CHAD .................................

(The King Of Reading)

"I Read Books Every Day"

Chad is an English teacher in Japan, which seems more like study abroad than it does an actual job. Sometimes he actually does work, and impresses a coworker or two. He’s 24 years of age, speaks somewhat passable Japanese, and spends more time than he should probably admit playing videogames. In fact, during his first year back in Japan (he studied abroad four years ago), he went from having a PS2 and a PSP, to having everything in the current generation, including the dust collectors that are the Nintendo Wii and PS3. All of which is complemented by a very decent, mid-range home theatre. English teaching in Japan isn’t exactly lucrative, so he conjures up some strange magic in order to get the consoles to lift their trade embargoes to let him enjoy some “unregulated goods”.

Obviously Chad is a bit more of a hardcore gamer than most, simply due to the fact that one of the reasons he started learning Japanese was to be able to play games before they came out (assuming they would come out) in America, in glorious English. He’s almost there after completing some role-playing games in Japanese, but still feels that he’s got a long ways to go before he’s satisfied with his Japanese level. With no current plans to return back the states save for Christmas vacation, without a doubt he’ll be able to achieve his goals. After all, Achievements aren’t just for Xbox 360 games. Speaking of achievements, the other reason he took up Japanese was to enjoy what the female population of Japan has to offer. It’s a really good incentive to study, that’s for sure.

Chad’s love for games began when he was but a wee lad in Kindergarten. He came home from school one day to find his dad parked in front of the TV enjoying Top Gun, probably the hardest game ever for the NES. After putting in Mario and Duck Hunt, something happened to Chad, and videogames claimed his soul. He tried to give it up one year, but that was a bad idea because then he just had a years-worth of games to catch up on. His favorite game of all time has to be the Dance Dance Revolution series, with the Japanese arcade version of DDR Extreme and the PC's StepMania getting top honors. This helped Chad kick fats ass, if only an hour a day. It also started a massive collection of videogame music that litters his hard drive.

Chad plays many different types of games, but has a special place in his heart for rhythm games, insane shooters (Treasure, not id Software), and will fully admit that he’s a rabid Square fanboy. Some games that he won’t touch at all are racing games that don’t have F-Zero in the title. Also, it’s a pretty safe bet that all games that come out of Activision are trash.

Echoing Mike, Chad also doesn’t know what he ultimately wants to do. English teaching is probably not it though, that much he can say. Japanese on the other hand would be great, if it weren’t for all of the social misfits that can’t function in society that would inevitably take his classes. They would also be rightfully disappointed that their Japanese teacher would be a 6’4” man instead of a hot Japanese girl. Maybe he’ll just teach Elementary school, because they both seem to have about the same attention span.

Gamertag: King Of Reading
Wii Friend Code (Console): 2355-0434-2556-9684
Wii Friend Code (Smash Brothers): 2492-3360-7495
Currently Playing: Ninja Gaiden II,
Current Systems (hooked up): PS2, 360, Wii, PS3, DS, PSP... (storage): Dreamcast, X Box, Super Nintendo, Nintendo, Sega Saturn, PS1
Tallies Won: 1
Favorite Game: Dance Dance Revolution

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D-Rock ...............................

(One-Take Derek)

"This is bullshit game and you're a bullshit friend."

Damon, or DMon is the resident wisenheimer of Headshot Radio. When he's not ranting about how great Bioshock is or questioning Eric's tenuous sexuality on Headshot Radio, Damon works part time for a video game retailer. He enjoys nothing more than listening to people tell him how great Saint's Row is or having soccer mom's yell at him because PS3 games don't play on GameCube.

Damon, like Mike, started gaming as wee lad on the Atari 2400. And is convinced that as a members of the first video game generation, he has truly reached the next level of evolution. He also doesn't know what he meant by that. Damon loves any game that is good but is partial to Action/RPG and Survival Horror, with RE 4, Chrono Trigger, KOTOR, and Bioshock being among his favorites.

Damon also enjoys writing, singing, reading, film, and playing guitar. His favorite movie is Kill Bill and his favorite person is you.

Damon actually cares about people, unlike his podcast cohorts, has an idea what he wants to do with his life. He recently finished college and is looking to work in the non-profit sector, in the inner city. Damon and his wife live in City, United States.

Gamertag: MaaatDamon
Currently Playing: Grand Theft Auto 4 ... The World Ends With You
Current Systems (hooked up): 360, Wii, DS, PS2... (storage): PS1, N64, Dreamcast
Tallies Won: 5
Favorite Game: Resident Evil 4

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