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• Blake Patterson:  [twitter]  [flickr]  [home]
At age 7 (or thereabouts) Blake received his first game console, an Atari 2600, and has been gaming ever since.  He has owned over 100 machines during his nearly life-long stint as a geek and is presently more avid a gamer than ever, both on modern hardware as well as “they just don’t make ‘em like they used to” retro gear.

While Blake’s computer room is host to computers of most every make and model, he is at heart a Mac guy - an Apple devotee.  Blake (along with Arnold) attended the Macworld Expo 2007 keynote where Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone and he spent 12 hours in line at the Apple Store in late June on iPhone launch day.  Blake is never without his beloved iPhone.

Blake spends does most of his gaming at home on the PS3, 360, and Wii, but also does a fair bit of gaming-on-the-go via the GP2X, PSP, and DS.  He especially enjoys the retro goodies on XBOX Live, the PSN, and the VC, but always prefers the games of yesteryear running on native hardware.  (”Emulation just isn’t the same.”)

AIM: blakespot @ mac . com

• Arnold Kim: [twitter] [home]
As a long time Apple customer, Arnold has seen the ups and downs of Apple’s attitude towards gaming on the Apple // and Mac platforms. He is, however, particularly excited with Apple’s enthusiastic approach to the iPhone and iPod Touch as well as industry interest in Apple’s new mobile platform.

AIM: chaosmint