Timewaster's Guide Archive
General => Suggestions Box => Topic started by: Spriggan on February 21, 2006, 10:04:27 AM
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Entropy has shown me the light of not updating the staff page in 3-4 years, and since Tage is the only one who can do so, I'm going to send him an HTML file with the new one.
So, if you're on the current page you are not guaranteed to be there unless you still write regularly enough for us (like two or so articles a year is good enough for staff writer I would think).
So here's the deal, post what Bio you want, if you're not sure if you're a staff writer then PM or E-mail me and I'll let you know. If you want to be a staff writer but haven't written anything, then do so ASAP, it will be at least another 3 years before we update it again.
Here's the format:
Nickname: Spriggan
Real Name: Jordan Sanderson
What you write:
About yourself:
movies, Games, music currently listing, watching reading etc..
Link to sample article: this would be one that you really like.
If you are a staff member and are not a writer (ie editor, department manager, webmaser) SE and Fell will be handling what you position is so don't bother asking here if you are something because you should already know.
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Nickname: MadDrJeffe
Real Name:Jeff Crews
What you write: Gaming Chef, RPG reviews
About yourself:
Mad Dr. Jeffe is an evil scientist devoted to crushing the world under his Converse All Stars. He likes long walks on the beach, death rays and science fiction, preferably science fiction with a tinge of mad science. Dr Who is definatly a fave, as is the old Wild Wild West TV show.
Gamewise he likes more narrative and cerebral games like Maelstrom and Heroquest (by Issaries and not the boardgame). He is a member of TWG east. Oh and he likes pie.
Link to sample article:
http://www.timewastersguide.com/view.php?id=873
http://www.timewastersguide.com/view.php?id=451
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Nickname: House of Mustard
Real Name: Robison Wells
What you write: Tabletop Reviews and The Fog of War (occasionally)
About yourself: Rob has two published novels with Covenant Communications, On Second Thought and Wake Me When It's Over. He graduated from the University of Utah with degrees in Political Science and History, emphasizing in International Relations. Although he used to spend oodles of time with wargames (particularly Warhammer and 40k), having small children in the house has meant the fragile minatures rarely come out of storage; most of his gaming these days is on the computer.
Link to sample article: http://www.timewastersguide.com/view.php?id=1206
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FYI, Senior staff the staff section blurb needs your attention.
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I'll get to it... eventually...
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Nickname: Fellfrosch
Real Name: Dan Wells
What you write: Dan is the founder and big enchilada of TWG, and over the storied course of our history he has drifted away from writing and editing into an almost purely managerial position. He still loves writing, however, and when the opportunity arises he assigns himself an RPG or board game review.
About yourself: Dan is a writer and editor by trade, with ambitions of professional novel-writing; he has written five novels, but has yet to publish any of them. He plays all kinds of games of every type and genre, and admires a well-designed game almost more than he does a fun one. He has a beautiful wife and 2.3 children, whom he is meticulously raising as hardcore gamers.
Favorite Games:
Magic: The Gathering
Robo Rally
West End Games Star Wars
Rifts
Heroclix
Favorite Books:
Dune
Taran Wanderer
Les Miserables
Empire of the East
Bleak House
Favorite Movies:
Mary Poppins
The Shawshank Redemption
Annie Hall
Pulp Fiction
Jaws
Favorite Poets:
John Keats
Emily Bronte
e.e. cummings
T.S. Eliot
Paul Simon
Link to sample article:
http://www.timewastersguide.com/view.php?id=980
http://www.timewastersguide.com/view.php?id=481
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Nickname: Patrick Gibbs (should I get myself a nickname?)
Real Name: Patrick Gibbs.
About myself:
Patrick Gibbs is an actor, writer, director and producer of stage and screen. He served a two-year mission for the LDS Church, where he met Ethan "Skar" Skarstedt, who got him involved with this site.
Patrick worked for two years as the Entertainment Director at The Mayan, a jungle theme restaurant, where he produced live diving and stunt shows and animatronic shows.
He is addicted to "Harry Potter" novels and anything connected to them. He enjoys listening to U2 and Sting, either on albums or in concert, and is an avid Shakespeare enthusiast.
Favorite movies:
Raiders of The Lost Ark
Schindler's List
The Passion of The Christ
Unforgiven
The Lord of The Rings Trilogy
Lawrence of Arabia
Dead Man Walking
Dances With Wolves
Casablanca
King Kong (Original and Peter Jackson versions)
Saving Private Ryan
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Star Wars Saga (favorite being "The Empire Strikes Back.")
