Meet the Team: Ludwig Kietzmann

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: Ludwig Kietzmann
Job Position: Senior Contributing Editor, podcast host and typo killer.
Past Experience/Education: I have a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, with majors in Computer Science, Mathematical Techniques and Organizational Psychology. Fat lot of good that did me. Before joining Joystiq, I awarded games 3 out of 10 at some more obscure review sites.
Life Outside of the 'Stiq: If, hypothetically, I ever left my laptop, it would be to watch a movie, get lost in a good book or wrestle down marauding lions.
Why I'm Blogging: Though the ability to mash words together in order to form coherent sentences has brought me nothing but trouble, I rather enjoy it. Blogging is a great outlet for creative writing, opinion and unrelenting use of puns.
First game experience: Destroying invaders (from space!) on a hand-me-down piece of hardware attached to a yellowed, CGA monitor. How many aliens have died by my hand since then?
Favorite games: Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge, Grim Fandango, No One Lives Forever, Half-Life 2, Jet Set Radio, Metal Gear Solid 3, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Beyond Good & Evil and ... Rayman 2.
Can love bloom on the battlefield? I need scissors! 61!

There's more to come every Tuesday and Thursday.

Reader Comments (64)

The only man to have ever defeated me in a match of DOA4. He is the Gray Fox to my Solid Snake, only without the sacrificing himself to Metal Gear part.

WOLF!!!!

You are f'n cool sir! Monkey Island 2! HAHA Awesome. Grim Fandango! AND!!! Jet Set Radio! i'm about to dig out my Dreamcast and pop that in....I miss that game.

Ludwig for President in 2008.

;_; Normally I save DREAMCAST NOSTALGIA WEEKEND for September... but... I miss my noisy 56k-modem'ed, loud-ass GDROM drive and surprisingly kick ass games I have for it.

Please now we can has...

Oh, wait.

Yea! Ludwig!

(I am the only one to think of Koopa's kid every time they hear than name?)

Nope, I've always imagined him with big blue hair.

http://www.mariowiki.com/images/thumb/c/c4/SMB3_LudwigVonKoopa.jpg/180px-SMB3_LudwigVonKoopa.jpg

Ludwig von Koopa; yep

Rayman 2.

Good choice :D

You have impeccable taste in games good sir.

I must agree.
Ocarina of Time, best game evar.
yes, yes I did go there.

You're really goin' out on a limb with that one, Kye...

Greetings from Cape Town my good man!
:)

*obligatory silly comment*

I forgot about No One Lives Forever - it was a fun game!

Yeah, I had a blast with No One Lives Forever 2. Just found the box while sifting through the games in my room, I'm tempted to give it another play-through.

Luuuuuuudwiiiiig, watch out for snaaaaaaake.

...s.

I see Ludwig's got some good taste in games. Nice!

With the exception of Metal Gear Solid 3 that is a fantastic list.

What are you smokin'? MGS3 IS THAT LIST

Nah, Metal Gear Solid has always been a niche title. Just not my thing. The original Metal Gear on the NES was fun though.

-slips in a pool of Anticrawl sarcasm jizz- Damnit. x_o

Are you sopping wet?

I knew you had a mathematical mind, Ludwig. You pun with such precision.

Also, you are my favorite blogger on Joystiq because you love language so much, even if it frequently takes the form of pun pills.

As for that last name, are you thinking of changing your stage name to Luddy K, now that Cliffy B's spot is free?

I must agree, they're all games that are all well-beloved by pretty much all

I too especially appreciate the nod to Rayman 2

I was reading...

"If, hypothetically, I ever left my laptop, it would be to watch a movie, get lost in a good book or wrestle..."

and I stopped at wrestle, I was like "Damn, Ludwig wrestles? what kind of wrestler must he be, fuck man, if he can wrestle lions, then mexican luchadores are nothing for him...what could his nickname be? El Fuego, no too common, El Rey, hell no, fuck it, El Ludwig, that shit is both unique and also mad scary, Imagine his opponent, he would be all like "Holy shit bato..."..."

Ok, I think I need to go get some food now...

No wonder he's so funny. He used to play adventure games.

Whaddaya mean "used" to?

Oh yeah, that's right. The genre was revived after years in a coma.

"University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg"

Did you just make that up on the spot?

*don't hurt me Witerwaterersranddy pupils*

Afrikaans is always an amusing language

I thought it was an incomplete name Wit Waters and ... What?

"...or wrestle down marauding lions."

Knew it!

Is it weird that you look exactly how I imagined?

Ludwig? Ludwig?! LUUUUUUDWIIIIIIG!!!

That, my good man, is the best Meet the Team image EVER.

Also, you rock. Your passion for the English language, as well as puns, makes me a better man. ..or at least a jollier-man. Is that even how you spell jollier? I don't think I've ever typed that before.

SEE WHAT YOU DO FOR ME!!!???

Glad you like my artwork :D

Cheers Ludwig. Yours are always the posts that make me laugh the most, thanks to your firm grasp of language, and your subtle but often abstract wit.

Carry on, then.

We both know those invaders were only possibly from space.

Ludwig has a Bachelors of Science degree? Would not have thought, given the quality of his creative writing. Not that that's not possible, but unlikely -- makes me appreciate his awesomeness even more!

OMG HE IS SO CUTE !!!

Hahaha, ahhh I love that name.

MINE!

We will see!

Is that a challenge, good sir? If it is, I will gladly accept.

back off you most unclean Bi7ch! I saw him first.

Aw, I just wanted to have a little fun. Please don't resort to name-calling. Besides, I win by default, because he actually is my boyfriend.

She also has a really big purse and isn't afraid to swing it.

Well I happen to have a large man purse as well. The both of us will so fast we will have a purse duel similar to the duel chainsaws in gears. Instead of fighting the locust... we're fighting for your love.

Well I happen to have a large man purse as well. The both of us will swing so fast we will have a purse duel similar to the duel chainsaws in gears 2. Instead of fighting the locust... we're fighting for your love.

I personally don't like using my purse as a weapon if I can avoid it. There are a lot of necessities in there, you know. Might I suggest Wii-motes instead? There's a lot more versatility in those things, and it'd be nice using them for SOMETHING. And I'm happy to fight for Ludwig's love. Especially if it'll make him blush. Any time, any place.

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