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2005-2006 Delegates Elected
PRESS RELEASE Jason Ballew has been playing computer and video games since his childhood in
the days of Donkey Kong and the Atari 2600. He has been working as a reporter
and reviewer for Gaming Trend (http://www.gamingtrend.com) since November 2004. Gaming Trend was formerly known as
Console Gold. Misha Davenport has been covering the video games industry, including coverage of the annual
Electronic Entertainment Expo, for the Chicago Sun-Times throughout the past four years. He currently co-writes a weekly column
of game reviews that has been running in the paper's Weekend section for the past two years.
Additionally, Misha frequently appears on television and radio programs to discuss the video game industry. Adam DiTroia creates music and sound effects for video games, television, film,
the web, and mobile technologies. Some of his credits include two game projects for the popular Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
franchise, Taxi 3: Extreme Rush, The Wraith: Eyes of Judgment, and numerous national and local television commercials. A partial
list of credits can be found at www.ditroiaaudio.com. Adam comes from a very musical family. His father played
session guitar with such artists as Billy Joel, Barbara Streisand, Simon and Garfunkel, The Monkess, Neil Diamond, and many
others. It was his father that first opened his eyes to the world of music. Adam’s passion for scoring manifested at
an early age. After hearing the work of John Williams in Star Wars, Adam was affected on a deeper level than even he realized
at that time. He first became interested in scoring video games after playing Metroid on the original Nintendo. One of the
things he loves about scoring video games is the opportunity to help create alternate realities. Adam is endorsed by Mackie
and IK Multimedia. Stephen Jacobs is currently on the Faculty of RIT where he teaches courses in
history, analysis writing, and design of computer games. He's been a journalist
covering personal technology and games for 20 years. Stephen serves on the Executive
Board of the IGDA Writers SIG (special interest group), and his “Writesizing” article on game writing appeared
in the November 2004 issue of Game Developer magazine: http://www.gdmag.com/archive/nov04.htm. Paul Marzagalli reviews games, films, books, etc. at www.Amazon.com and www.paperbackreader.com. He recently completed work on his M.A. in Higher Education
Administration and is currently staring down a number of Doctoral programs. Dennis McCauley is the video game columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer and
St. Paul Pioneer-Press. He is also editor of www.GamePolitics.com. Greg O'Connor-Read is the founder and editor of www.Music4Games.net, the award-winning website for game music infotainment. Greg
has been a leading promoter of original music for games since 1999. Music4Games.Net is the #1 resource for game music consumers
and enthusiasts, including composers, developers, producers, and business execs in the videogame music industry. The general voting body of NAVGTR also includes contributors for About.com, Atlanta
Journal-Constitution, Austin American-Statesman, CNN, CNN.com, CNNmoney.com, Computer Gaming World, Contra Costa Times, Digital
Journal, ElectricPlayground.com, FHM, GamersTemple.com, GamingTarget.com, Gannett News Service, Gear, HappyPuppy.com, Kids
& Computers, LA Weekly, Los Angeles Times, National Post, Marquee, PC Gamer, Philadelphia Inquirer, PlanetPong.com, Salon,
San Jose Mercury-News, USA Today, USAToday.com, Wired News, Wizard Magazine, WOW Weekly, ZDNet, Detroit Free Press, National
Public Radio, Public Radio International, Play Magazine, Electronic Gaming Monthly (Ziff-Davis Media), Evergeek Media (www.evergeek.com), The Ottawa Citizen, The Vancouver Sun, The Regina Leader-Post, Canada.com, myTelus.com, www.YesWonder.com, www.GamesArcadia.com, www.freep.com/gameon, and many more. |
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