Gladiator
Braveheart
Silverado
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
School of Rock
Favorite books:
Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
The Lord of The Rings Series by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Fahrenhiet 451 by Ray Bradbury
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Night by Elie Weisel
Mort by Terry Pratchett
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Got a link for me Patrick? Also could you point your brother to this thread, I know he doesn't check the site as often as you do.
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Here's a link. Paul will give you a bio as well.
http://www.timewastersguide.com/view.php?id=1222&dep=4
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Name: Paul Gibbs
Nickname: Paul Gibbs
Paul is a film student (currently in production on a student film entitled "Dungeons & Daydreams" which celebrates the RPG experience) and semi-professional actor/writer/director. He works at the Clark Planetarium in SLC, Utah, as Lead Show Presenter, which means he is in charge of writing, developing and performing live astronomy shows. He is a member of "Laughing Stock", Utah's longest running improv comedy troupe, and is a rabid Steven Spielberg fan.
Favorite movies:
(In no particular order)
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Schindler's List
Lawrence of Arabia
Saving Private Ryan
Casablanca
Munich
Amistad
Glory
Apollo 13
King Kong (Peter Jackson version)
The Shawshank Redemption
The Green Mile
Dead Man Walking
The Passion of the Christ
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
The Star Wars Trilogy
To Be or Not To Be (Jack Benny version)
Forrest Gump
Cast Away
Jurassic Park
Minority Report
Catch Me If You Can
The Terminal
Back to the Future
Quiz Show
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Dead Poets Society
Duck Soup
Moulin Rouge!
Silverado
Dances With Wolves
. . . . Just to name a few. I could go on and on.
Favorite Books:
"Farenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury
"The Pleasure of My Company" by Steve Martin
"Lord of the Rings Trilogy" by J.R.R. Tolkien
J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" series
"The Hunt For Red October" and "The Cardinal of the Kremlin" by Tom Clancy
Patrick O'Brien's Aubrey/Maturin series.
Favorite Band:
U2
Favorite Muppet:
Kermit the Frog
http://www.timewastersguide.com/view.php?id=1222&dep=4
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I'm thinking we want a limit to how many "favorite" things we include. And that we should put them in as regular text, not a vertical list.
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I'm thinking we want a limit to how many "favorite" things we include. And that we should put them in as regular text, not a vertical list.
I forgot to mention my favorite foods.
Pizza with dived tomatoes and pinapple.
Pizza with diced tomatoes only.
Pizza with cheese only.
Falafel with hummus.
Jelly beans.
Tomoto sandwiches.
Sharp cheddar cheese.
Ritz crackers with sharp ceddar cheese.
Wheat thins with sharp cheddar cheese.
Bread (any kind, but honey wheat is awesome!).
Fresh fruit.
Celery.
Fat Free Ranch dressing (suprisingly good on tomato and pinapple pizza).
Sour Patch Kids.
Toast.
Toast with raspberry jam.
Toast with raspberry jam and rushed pieces of boiled egg (don't judge me.).
Swedish Fish.
Sweet pickles.
Cantalope.
Watermelon.
Cantelope with a little salt.
Watermelon with a lot of salt.
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hehe, Zing.
Just so you all know I had no intention of listing favorites vertically. As for the amount listed, I'll have to see what everything looks like before commenting, if me or any of the Editors feel there's too much we'll let people know.
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Favorites should probably be limited to 2 or 3 things.
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Yeah, because these pages can only be so big.
Come on, who cares how many favorites we have? Is the Internet going to run out of room? I admit, I didn't read either of the Gibbs' lists, but I scanned them and was vaguely interested.
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I think the staff page should be about who the staff are, rather than shopping lists of their favourite cookies, branches of world militaries and types of lingerie.
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On a review site, who we are is defined by what we like.
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Eh. Problem is, if you have a huge list of favourite films, nobody will see the whole page because they'll just stop reading. Can we have favourite films etc linked on seperate pages, so that people can get an overview of all the staff quickly but can go for the specific likes if they want (ie, while reading a review).
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Nickname: Entsuropi
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Real Name: Charles Mitchell
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What you write: Video game reviews, with the very occasional RPG and Tabletop review.
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About yourself: An avid PC gamer and roleplayer, I don't particularly do anything noteworthy. But i've saved the world from the forces of evil approximately 80 times.
