GameShark.com is run by a handful of dedicated staffers and regular contributors who pay attention to what readers are interested in and excited about.

This includes (but is not limited to) the latest Codes or GameSaves for GameShark devices, Mad Catz products, information and news on the latest games, product previews and reviewers, interviews with the industry's most interesting people, and features on the hottest music, television and movies.

GameShark.com offers its readers content they thirst after, but this is made wholly possible by a staff dedicated to delivering content that is honest, fun and informative. Below is a list of the hard working team of writers that delivers the goods every day here at GameShark.com.

William Abner, Editor in Chief:

William is a seasoned writer and long-time gamer that enjoys everything from MMORPG's to board games. Prior to joining the GameShark team full time, William regularly contributed to such web sites as GameSpy and GameShark, and print magazines like the excellent Computer Games Magazine and Massive. William is an avid expert sports and strategy gamer, and an accomplished author (William published his first book, The 2006 Gamer's Tomb of Ultimate Knowledge, in 2006). Beyond all that he has nearly a decade's worth of experience covering the interactive entertainment industry. Finally, William is a regular contributor to the Sports Gamers Blog



Jeff McAllister, News Editor:

Playing video games of all shapes and sizes since he was knee high to an arcade cabinet, Jeff brings an extensive range of gaming knowledge to the Game Shark team. In the past he has written for gaming companies such as MPlayer, IGN and GameSpy, but now resides here as the GameShark News Editor. He is most comfortable with a controller and keyboard in hand and can be found writing about games and the gaming culture at just about any given moment on any given day.



Contributing Writing Staff:



David VanDyk:

To survive in today’s gaming industry, you need an appreciation for the finer things in life; giant robots, space lasers, and every available DVD release of Knight Rider, for example. At least, that’s how David sees the world. Fighting for the underrated side of the industry, his favorite genres tend to lie in simulation and complex strategy titles (being one of the only staff members to own two copies of Steel Battalion), but that doesn’t mean he don’t enjoy diving into a little Halo 3 and Half-Life 2 action every now and then. His general rule of thumb for gaming is that if it has a good story, then by extension it’s an experience worth purchasing; Proper immersion into a game is something that should be explored at any opportunity.



Dan Clarke:

Dan Clarke is our second go-to-guy when it comes to sports games and seems to enjoy playing games from Xbox Live Marketplace (who can fault him for that?) When he's not reviewing the Arcade, sports or PSP game, Dan is busy writing witty and sometimes snarky comments on his Sports Gamer Blog along with William Abner. Dan has been writing since 1998 at various websites and print publications.



Todd Brakke

Todd has been a gamer since the days of the Apple IIe and has whittled his life away on various consoles from the Atari 5200 all the way up to the Xbox 360. But his gaming heart is devoted fully to the platform where the real men play their games: the PC. By day Todd makes his living criticizing the work of other authors. By night, when he's not begging his kids to -for the love all things holy- eat their darn vegetables, he obsesses over his pile of underplayed sports, strategy and role playing games.



Troy S. Goodfellow

Troy is an overeducated and underemployed freelance writer based in Maryland. He's been published many places that you have heard of and many more that you haven't.



Brandon Cackowski-Schnell

Brandon Cackowski-Schnell has been hooked on gaming ever since he realized he could save his progress in Space Quest and not redo the opening few hours over and over. He enjoys gaming on all consoles, but loves his DS more than any rational person would consider normal. When not writing reviews, or as Mister Binky for GameShark.com, he writes for his own site, Disparate Elements which is ignored by countless millions every day.



Tony Mitera

Over a decade of solid gaming has taught Tony one thing; that between now and then he has always held a passion for sharing his views on the world of videogames. When not writing about them he spends his free time playing a variety of different game genres, though he stake claim mostly with the shooter and action camps. Living in the Midwest, which probably could explain his shameful infatuation with Harvest Moon, and his other pastimes include playing paintball and the bass guitar (though rarely at the same time).

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