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The Lamer group with our dear friend and avid gamer David Hyde Pierce.
Staff
Jay
The main contributor and father of Video Lamer, he likes his humor like he likes his walls - dry. Jay started playing video games when he was 4 and has been voicing his opinions (complaining) about them ever since. A steady diet of Sega consoles gave him the mental agility needed to be a fanboy, but he is currently recovering from this condition (DC FREVR!). His favorite genres include RPG's, Strategy RPG's, and Action RPG's but he rarely plays a game he doesn't enjoy. He has never played GTA3 because he is a snobby intellectual who thinks he's better than you, but he knows deep down inside that it would be completely awesome.
Billy
Billy's gaming life started when he was a lad of only 3 or 4 years. Growing up in a crack infested housing projects made playing outside none too safe, so his father, in his infinite wisdom, decided to go out and buy a Coleco Vision. And thus Billy rocked Bartender, Ladybug, and the Smurfs adventure like no ones business. Sometime later when NES was invented his father bought that, too. The one good thing about living in a ghetto is that there is always plenty of stolen things to buy from drug addicts who need another fix. This is how Billy's NES collection grew to over 300+ titles in a little under 5 years. 5 bucks per game. BOOYAH! Anyway a little growing up later and Billy broke his back all summer, winter and fall doing lawn care for people to earn enough money to accidentally buy a Sega Genesis when he really wanted a Neo Geo. Fortuitous for him though it turned out quite well and he went on to become a gaming legend in his group of friends. Not only RPGs but also action, fighting games and Joe Montana Sports talk titles. He believes he is the ONLY person in all of New England I believe to collect ALL Sega systems. Sega Genesis, Sega CD, 32X, Saturn, Game gear, Dreamcast. Word.
Pat
Pat's some guy.
Contributors
Lisa
Lisa attempts to edit the ramblings of the staff and keep a modicum of correct grammar usage in place. Turn ons include: commas, complete sentences, Burnout Revenge, Otogi, RPGs with plot, women who kick ass, KOTOR, Civ. III, cats, tabletops, Space Channel 5 and puzzle games. Turn offs include: smelly fan boys, extended periods of time without a computer and people who can kick her ass. In previous lives she's written for United Press International on machinima, E3, anime, girls in games and anything else she could con the hordes into reading. As a child, Lisa was forbidden to play video games. Her parents are very disappointed.
Golden Jew
The Golden Jew once took a break from counting his vast wealth to try out what is known by the proletariat as "video games." Unfortunately, he picked up the first MMORPG, Ultima Online, and has been hooked on the MMORPG's ever since. In between devoting entirely too much of his time to World of Warcraft, he periodically ventures forth to sample other games. His other hobbies include fragging the hell out of people in FPS games, building up vast imaginary empires in games such as Civ 4 and MOO2, and baking souffles.
Llewellyn
Llewellyn is too lazy to write a bio. Mr. Basedow would be disappointed.