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Link to sample article:
*put the link to the CoTN review in here when it goes up, thats fairly typical of my reviews I think.*
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Toast with raspberry jam and rushed pieces of boiled egg (don't judge me.).
I don't know what "rushed pieces" means, but I just want to say that I really like toast with raspberry jam and scrambled eggs. It's really good. I know this is off topic and I'm not staff or anything, but what's new with a thread going off topic, right? ;D
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I wouldn't, and haven't, read any of the favorite lists that were more than 3 items long.
To list more seems a) egotistical and b) pretentious and c) needlessly tedious.
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Nickname: JamPaladin
Real Name: Jason Christie
Jam is the token Australian of the site. Familiar mostly with his first love, Video Games, lack of money and time during certain events left him instead with a passion for Role-playing Games and the CCG Shadowfist, as well as dabbling in tabletop thanks to Starship Troopers. Lack of money and time from certain events has left him never playing these either.
When he's not gaming, Jam is an amateur writer of Speculative Fiction, notably Post-Cyberpunk, and of 12-Syllable English language Haiku. He studies Education at University, and works for the same in varying positions, usually the Helpdesk. He plans to one day be a high-school teacher of english and Computers, or more likely, to avoid doing this by bumming around for more University Jobs while trying to sell out either as a novelist or writer of games. If you are an employer in either of these fields, feel free to contact him and offer him a job.
Favourite Video Games: Yoshi's Island, Secret of Mana, Serious Sam, among many others
Favourite RPGs: Feng Shui, FATE, Anything Narrative and quirky, like Octane
Favourite CCG: Shadowfist
Favourite Tabletop: Starship Troopers
Favourite Movies: Matrix series, End of Evangelion, Back to the Future, Serenity, Loser
Favourite Music: Kraftwerk, Anything Nerdcore Hip-Hop, Nerf Herder
Favourite Beer: Crown Lager (I'm an Aussie, it matters!)
Favourite Articles: The last Jam Session, my Mystical Ninja 1 review, neither of which I can be bothered linking. Maybe Modern Ninja. :)
Feel free to cut favourites as necessary, I'm not especially attached to them.
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Nickname: 42
Real Name: Jeffrey Creer
What you write: Nerdery, the occasional online adventure module, and various reviews mostly in RPGs, Movies, and Web-Comics. Also handles art direction for the site from time-to-time.
About yourself:
An enigmatic figure, 42 is a student, teacher, artist, designer, assistant, counselor, roommate, community volunteer, geek, and nerd. 42 has the answer to everything you want to know. You just have to ask the right questions first. He also takes no responsibility if you misinterpret his advice or commands.
Link to sample article:
http://www.timewastersguide.com/view.php?id=1186&dep=15
http://www.timewastersguide.com/view.php?id=1127
http://www.timewastersguide.com/view.php?id=1140
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In retrospect, I would have to admit that I agree that the favorites list's need to be shorter. These are my reasons:
It makes the bios too long.
Nobody really cares.
It makes me feel like there should also be a "least favorites" list.
It's too self indulgent.
No matter how many I put on the list, I feel like I leave something off.
"Star Wars," "Indiana Jones" and "The Lord of The Rings" monopolize too space.
Someone might be embarrassed to reveal that he liked "King Arthur."
Is anyone actually going to read these?
With Don Knotts dead, my enthusiasm for everything is waning.
It's hard to pick a favorite member of "The Monkees."
Choosing between :"Schindler's List" and Dave Letterman's "Top 10 Rejected Children's Books" as "Favorite List" is impossible.
Pits brother against brother.
Moving letter from council of Bishops.
It wasn't even Spriggan who complained about it.
With all of the suffering in the world, does it really matter?
When you really think about it, there were really only four different episode of "Frasier," they just rotated them, yet it was still enjoyable, which makes me feel confilcted about how I would rank it, especially since Kesley Grammer ranged from subtley engaging to campily over the top.
Cookies and lingerie?
Can't decide between "Casablanca" and Charles Bronson remake "Caboblanco."
I can't tell the difference between ABC News, "Hill Street Blues," and a Preacher on "The Old Time Gospel Hour."
It's hard to tell one Bill Cosby or Bob Newheart series from another.
I hate lists.
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I'd like to get this up in Friday this week and we're still missing a few.
