The Team

Tricia "Kazi Wren" Harris - Site Director and Staff Writer
Kazi Wren, known (and feared) as the Dark Mistress of Spookhouse and Ragnarok, comes to us from the world of mainstream journalism. Having worked for some large-ass daily newspapers, she's got that "reporter thing" going on. Her job is to lure unsuspecting developers into her lair of sin -- in this case, the 3DActionPlanet. Kazi mainly conducts interviews for the site as well as for GameSpy.com. You can contact her at anytime...just don't ask about her collection of whips and chains. Trust us.

Jamie "Thrrrpptt" Madigan - Lead Genre Producer and Contributing Writer
Jamie "Thrrrpptt!" Madigan is a full time employee of GameSpy Industries. He acts as a general contributor for 3dActionPlanet, writing articles, reviews, previews, editorials, and bizzare humor pieces that only a few people really get (the rest just laugh so they don't look unsophisticated). He has written computer game strategy guides for GW Press, and has also written an online Quake 2 strategy guide for PlanetQuake. As Lead Genre Producer, it's Thrrrpptt's job to make sure all of GameSpy's sites are happy.

Caryn "Hellchick" Law - Action Genre Producer and Contributing Writer
After finally getting her bachelor's degree in astronomy and astrophysics, Hellchick mysteriously found herself writing for the gaming industry. Though she'd been playing Quake for a couple of years, it never occured to her that you could make a living doing that sort of thing. And so, armed only with a computer, her bass guitar, and a misguided sense of creativity, she showed up on the doorstep of GameSpy Industries, begging them to take her in. When it was clear to them that she wouldn't leave until they gave her a job, they caved and let her run PlanetQuake for a while, and then moved her up to become the Action Genre Producer after she wrestled Thrrrpptt! for the job in bloody combat. Oh, and she also really, REALLY likes antelope.

Dustin "Silencer" Roberts - Staff Writer
Silencer contributes to 3DAP whenever he gets time. When not playing games, he attempts to live a somewhat "typical" life, involving school (majoring in computer science, for now), work (boring-ass banking job...pays the bills tho), and playing bass in a band. If the staff's writing skills don't make 3DAP famous, maybe Silencer's band will...

Eduardo "Root" Renteria - News Hound and Staff Writer
Said to have been trained by the Colombian intelligence agency, Root comes to us with low credentials and a bag of industrial-size coffee. He has also been reported to type away at his computer for hours on end without direct contact to the outside--what is he writing you ask? Well, we may never find out, but what can be assured is that some of that feverish writing will end up here at 3DAP--whether that is a good thing or a bad thing will be up to you. While visiting the outside (namely the room in his abode that has a window), Root likes to catch up on a little Half-Life, and an occasional hint of Quake--a mix that Root claims is, "a supub comnimation."

Francesco "Warzone" Poli - Staff Writer
I write tendentially long and polemic editorials, long and thorough reviews, and I've even tried my hand at interviewing (with mediocre results, I'm afraid). I'm also a novelist by night, authoring the everlasting Flamin' Llamas, buried somewhere in the forums, and the Half-Life Novelization Project, but this is getting out of topic...Well, I do all I can for the site within time constraints, really.

Frank "AutoMag" McGee - News Hound
A 40-something avid gamer for well over 20 years, AutoMag lives in South Carolina, USA. He posts the news at 3DAP and various other GameSpy sites. Without his quick reflexes and dedication, the rest of us at 3DAP would actually have to work harder (God bless you, AutoMag).

Jonathan "The Grape" Wu - Editorials Team Head
Jon The Grape is head of a small band of editorial geniuses, formerly known as the Grape's Thoughts team. Their job at 3dActionPlanet is to bring you editorials. Editorials are slightly different to articles in that they are more focused on the writer's opinion and are usually written from one point of view. Whatever, they write lots of them, so get used to it.

Matt "ObeseWhale" Grinshpun - Staff Writer
ObeseWhale joined 3DActionPlanet as a complement to his job running The Darker Sector. A Linux freak who hopes to one day rise to the status of a game programmer himself, ObeseWhale provides an entertaining insight on a variety of topics.

Matt "Mr. Spook" Wier - Staff Writer
"Cold. Daring. No flies on me." Mr. Spook has been gaming since the days of Pong and Computer Space. When not playing games or listening to Steely Dan and the Grateful Dead, Matt is a tiny cog in a huge, faceless corporation where he anonymously posts subversive messages on the corporate intranet and leaves disturbing photographs in the break room. Matt brings his expertise as a gamer and technical writer to 3D Action Planet where he contributes reviews, first looks and other general content.

Mike "Missionyrd" Weber - Staff Writer
Missionyrd is your not your regular news hound. He will throw up tidbits of new information so fast your head will spin. When not slaving over news and other "web stuff" you can find him bodyboarding or snowboarding depending on the time of the year. Oh yea, he likes to do that thing people call "gaming" as well, he can play a mean game of Battlezone.

Ryan "SonicStorm" Foote - Staff Writer
Mad gamer by day and uh...mad gamer by night, Sonic is the Site Director of Battleground: Halo. When not kicking Silencer's ass at Counter-Strike, he's just kicking other people's asses. He doesn't write editorials very well, so if you read a crappy one, it was probably done by him (or The Grape, either one).