Co-Founder
Shoe used to cover the gaming biz for Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM), 1UP.com, X-Play, CNN Headline News, Gamers.com, and more...but then realized he could write his own paychecks by owning his own company. Too bad: 1) "His own company" is a poor start-up with zero budget, and 2) co-founder Demian controls the checkbook.
Co-Founder
When Gran Turismo came out, Demian decided it was time to stop writing about cars and start writing about games. After a four-year tour at EGM he (temporarily) hung up his writin' keyboard and moved over to 1UP.com's video department and the 1UP Show. Then he bought the Bitmob.com URL from the Russian mafia, and here we are.
Managing Editor
After nearly a decade as a sportswriter and editor, Jason switched to the enthusiast gaming press to spend more time with his wife and family. When he's not editing/writing for Bitmob, the former copy chief of the Ziff Davis Media Game Group enjoys playing RPGs, strategy games, games with virtual cockpits, and golf.
Staff Writer/Producer
Michael has been blabbering about games even since his college days when his professors thought he had no future getting paid writing dick jokes. Little did they know he'd be writing for Maxim Online, New York Daily News, and then EGM. But since people don't read words on paper anymore, he's switched his work to this "Internet" thing.
Editor
Aaron owns a Virtual Boy, 3DO, N-Gage, and a Gizmondo, but don’t hold that against him; he owns those things because he loves video games. He also loves writing about video games and has been doing so for ten years now. If you’ve been to GameSpot, IGN, Games Radar, or GamePro, chances are you’ve read something written by Aaron.
Editor
Video games have been a part of Ford's life ever since he realized his Commodore 64 could be used for more than word processing. And after six-plus years at EGM, he’s now a pesky force on multiple podcasts -- the Mobcast, Player One Podcast, and Sports Anomaly -- which simply means he plays fewer games than when he had a job!
Editor
Brett hosts the Pixel Revolt podcast and photographs nerdy sights in San Francisco. He also plays lots of video games. In fact, someone once teased him that his approach to dating was to play games until a girl fell in his lap. When that happened, he decided to try this with all aspects of his life. Now he's a Bitmob editor. Perseverance pays off!
Editor
Video games are Rob's crack; being from Mobtown, he knows a little something about addiction. Ever since loading his first cassette on the TI-99/4A, Rob has immersed himself in games -- from staying awake 'til the early morning for just "one more turn" to delving into books pondering the intersection of games, ownership, and copyright.
Editor
After landing a gig on Bitmob, James has decided that writing on the Internet isn’t nearly good enough; he’s currently moonlighting as a New Age healer. So far, he’s shown little talent at aligning the vertices, colors, and star alignments of earth crystals, but if Bitmob has taught him anything, it’s that perseverance pays dividends.
Editor
Jay is a hardened veteran of the IT industry and currently works as a network engineer and project manager. His arguably more complicated second job is taking care of his infant son. When he is not battling Russian hackers or dirty diapers, he enjoys reading and gaming of all sorts.
Staff Writer
In this economy, you gotta find ways to keep yourself busy. Fitchy's spent his newfound free time podcastin', localizin', and lady-findin'. Not necessarily in that order. Check him out on the Sports Anomaly and Geekbox podcasts, your favorite (?) Japanese simulation games, and blogging on Bitmob.com.
Staff Writer
Freelancer by trade, sometimes nebbish by reputation, parkour traceur by unrealistic hobby, eater of foods by desire to live, deathly afraid of wasps since childhood, and hoping to be "the last" of something in his next life (like "samurai," "Mohican," or "starfighter"), Kris is just your ordinary gamer. And a communist. (Not really.)
Editorial Intern
After reaching the second save point in his career, Aquma was finally able to ditch the wooden sword (too hard to write with). The first save point was located briefly at 1UP.com in the forest of freelance feature writing. Now, if only he could figure out how to turn the experience points he gains into real world currency.