Tage (though I assume he's going to just add his to the file I send him)
SE (senior Staff)
Jade Knight (senior Staff)
Skar (senior Staff)
Mr. P
JenaRey
Ms. Fish
Stacer
Chimera
Lieutenant Kije
Prometheus
Anyone else I'm missing? These are all names of people who wrote us something in the past year, if you don't want to be on the staff page and you're on the above list then let me know.
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Oh. I didn't know I needed one of these. That's cool.
Nickname: MsFish
Real Name: Janci Patterson
What you write: The Geek Girl's Survival Guide
About yourself: Janci is a role playing, fantasy writing, game store going geek girl, and she's proud of it. She's currently working on her fourth novel, and avoiding it by writing a bi-weekly column for The Time-Waster's Guide.
Sample Article: http://www.timewastersguide.com/view.php?id=1197&dep=15
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Ah, didn't realize you wanted one from me. Here you go.
nickname: stacer
real name: Stacy Whitman
Stacy occasionally reviews young adult and children's fantasy and science fiction. She is employed by day as an editor of children's and young adult fantasy books and holds a master's in children's literature from Simmons College.
Though it's hard for her to pick a favorite, the latest standouts for Stacy include books by Diana Wynne Jones (Howl's Moving Castle), Holly Black (Tithe), and Shannon Hale (Goose Girl). Her favorite movies include Persuasion, Bringing Up Baby, and Serenity. She's recently learned to play RPGs via an Eberron game, and has been branching out to minis games and Magic, too.
Sample articles:
http://www.timewastersguide.com/view.php?id=1021
http://www.timewastersguide.com/view.php?id=859
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I figured some of you didn't realize you were eligible so I made that list.
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I'll get to it, just as soon as I think of something witty to say.
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I think I'm going to make it something that you can update via the admin page, I'll talk to Tage on Thursday and see if he likes my quick workaround to do this.
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Current Nickname: Skarlicious (any nickname to follow will undoubtedly contain the "skar" syllable)
Real Name: Ethan Skarstedt
Skar is an assistant editor for The Time Waster's Guide (TWiG), with his primary involvement being movie reviews, both writing and editing. In a strange autochthonic way he was also a founder of TWiG before it was ever actually founded. Skar is a veteran of 10 years of marriage, 4 kids, the State of New Jersey, an LDS mission in Salt Lake City Utah, and two foreign wars. Currently he works as a Graphic Designer/Pre-press guy for a marketing department in SLC and in his spare spare time is writing a memoir on his tour in Afghanistan (one of the two foreign wars). When that's done he plans to pick up the writing of Speculative fiction again, get published, become rich, and stop working on anything but TWiG and more books.
His favorite movies are:
1:Equilibrium
2:The Last Samurai
3:The Truman Show
4:Gladiator
5:The 13th Warrior
His favorite books are:
1: "Armor" by John Steakley
2: "Starship Troopers" by Robert Heinlein
3: "Cryptonomicon" by Neal Stephenson
4: "Lord of Light" by Roger Zelazny
5: "The Green Ripper" by John D. McDonald
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Nickname: JenaRey
Real Name: Jana Stocks
What you write: Occasional reviews on whatever hits me over the head at the moment. Now that life has slowed up (sorta) I’m hoping to bump up the number of articles I’m putting in.
About yourself: Gamer girl from way back, Jena’s first dice required the use of crayon to see the numbers and are all rather round at this stage. She has been involved at one point or another with most things geek, reader, writer and viewer of many things SF, editor of other things not always so SF, feeder of the masses and all around opinionated. Jena is currently addicted to Bollywood films, yeah for equal opportunity ogling. If you want to know more the easiest way to find out is to ask.
Link to sample article: As soon as I get a new one up I’ll put a link here.
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I've decided to stop slacking so much and reply to this:
Nickname: Jade Knight
Real Name: Michael-Forest Meservy
What you write: Sundry
About yourself: The Jade Knight is TWG's copy editor; the more important editors got tired of his posting corrections on article threads, and let him correct them himself.
When not valiantly battling improper spelling and prescriptive grammar, the Jade Knight goes to Uni in English and History, writes stories and poetry on occasion, and attempts to learn foreign languages.
He is currently engaged to a beautiful and talented neurologist-in-training, and probably will be for the rest of his life. He can regularly be seen fighting against the status quo, and trying to convince people they should learn Welsh or Norman.
Favorite film: Les Misérables (with Liam Neeson)
Favorite book: Le petit prince (de Saint-Exupéry)
Favorite music: New Age and Electronica
Link to Norman Wikipedia:
http://nrm.wikipedia.org (I know, I'm shameless)