paycheck, but Erica has decided
to put her talents to use and rant and rave for ESCmag In Your Face
newsletter. And if you send her some chocolate (and a new computer
to replace her lagging Pentium-133), maybe she'll write a story
for you. |
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| Norm works for
the government, and that's all he'll tell us without having to kill
us. Personally we think he's an infiltrator keeping tabs on us.
He was swindled into taking up the keyboard here at Escmag, by a
shadowy figure simply know as "The Chief", with the promises
of fortune and glory. He still checks the mail daily for that check.
His innate ability to rant, vast kung-mugee skills, and talent for
slaying bad films at 50 yards has earned him his present position
among this elite cadre. |
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| Garret has been
writing about the gaming industry since 1996, and served a stint
as a volunteer beta tester for Epic MegaGames before that. Anyone
remember Jazz Jackrabbit? A former journalist, Garret's day job
is working as a technical writer and publications manager for a
video chip maker. |
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| It started off
as a small way to vent how much Nelson loved Dungeon Keeper. After
he wrote that review for Computer Bits, he slowly worked up his
resume and began reviewing for other companies. Eventually, he got
a Dreamcast, got more experience doing that, and now works for ESCmag,
the great web site that you should go out and tell all of your friends
about (don't forget to click on the advertisement links). |
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| Torrick is a dedicated console gamer who nevertheless has occassional
extra-gamer affairs with his PC. Having owned systems in every generation
since the Atari 2600 gives Torrick the moral authority and unchecked
arrogance necessary to lay claim to the hardcore gamer designation. While
he considers his work for ESCMag to be his true career, he has been known to
practice law to make ends meet.
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