Meet the Team: Jason Dobson

by Jason Dobson { May 20th 2008 at 8:30PM }

In the world of professional game blogging, the people are represented by two separate, yet equally important groups: the bloggers who investigate the stories and readers who make silly comments. These are the first group's stories.

Name: Jason Dobson
Job Position: Blogger, drinker of Kool-Aid
Past Experience/Education: I graduated with a BA in MIS from Northeastern State University in Oklahoma in 2000. I began writing about games on my own website etoychest.org as part of a senior project, which got my foot in the door with a handful of other gaming sites, including Gamasutra, Serious Games Source, and of course Joystiq.
Life outside of the 'Stiq: I'm 33, married, and a proud father of a young son who is well on his way to being a gaming nerd himself, and have 2 rambunctious miniature dachshunds and an Italian greyhound. The Dobson house is a zoo.
Why I'm blogging: Since I've been old enough to know spikes = death, I've been in love with video games, and if there's one thing I like more than playing games, it's talking about them.
First game experience: The first game I remember playing was probably Windham Classics' PC adventure game Below the Root, a game I have still never finished
Favorite games: Wizardry 7, bar none. In fact, Wizardry 6–8 make up one of the best trilogies of video game nirvana ever put to code.
Who shot the food? Duh, the elf.

There's more to come every Tuesday and Thursday.

Tags: jason-dobson, meet-the-team, meet-the-team-08

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

rainking187 @ May 20th 2008 8:33PM

Dun dun

Fernando Rocker @ May 20th 2008 8:34PM

I want Ludwig!

=p

Chase @ May 20th 2008 8:37PM

I want Ludwig... in a gerbil habitat on my desk. That would be neat. I would even decorate it to mimic his homeland; with little baby rhino toys, too.

This is why we need to expand resources for cloning.

Undead Priest @ May 20th 2008 8:41PM

You win so hard for owning Dachshunds (aka the best breed of dog ever).

PowerLlama @ May 20th 2008 8:42PM

etoychest!!!

FOXHOUND @ May 20th 2008 11:43PM

"You can't harm me while I have these JAMAICAN colours on!"

SoulBlade @ May 20th 2008 8:48PM

Where's deaftly when you need him...

OHHHH YEAAA!!

Anni @ May 20th 2008 9:31PM

You graduated at a college like six miles from my house!

Chris @ May 20th 2008 9:46PM

This one didn't really do it for me. Maybe because I can't "W00T" to anything that was said. Anyway, Hi Jason! I'd hate to have your name, just because it's so similar to James... -shudder-

BPM [MKWii: 2578 3585 8392] @ May 20th 2008 10:18PM

This picture is a good reason why you should never attempt to hug Wolverine.

Mischa @ May 20th 2008 10:27PM

On the "looks like Gordon Freeman" scale, I'll give you a 7.

Also, it's a good thing you have that 1up on your shirt.

Also also, I really really really wanted to get into wizardy, but since I missed the boat on it, it became a bit too old school for me.