Mission

Our mission at ZippyGamer is to write about anything related to all kinds of gaming. Our main topic is video games, but we also cover card games, board games, sports and anything else we think is fun. Our aim is to be a provider of unique editorials and multimedia that’s informative and fun to read.

If you have any suggestions, questions, advertising inquiries, or comments, please send us an email at: admin@zippygamer.com

Jonathan ~ Co-founder

Jonathan began playing video games before he was two years old. Some favorites in his early years were Super Mario Brothers (NES), Popeye (NES), and Smurf Rescue (Colecovision). At eight years old, his father bought him a Super Nintendo, which is still one of his favorite consoles of all time. Jonathan strongly prefers multi-player games over single-player. His all-time favorite video games are WWF No Mercy (Nintendo 64) and Halo 3 (Xbox 360).

When he isn’t writing for ZippyGamer, he’s hanging out with his awesome girlfriend, working on Mario Kart Central, or coding full-time as a software engineer. His other hobbies include exercise, sports, reading, watching movies, and drinking hot chocolate.

Joseph ~ Co-founder

Joseph first got into gaming at age six when his sister got an NES. After realizing the you can’t play Duck Hunt with a controller, he fell into the world of gaming very quickly. Eventually, the neighborhood kids would spend a lot of time at his house learning the tricks to Super Mario World. By age eight, he discovered the Sega Genesis and soon found himself in a love triangle with Mario and Sonic. Almost two decades later, he is still passionate for his childhood favorites. But has also been seen playing almost any Nintendo-made game as well as many others including Resident Evil, Mega Man, and even Guitar Hero. His main love of all is The Legend of Zelda series.

When he isn’t working on Zippy Gamer, he is either with his friends, playing video games, drawing, working on The Sonic Zone, doing freelance web and graphic design, repairing computers, or rooting on the Cincinnati Bengals and Ohio State in his favorite sport, football.

Kelsey ~ Editor/Writer

Kelsey grew up on Nintendo as his brother had a NES and a SNES. As a child he played many platformers and, perhaps, a bit too much Zelda. With the next generation of game consoles his brother eventually got a Playstation and Kelsey would eventually get a Nintendo 64. His brother also got him into PC gaming by making him play excessive amounts Unreal Tournament and Quake 3 – an exercise in torture he now appreciates. Kelsey’s favourite games include the Commander Keen series, the Descent games (of which he has fond memories of playing as a child), A Link to the Past, Ocarina of Time, Resident Evil 4, Mega Man X, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon, and Half-Life. His gaming platforms of choice are the computer, the Gamecube, and the Playstation 2. He owns an Xbox 360, but that purchase was mostly for Dead Rising and the newer Ghost Recon games.

When Kelsey isn’t playing these fancy visual diversions, he’s busy doing school work to get his Bachelor of Arts in theology (with a minor in history). He also enjoys reading bad fantasy novels and various non-fiction books. He enjoys movies, particularly horror movies and action movies. He’s also listening to music, more or less constantly. He’s also started a blog related to his various interests, offering not very insightful insights on the world.

Lewis Dunn ~ Writer

Lewis Dunn is an English gamer who loves what you might call “artistic” games. His first console was a Gameboy pocket, while his first “hook it up to a TV” console was a PS1. Growing up in a time when video games started to head into adolescence, Lewis grew with them and has experienced games from almost any console you care to mention. Favorites include the original Spyro and Crash games on PS1, No More Heroes, Bioshock and of course Mario 64. A big fan of style working with substance, he loves to see games that really push forward what the medium can do and looks forward to games heading into their “adulthood”.

When he’s not writing for Zippy Gamer he’s usually at school working towards his A-Levels or writing and directing his own comedy sketch show and is soon to start work on a “Comedy Drama”. He also does voice acting for some internet dramas still in production and sings with a band.

Liam ~ Writer

Liam’s first experience with video games was at a young age. His dad owned an Atari 2600, and he played a small, yet simple, simulation mining game. However, despite having played on such an early console, his first console was a Playstation 1; shortly after he owned an N64 and bought a Sega Dreamcast upon release. Since then Liam has gone back and played consoles and handhelds he had missed out on. Although being a bit biased towards Nintendo at times, Liam doesn’t agree with being a fanboy or hating another console.

Liam is somewhat the Japanese obsessed staff member, he visited Japan in 2009 and will be heading back in the near future. Whilst not working on articles for ZippyGamer he’s either watching anime or playing games. His interests outside of gaming mainly include photography, Heavy Metal music and venturing out to rock clubs.

Jack ~ Writer

G.A.Pster ~ Writer

James ~ Writer

Jamie P. ~ Writer

Jeremy ~ Writer

Luke ~ Writer

Vince ~ Writer

Tiffany ~ Writer

Jamie D. ~ Writer