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The 8th-Circuit Team
While the writers profiled below make up our core team, the 8th-Circuit would be nothing without the support and contributions of its loyal community. If you would like to see your work featured on the site, don't hesitate to drop us a line and find out how.
Editor in Chief
Ryan Matsunaga
Genki is the the Editor-in-chief of this here little site and a regular host on the Circuitcast.
Genki enjoys long walks on beaches made of lava, guitar solos, explosions, and other acts of general badassery. Hobbies include raising his young (raptors), tending to his (zombie) garden, and cooking (people). Hopes to one day conquer the known universe. Is secretly Batman, but don't tell anyone. Has also never spelled Wendsday right, ever.
Senior Editors
Matt Overstreet
Matt Overstreet is one of the original founding members of the 8th-circuit. He is the author of the much-loved "Rantbox" column, a movie and game reviewing extraordinaire, and producer of the Circuitcast.
Matt Overstreet is in desperate need of money at all times and is willing to write for it. If you enjoy Matt's writing, feel free to contact him with offers of vast amounts of money. He also does weddings and Bar-Mitzvahs, and likes referring to himself in the third person.
Kim Shiao
Darkness is our resident absence of light. She writes on a wide range of topics including animation, film, and Internet culture. She is the author of the much loved article, An Introduction to Twilight and Twatlight.
Hobbies: intranetz, sleeping, eating good food
Dislikes: being cold
Currently Playing: Surviving College
Currently Reading: the internet
Currently Watching: time&space
Currently Listening to: silence
Currently Ruling: your life
Musashi Schroeder
Captain_Bang
Musashi is our newest Senior Editor and resident Yu-gi-oh! expert. He provides the 8th with his unique take on video games and film as well as contributes the weekly column spotlighting webcomics, "Sunday Morning Comic Review".
Musashi Schroeder is a junior at UCLA and is studying Economics while pursuing a minor in Film. In the future, he hopes to attend USC Film School and work at Blizzard. In his spare time, which he has too much of, Musashi enjoys reading, working out, playing unhealthy amounts of Yu-gi-oh!
Alice Yang
Malice
Alice is our resident Tech-girl, contributing articles on the likes of software, hardware and general gadgetry.
Likes: internet, icanhascheezburgers, chocolate, KITTENS
Dislikes: winter, the dark, low-fat foods
Can be usually found in front of computer or taking a nap. Enjoys sunlight and fuzzy objects. Is omnivorous but more partial to meat products, especially steak.
Dislikes being approached from behind, and will strike back with a mean poke to the lower abdomen. Possesses relatively low standards in the realm of sweets. Is usually satisfied with a roll of smarties or two.
Associate Editors
Kyle MacKinnon
Mackormoses
Mack is the 8th-circuit's go-to guy for all things Nintendo. If it's super, it shames, or you can swing a Wiimote at it, Mack's got it covered. He is the author of the semi-regular news roundup, "Nintendo Weekly".
While Kyle is entirely badass - beating down Ninjas with only his left sock, stealing candy from babies, and harvesting the souls of pretty much everything - that doesn't mean he isn't also awesome. His time on the 8th is spent writing on Nintendo related stuff. You can find reviews, previews, news, editorials, and even the odd rant right here. Nintendo may be his passion, but he's been known to step out into the realm of album reviews from time to time as well, with a focus on more popular music, and not the Indie side of things. All in a day's work for an awesome badass like Mack.
Sanni Wehbe
Sanni contributes on many topics, ranging from gaming to music to martial arts. In addition to his writing, Sanni is a regular on the forums and is part of the 8th-circuit's regular con team.
Enjoys mixed martial arts, browsing the internet ,video games and FOOD! Can most likely be found training or eating. Go MMA!
Omid Amidi
A regular host on the Circuitcast, Omid is typically known for breaking things and causing technical difficulties. If something is wrong on the site, it's a safe bet to blame Omid. In addition to creating chaos, Omid is a talented if infrequent author, contributing opinions on Xbox gaming, music and more.
Is a musician and also an avid Xbox 360 gamer. He plays both guitar and piano, and sometimes even drums depending on how many people are playing Rock Band. His favorite games are the Halo series, the Gears of War series, the Fear series, and the Fable series. His favorite movies include The Dark Knight, Versus, and Fight Club. He does not care about criticism, so please, feel free to shoot him down every time he puts up an article.
