Meet the Team: Griffin McElroy

by Ross Miller { Jun 3rd 2008 at 9:25PM }

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: Griffin McElroy
Job Position: Weekend Editor/Japanese Hardware Sales
Past Experience/Education: Broadcast Journalism major at Marshall University, gaming feature contributor for Herald-Dispatch (a widely circulated local paper), and Editor for a Herald-Dispatch video game blog (the quaintly titled "Blog: The Video Game"). I've also been involved with a plethora of local journalism enterprises in my fair city, including an indie rock shift at the college radio station, a stint at the college paper, a PR gig with Marshall's alumni association, and an Editor in Chief position at my high school Broadcast News program.
Life Outside of the 'Stiq: I'm a political blogger with the MTV Choose or Lose Street Team '08, where I cover the national election as it happens from the state of West Virginia. I'm entering my senior year of college and, unsurprisingly, play no small amount of video games.
Why I'm blogging: To pay for my unslakable hunger for synthetically crafted methamphetamines. Also, because my infatuation with journalism only applies when I'm writing about things I care about, i.e. video games. It sure beats the hell out of covering weekly city council meetings or sports (ewwwww).
First Game Experience: At the tender age of three, I sat on the corner of my brothers' bunk bed, and would put myself through the unforgiving gauntlet of Super Mario Bros. I often claim that I beat the game before I could read, the truthiness of which has come under much scrutiny over the years.
Favorite Games: Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Pokemon Blue, Burnout 3, World of Warcraft, the Quest for Glory series, Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura, Bioshock, GTA: San Andreas, You Have To Burn The Rope
Favorite Animated Film, Graphic Novel, Type of Sandwich, Olsen Twin, Soda, Travel Author, Former President, and Contestant in Cycle 10 of America's Next Top Model: "The Iron Giant", Watchmen, pepperoni pizza sub, Mary-Kate, Cheerwine, Anthony Bourdain, James K. Polk, and Katarzyna, respectively.
What's with the Tattoo? Glad you (didn't) ask

There's more to come every Tuesday and Thursday.

Tags: griffin-mcelroy, meet-the-team, meet-the-team-08

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

ballistic3188 @ Jun 3rd 2008 9:38PM

pokemon Blue? Pokemon is for chumps. everyone knows Pokemon Red is real deal.

Vegnagun bwf @ Jun 3rd 2008 9:59PM

No you're are the one that is the chump. Pokemon blue and you roll a Blastoise. That was the way of the champs.

Vegnagun bwf @ Jun 3rd 2008 10:06PM

you're are

Anchorman 2! @ Jun 3rd 2008 10:12PM

Oh my god, I knew the first comment was going to be about the abomination that is Pokemon Blue.

Red 4 life!

finnith @ Jun 3rd 2008 10:13PM

Pokemon Yellow is obviously better than both Red and BLue.

Vegnagun bwf @ Jun 3rd 2008 10:14PM

Blue was where it was at, don't play it off like red was better. Blastoise > Charizard. It's a fact.

Tiptup300 @ Jun 3rd 2008 10:15PM

What about Pokemans Green?

Jeff @ Jun 3rd 2008 10:28PM

Don't even. Charizard was useful in so many more situations.

There are much better water types out there than Blastoise...

Jhongerkong @ Jun 3rd 2008 10:40PM

Charizards cool and all but Blastoise has freakin guns in its shell!

GUNS IN HIS SHELL.

BLASTOISE IS PACKING HEAT BABY!

GatorSax2010 @ Jun 3rd 2008 10:50PM

What if you had Red, but liked to start with Squirtle?

Slaziman @ Jun 4th 2008 2:56PM

^BLASPHEMY

Matthew @ Jun 3rd 2008 9:42PM

Cute!

-m.

JPN @ Jun 3rd 2008 9:45PM

agreed.

-j

Lone Starr @ Jun 3rd 2008 9:48PM

Look at that bicep!

ScottyGEE @ Jun 3rd 2008 9:52PM

where?

;p

WiiFTW @ Jun 3rd 2008 9:49PM

Bleh...If you guys are going to do a Meet the Team with all your bloggers, you might as well as do it TF2-style. On a scale from 1 to 1337, it'd be 1337.

Vegnagun bwf @ Jun 3rd 2008 9:53PM

Griffin. I challenge you to Rock Band expert drums. Gamer tag is Vegnagun451. Go eet.

eNrique @ Jun 3rd 2008 9:55PM

aside from the other bloggers;
i think you suck, and that's sad

:(

Griffin McElroy @ Jun 3rd 2008 10:02PM

It's okay. I still love your music.

ApolloIV @ Jun 3rd 2008 10:00PM

That is one obscure favorite games list.

Beatz @ Jun 3rd 2008 10:01PM

Watchmen is the best graphic novel ever. The ending still haunts me.

mike @ Jun 3rd 2008 10:27PM

Finally I get to see and read all about these bloggers. Makes me look alot less like a nerd in comparison lol sorry :p

Smurf @ Jun 3rd 2008 10:32PM

I was waiting for Griffin to present himself.

Usually, I just sort through the news that interests me and leave the rest alone. Lately, however, I've taken to reading everything submitted by him (even if the subject matter doesn't interest me in the least); I've come to recognize him (along with his brother) as one of the wittiest writers I've yet to come across, not to mention an incredibly impressive vocab.

I love it when I'm forced (by myself) to visit Dictionary.com after reading one of his articles.