Meet the Team

NicName: Nicholas Boerma
Tag: Boerrie
Twitter: @boerrie
Rank: Editor, Humpty Dumpty
Weapons of choice in order of awesomeness: PC, Xbox 360, PS3 and iPad
Game of choice and time wasted: Modern Warfare 2 (PC) 467 hours
Bio: A lover of all tech and gaming, Nic is the jack of all trades on the team and enjoys everything with an electronic pulse. It’s a good thing too because he has to make sure a team of fanbois don’t make him look bad hurt each other.

 

dawidName: Dawid Venter
Tag: dawid22
Twitter: @dawid22
Rank: Head of Digital, G3AR Managing Editor, Janitor
Weapons of choice in order of awesomeness: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, DS, iPhone, 3DS, PlayStation Portable
Game of choice and time wasted: Halo 3 (Xbox 360). At least 2 hours…
Bio: A console gamer to the very end. Dawid has been gaming since he laid eyes on the Game & Watch back in ‘83. Since then he’s owned just about every console available to mankind. When not conducting his annual Super Mario Bros. 3 playthrough he wastes most evenings deciding what to play on his AWESOME random game selection system.

 

BrettName: Brett Venter
Tag: Drakonis
Twitter: @DrakonisPCF
Rank: Online Editor, Sub-Editor, load bearer
Weapons of choice in order of awesomeness: PC, Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2, 3DS, DS
Game of choice and time wasted: Fallout 3 (190 hours on a single playthrough, bless you Fallout 3 Nexus)
Bio: Controller, mouse and keyboard, motion controls, if it has a virtual something doing a virtual something in a virtual world Brett will play it. Unless he really doesn’t want to. Follows a non-discrimination policy when it comes to gaming platforms and is also there to pick up the slack if the mighty Ed is swamped (or simply in need of a little more time in Black Ops).

 

michaelName: Michael Reed
Tag: KillerByte
Twitter: @killerbyte
Rank: Hardware Writer , deadline devastator
Weapons of choice in order of awesomeness: PC, DS, Xbox 360,Wii and 3DS.
Game of choice and time wasted: Pokemon Platinum (NDS) 100 hours
Bio: The local mad hardware scientist. Michael loves anything that is made of silicon and transistors. A PC gamer that doesn’t play that much because of his limited attention span. He is also a self-professed Pokémon addict.

 

DelanoName: Delano
Tag: Mark_Del
Twitter: @delano501
Rank: Reviewer, Art Critic
Weapons of choice in order of awesomeness: Pencil and paper, five-button mouse
Game of choice and time wasted: The entire Age of Empires series, including Mythology. 950+ hours.
Bio: Born holding a joypad, Delano always finds time for games in between his other interests which include art, languages, history, writing, science and computers/technology in general.

 

Name: Jarred Milner
Tag: Milni06
Twitter: @Milni06
Rank: Contributor, Deep-diver
Weapons of choice in order of awesomeness: Xbox 360, 3DS/DS, PS3, Wii, iPhone, PSP
Game of choice and time wasted: PES/FIFA series (Xbox 360) 1000′s of hours
Bio: Obsessed with anything game related, especially Sport and Comic based games. A geek of note taking interest in comics, movies, books, music and of course sport. I also love a good argument, as long as it takes about 10 minutes.

 

GarthName: Garth Kaestner
Tag: antiredcap
Twitter: @antiredcap
Rank: Contributor, Nintendophile
Weapons of choice in order of awesomeness: 3DS, Wii, 360 and PS3
Game of choice and time wasted: Mario Kart DS: 250 hrs +
Bio: A retro gaming fanatic Garth is reluctant to trust modern day gamers. With Nintendo running through his veins he has been tagged as a casual gamer ever since the launch of the Wii. Revenge is inevitable…

 

 

 

 

Name: Mynhardt Smit
Tag: SgtFiddler
Twitter: @SgtFiddler
Rank: Reviewer, All-rounder
Weapons of choice in order of awesomeness: PS3, DS, 3DS, Wii, PC, iPhone
Game of choice and time wasted: Demon’s Souls (PS3) 240 hours combined (Asian and PAL copies)
Bio: Cultivating and nurturing his gaming passion /addiction for over a quarter of a century, Mynhardt enjoys a healthy and balanced lifestyle, often interrupting long bouts of gaming to spend time with his iPhone.

 

Name: David Kozlowski
Tag:
Aunty_berrel
Twitter:
@davekoz3000
Rank:
Contributor, Unsuspecting Workhorse
Weapons of choice in order of awesomeness:
PC,PS3,Xbox 360, 3DS, Wii
Game of choice and time wasted:
Company of Hero’s( close on 200 hours)
Bio:
I have been called a graphics whore , for loving pretty looking games, but I’m not a shallow gamer at all. I love all games, except for the ones with low quality textures and lighting… Other than that I have been gaming ever since Kings Quest 3 on the PC, and haven’t missed a day.

 

Name: Dawid Venter

Tag: dawid22

Twitter: @dawid22

Rank: Head of Online, Contributor, G3AR Managing Editor, Janitor

Weapons of choice in order of awesomeness: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, DS, iPhone, 3DS, PlayStation Portable

Game of choice and time wasted: Halo 3 (Xbox 360). At least 2 hours…

Bio: A console gamer to the very end. Dawid has been gaming since he laid his eyes on the Game & Watch back in ‘83. Since he’s owned just about every console available to mankind. When not playing his annual Super Mario Bros. 3 playthrough he wastes most evenings deciding what to play on his AWESOME random game selection system.