Junior Editors
Troy Mayes
JoeLunchBoxJr
Troy- Is the one from Australia
Is the one who follows the news, a lot
Is the one who loves comic books
Is the one who shares a birthday with Bob Dylan
Is the one who thinks he's good at video games but never quite finishes any
Is the one who likes a good rumour
Lyz Reblin
Lyz Reblin
Lyz Reblin is a movie reviewing machine. In addition to her prolific reviewing skills, Lyz also maintains the popular column, Retro Reel, guaranteeing you will never be without some awesome recommendations.
Lyz Reblin is a sophomore at Chapman University studying screenwriting. When she isn’t procrastinating on her own personal blog (http://lyzreblin.blogspot.com), she likes to hide at the movie theatre, play RPGs, and suck at most video games like Halo and Resident Evil.
Gary Girod
Gary is our resident literary expert and contributes the weekly column, "All Things Print" as well as the occasional novel spotlight, "The Greatest Series You've Never Heard of".
Is a junior at Chapman University, striving to a achieve a bachelors in European history and eventually a Ph.D if he doesn't make it rich (insert doomed scheme here). Gary is a geek/nerd and while his video-gaming experience is currently limited to the PS3 and whatever game he can find online for his slow-as-hell laptop, he still manage to find other outlets for his geekness.
Gary won't go into what his favorite movies or tv shows because a) they are numerous and insanely diverse, and b) until he become famous he doubts anyone cares. Same with music, although he needs to add that he may be a prick in that he can never seem to be loyal to any artist or band. One screw-up or sell-out and he turns on them, never to listen to any of their new music again!
Contributors
Kyle Storms
Kyle is a Sophomore at Chapman University trudging his way through a Digital Arts Major and a Minor in Business Admin. In his spare time he enjoys (insert hobby of the week here), Photography, working out, and eating copious amounts of unhealthy food. His favorite bands that will never succumb to his wavering tastes and dislikes are Blink-182, Nirvana, Local H, and Rise Against. For more information about his favorite music, steal his iPod (seriously, don’t).
Will Hellwarth
A worshipper at the altar of the penny arcade, Will is a budding game designer/programmer/artist because you just have to do everything these days. While not channeling the energy of the universe through his mind’s eye, he can be found playing and ranting about videogames, complaining about “The Man,” and on Sawtelle Boulevard gorging himself on ramen. A city slicker from L.A. he doesn’t feel comfortable when not irradiated from all directions by technology. He has an unhealthy obsession with Shadow of the Colossus, Ico, and anything by Team Ico. He also has been known to bite people who disagree. Somday he’s gonna fix this whole industry thing, but for now, Will is biding his time.
Trevor Lincoln
Trevor was born on the same day that E.T. came out in 1982. After a daring escape from San Diego, he and his teddy bear Punton traveled around the world, visiting places like England, France, Germany, Japan, and Australia, among others. From time to time, they sit down to make a new entry in Travelin’ Bear, a series of written articles documenting their travels.
Currently, Trevor is writing many things, including articles and screenplays. He enjoys playing Xbox 360, strumming his guitar, and preparing for the Zombie Apocalypse. Punton enjoys fondue and is currently running for President of Orange County.
Twitter: http://twitter.com/heddizeeze
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Trevortheamazingflyinglizardboy
Website: http://www.windcastpictures.com/
Gamertag: heddizeeze
In Loving Memory
Brendan Kutler
Brendan is our resident Indie music mogul and author of the "Music Videos of the week column" and is also a regular host on the Circuitcast.
An avid collector of international indie rock (from Sweden and Russia to Japan and Barcelona) and RTS/RPG games, yet not one to pass up a mindless FPS once in a while, Brendan is a mixed bag. He enjoys photography, photomanipulation, and graphic design (if you don't like the banners, blame this guy) as well as playing tennis and reading history books. He can often be seen arguing with his friends over the internet's logical inconsistencies and scouring the web for new music videos and songs to add to his black hole of a hard drive. All in all though, he's a pretty normal guy. Oh, we forgot to mention: he also wears two hats. Yeah, we take that back... he's actually pretty strange. Strangely awesome.
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