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Michael User:Cooksey.michael
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Michael is the Director of Community Development, and has been with Wikia since May of 2013. Michael is a classical music fanatic, avid hiker and wannabe foodie, who can frequently be found lurking around the Lifestyles communities, searching for new recipes.
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Joe User:JoePlay
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Before joining Wikia in 2007, Joe built and managed video game fansites while working in the retail industry. He also owned and operated a small retail business for a short time. These days, he is responsible for monitoring and fulfilling requests for help from wikia admins.
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Kate User:Kate.Moon
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Kate Moon has been at Wikia for the past 2 years working in Entertainment and occasionally Lifestyles. She has an undying love of vampires (the cool kind, not Twilight), graphic novels, and fantasy like LOTR and Harry Potter. She's also an avid foodie and can/will spend hours arguing over whether Superman should be with Lois Lane or Wonder Woman.
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Scott Abbott User:XD1
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Scott Abbott, commonly know to staff as "Abbott," joined the Community Development team in March of 2010 after being discovered grammar-policing by Sena Hineline (then, Roth). Originally from California's central coast, and now hailing from central Oregon, he has been computer gaming since 1979 (Apple II+), has been online since 1987 (GEnie), and online gaming since 1988 (Air Warrior). Raised on Apple and Macintosh, Abbott is now the only member of his family who is a "PC."
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Mark van Alphen User:MarkvA
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Mark joined Wikia's Community Development Team in December 2009, after having edited various wikias the year before that. Mark's especially interested in western role-playing games, as well as stealth-focused action games. Fallout, The Elder Scrolls, Hitman and Splinter Cell are among his favorite games. If you'd like to get in touch with him, feel free to e-mail him or leave a message on his wall.
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Jorge Albor User:JAlbor
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Jorge Albor joined Wikia in March of 2012, but he's been writing and podcasting about video games for many years. He studied games in college too. Frankly, it's freakish how much time he spends engaging with entertainment. No wonder he works on video game wikias.
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Doug Trein User:TheBlueRogue
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Doug is a gaming-focused member of the Development Team who joined Wikia in August, 2012. Doug's passion for videogames would begin at the age of 5 with Sonic the Hedgehog and the Sega Genesis. Over the years, he would experience newer consoles and the joys of PC gaming. Doug enjoys the immersion that videogames can bring, along with exciting/emotional storytelling experiences. Taking an interest in game development, Doug joined an independent game company Lightborne Lore to create games of his own. Doug's favorite genres include JRPGs, first-person shooters, 2D fighters, and action/adventure games. Doug's interests also include music listening, anime/manga, paranormal/history topics, and hiking.
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Grace Cheung User:Gcheung28
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Grace Cheung joined Wikia's Community Development Team in September 2012. Aside from a passion for instagramming her fantastic meals, Grace loves watching shows like Once Upon a Time, Game of Thrones, Girls, and any animes that happen to catch her interest. Her love of entertainment covers books as well, and her obsession with Harry Potter will probably last until she is as old and wise as Professor Dumbledore (aka forever).
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Matt Hadick User:Matt_Hadick
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Matt joined Wikia in 2013 and currently helps develop video game communities. He has been playing games since he was a kid and enjoys thinking, writing, and dreaming about all things gaming. He plays Netrunner with Jorge, makes a ton of video game music, and wants only to finally get his hands on The Last Guardian. His favorite game of all time is probably The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Or the original Metroid Prime. Or Ico. Or Rez. Or maybe Ikaruga. Wait, it's definitely Katamari Damacy. Actually, no, it's Earthbound. In addition to games, Matt likes weird music, science fiction, and riding his bike. (Note: He is infinitely better than Mike Grimm and Miguel Lopez at video games.)
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Ariana Snow User:Asnow89
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Ariana Snow joined Wikia's Community Development team in April 2013 as the Food & Drink representative. As you might be able to tell from her job title, she has a passion for food- whether it be baking pies at home, going out to her favorite neighborhood pizzeria, or browsing dozens of food blogs daily (her favorite is Smitten Kitchen). Aside from food, Ariana enjoys watching shows like Game of Thrones, True Blood, and The Mindy Project.
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Michael Grimm User:Pseudobread
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Michael joined Wikia in 2013, and is currently helping out with the Gaming side of things. This makes sense since he's a hopelessly addicted gamer who's been playing and writing about games as far back as he can recall. He loves music, automobiles/motorcycles, Earthbound, Dark Souls, and dark liquors. Enjoys making people laugh and disseminating funny links amongst the world.
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Chen Shen User:Cal-Boy
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Chen just recently joined Wikia (July, 2013) and works as a Chinese Community Development Associate. He was born in northern China and immigrated to the U.S. in 2008. Before joining Wikia, he worked in TV and fashion industry for a few years and then switched to digital media. When he is not at work, he loves art and likes creating stuff with wires and clay. He also loves coffee, tea and all kinds of desserts.
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Ana Fleischmann User:Macherie_ana
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Ana joined Wikia (November 2013) as a Portuguese Community Development Associate. She was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and moved to San Francisco in 2009. In her free time, she loves to take pictures and cook.
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Nico Faraguna User:Knakveey
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Nico started off his career at Wikia as an IT Assistant and quickly jumped at the opportunity to work with video games. He enjoys all types of games, but mostly sticks to the PC platform. Some of his current favorites are DOTA 2, CIV 5, and Path of Exile. When he's not playing games, he enjoys rock climbing, watching sports and tinkering with his motorcycle. Feel free to add him on Steam to play some games!
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CzechOut User:CzechOut
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Before there was a CzechOut, there was just some anonymous guy editing Wikia back when it was WikiCities. So he's been around for the whole Wikia story, but only started working here in 2014. When not undercover on some secret Special Operations project, he can usually be found feeding a life-long Doctor Who obsession at Tardis, internally debating whether he better likes Irish whiskey or a good single malt, getting lost in a new city, or digging deep into the latest Apple® product.
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Gretchen User:Rodriguez.g
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Gretchen joined the Community Development Team in August, 2014 to focus on Spanish communities. She was born in Cuba and has lived in Venezuela, Spain and now San Francisco. She has experience in Mobile Marketing and Technology Consulting and loves tech, innovation and the Internet of Things (IoT).
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Jamie User:Alwaysmore2hear
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Jamie joined the Wikia Community Development team in 2014. She a Music Historian, Ethnomusicologist and pop culture fiend. She's worked with arts organizations like the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Smithsonian Folkways, The Kennedy Center and bands like Pomplamoose and The Family Crest. As a trained singer, she can also be found harmonizing with the ladies of Conspiracy of Venus. When not singing, she can be found falling into a YouTube time suck, reading Harry Potter (again) and watching anything on HBO. Feel free to drop her a line, especially if it’s about a band you’re really into!
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Kim Deuel User:Pinkachu
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Kim joined the Community Development Team in October, 2014 and her area of expertise is in Videogames. She prefers MMORPG's but has been playing games of many genres and platforms since mid 80's. She took programming in collage but found she preferred PC Repair and Networking and pursued those areas as a career. She games with her husband, children and now grandchildren and is joined at home by two small dogs and four ferrets. Her other hobbies include singing, amateur photography and painting ceramics. From 1998 till 2014, she owned and rode her own Harley. She no longer has the motorcycle, but still enjoys traveling and meeting new people.
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