Editorial Intern
Starting in the industry in the early '90s, Mark was the Arcade Editor for EGM during the rise of fighting games and the fall of arcade ingenuity. The only thing he enjoys as much as calling in helicopters in Modern Warfare
and smashing Night Elves in Warcraft is science fiction. What a lady's man!
Editorial Intern
After attending a demonstration by Nyralathotep, Jasmine has been plagued by ever-intensifying visions of the world's imminent descent into madness. She often murmured of the Old Ones and ill-fated expeditions, but the amount of research history entailed began to bore her. She eventually lost interest and decided video game journalism was probably a better career choice.
Editorial Intern
Writer, political analyst, and protogeek, Omar Yusuf is completely a product of the Internet. A cyberpunk hero, he continues to travel the cosmos in search of new and exciting video games, comic books, and anime series. Follow his intergalactic exploits at steamcommunity.com/id/bookman.
Editorial Intern
Mike was born into a home with an NES waiting for him and grew up with the young industry. He studied writing and editing in college in hopes that he could one day be a gaming journalist. Now he's ready to move on to phase 2 of his plan for world domination.
Contributor
Seanbaby is a high-caliber tabletop game for the 21st Century. He enjoys martial arts battles near fish tanks or above industrial liquid vats. Years of playing terrible games have made him immune to Care Bears, the ambassadors of caring and sharing. But try telling that to them. Favorite Genres: Double Dragon, Nerdfest Strategy, Gradius.
Contributor
When he worked as EGM senior editor, Crispin was certified as the 47th most influential member of the games media. Now a professional layabout, part-time Tokyo drifter, and script editor of no less than one Nintendo DS RPG about women's makeup, Crispin has been officially certified as the 46th most influential member of the games media.
Contributor
Joe has been writing about video games for a living since 1996. He worked for The Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine from its launch to its demise, whereupon he set out to walk the earth. He now writes about games and technology for a variety of publications, and writes about everything else at his personal blog: joerybicki.com.
Rich McGrath
Lead Developer
Developer wunderkind Rich McGrath comes to us from GameTopius.com, where he resides as the mysterious man behind the curtain. Rich currently spends more time building websites about video games than playing them -- but hey, at least it's all in the family. You can find Rich on Twitter at twitter.com/Bitmobrich
Lead Designer
Daydreamer and dinosaur-lover, Karen has been working in the videogame industry for the past five years figuring how to bring quality gaming content straight to you. She's a purveyor of Japanese curry and wants to help all the unloved and mistreated pit bulls in the world. She has very serious opinions about Andrew Fitch's hairstyle choices.
Robyn Uyeno
Designer
Robyn has over seven years of graphic design experience in the print and web
industries. In 2006, she produced viral contests on 1up.com for Konami, Blu-Ray, and Sony PlayStation. In 2008, she launched her own studio http://uyenodesign.com/ and continues to work with Sunset Magazine, Arthur Velador, and Bio-Rad.
Front-End Developer
Ryan is the guy that gets yelled at whenever something on this site breaks. When he's not slaving away buried beneath tons of code, he spends his free time bathing in a tub full of Famiclones, unopened Amiga CD32s, and 100-Yen PC-FX dating simulators -- much like Scrooge McDuck. Except sadder.
Moderator
Toby is the quiet type until you get him started talking. That is when you try to find the off switch. When not playing video games, he is usually watching or listening to his daughter play games. His dream is to one day to get a paying job as community manager for a game developer.
Moderator
After a failed coup d'état of the Canadian government, Lance has gone underground in fear of capture. He now spends his time planning his next move, reading everything available at Bitmob.com, and becoming the best pyro he can be. Occasionally, Lance pops up at twitter.com/The_Lancer.
Moderator
Paul has been gaming and practicing martial arts since 1987; he's also contributed to EGM since 2000. He's been a mod and administrator for Gamers.com and 1UP.com, and is even a character in Street Fighter 4. He's a Shotokan black belt and a personal trainer who enjoys fitness games -- but will always be a hardcore gamer first.
