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Interested in learning more about a staff members or open staff positions on the site? This page lists any information about available staff positions, as well as profiles for each staff member.
HonestGamers is an independent site financed by basically no one. We're here doing what we do because we love it and we're serious about it. If you're serious about games, and if you're a great writer (it helps if you love writing almost as much as you love games, or maybe even more), you'd make a great addition to our team. There's one small hitch: because of the aforementioned lack of finances, we don't pay you. However, there are perks!
If you write for HonestGamers and you do a good job, here are the perks you can expect to enjoy:
- Free games. We have connections to people at various PR agencies throughout the industry and we're not afraid to use them when the result is another great review. If you can play a part in that process, you get to keep any games that you're sent.
- Free exposure. We're talking quadruple-digits daily. We have visitors from North America, the UK, Mexico, Canada, Australia... and many places you might not suppose besides! Plus our content is often listed at content aggregation sites and we promote it on our Facebook page and on Twitter.
- Free experience. We only want to work with people who already have experience and can string sentences together like a master, but there's always room for improvement. If you recognize that and you're anxious to bring out the best in your writing, this is the place to do it. Our community of freelancers, staff and skilled contributors has helped many good writers become great (including a number of folks who went on to find jobs working for our competition).
Message Boards ID: EmP
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We wish we could survive without EmP, but he’s long since become a necessary evil we endure rather than enjoy. We thought we got rid of him once, but he quickly rose back to power, like a British Mickey Rourke, just with laser breath and nasty habits like constant complaining and overt meanness. When he’s not penning reviews on anything from cutting-edge next-gen titles to long-forgotten Mega CD games (he makes us refer to all consoles by their PAL name and spell 'colour' with the 'u') he can be found lurking in dark corners with a sly smirk and what we fear might be a tin of gasoline and a box of matches. Please help us keep him busy. Our homes may depend on it!
Message Boards ID: honestgamer
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Jason's bio is the best of all, and the shortest too! Clearly he's not over-compensating for anything.
Message Boards ID: JonDavila
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Fact: Jonathan wrote, erased and rewrote the first sentence of this bio about 200 times. He tried to fit in how and why he loves video games and how he got into writing. He wanted tell you all about his experience in journalism -- how he worked for the the Miami Herald and freelanced for some other websites and a magazine. He also tried to sound witty, intelligent, yet humble simultaneously. In the end, this came out. He felt it was none of the aforementioned things. But whatever, you know? Stuff about video games needs writing anyway. And video games are probably a lot more interesting than Jonathan. Right?
Message Boards ID: Masters
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Those who have contributed much to the site at all in recent times have probably run into Masters. When he's not updating listings (you know, the boring part of working on the site) and the like, he's providing critiques and making the site a better place to be in general. Always quick to lend a helping hand when it's needed, Marc has made it clear that there are many wannabes but only one master.
Message Boards ID: overdrive
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When someone like overdrive asks if he can join site staff, you have to ask yourself the same question he did: "Why not?" So when overdrive did ask, our answer was the very same question: "Why not?" It doesn't hurt that overdrive brings with him some insane knowledge about old shooters and various other scraps of the retro realm. It doesn't hurt at all!
Message Boards ID: Roto13
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Rhody likes to press the keys on his keyboard. Sometimes the resulting letters form strings of words that kind of make sense when you think about them for a moment. Most times they're just random gibberish that should be treated as such. Mauve ball peen wobble wobble glurk.
Message Boards ID: sho
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Sho brings with him a true knowledge of some of the most obscure games around, as well as a passion for sharing that information with others adrift in the sea of knowledge that is the Internet (note: Jason created that horrific metaphor, not poor sho). As such, he's a natural for an HG staff position. Look to him when no one else knows. He probably has the answers.
Message Boards ID: SkylerBunderson
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Skyler escaped from an Umbrella research facility where they were testing the effects of prolonged exposure to video games. Actually, that's a lie, but he needs something to use as an excuse when people ask why he play them so much. He's been writing about games for so long it feels weird not to and survives on a steady diet of soda and more soda.
Message Boards ID: zigfried
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The username 'zigfried' has perhaps never been more appropriate than it is in the case of our beloved staff member, Zigfried. Named after the enigmatic Zigfried from Earnest Evans, this reviewing tour de force knows games. He's been playing games old and new for years now, so pull up a chair and get to know one of the most unique, powerful voices reviewing games today. Signed, Zigfried Jason.
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Below is a partial list of the freelancers and past staff members who have most frequently contributed staff reviews to the site throughout the years. Those listed below have posted 10 or more such reviews.
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Louis Bedigian Josh Higley |
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