Email: Andy@GamerAndy.com
AIM: andythegamer1984
MSN: blueriotman@gmail.com
skype: gamerandy
LiveJournal: callme_andy

My name is Adam Levine (Though my pen name is Andrew Johanson, or "Andy"), I'm 20 years old and I'm a student at Ex'pression College for Digital Arts in Emeryville, California. I'm in my last 12 months of their Sound Arts program, which will net me a complete understanding (supposedly) of recording technologies and techniques as well as an accredited Bachelors of Science. While professionally I want to work in some facet of sound, my real passion lies with videogames. Ideally, I'd like to combine the two to make one superambition and do sound for videogames, but that's a whole other story for an entirely different time.

All Time Favorite Game:
Myth II: Soulblighter OMFG, while I love the Halo series, before Bungie got bought they were revolutionizing the RTS world when it was dominated by the likes of StarCraft with their robust gameplay, incredible 3d Graphics and realistic physics, and dwarves that threw explosive bottles while wearing little berets.... Myth II, I miss you...

First Gaming Memory:
Being taught to play Marathon by my aunt (A Buddhist Nun), Losing the manual and having her get upset with me. Some people had DOOM, I had marathon.

Favorite Genre:
Used to be RTS, now it's FPS - really, this was brought about because I'm a Mac User (Theres just no substitute when it comes to working with Audio) so I have to depend on consoles for my gaming needs... And seeing how theres a pretty serious shortage of RTS nirvana on the PS2, I've had to resort to my more... Primal desires. FPS Woot!

Pet Peeve:
I freaking hate proprietary formats. For that reason, I have a bias against Sony (Which is why I don't report that news, heh). Proprietary formats are a way of forcing consumers to give you money to use your products since nobody else can compete with them on that particular format. It irritates the hell out of me. Beyond that, I'm really irritated with the popular Media in general - So much of our news is spun one way or the other, chopped up, blended with little white lies, and dolled out to us in little kiddie sized servings that the "Press" thinks we can handle.... Poor, slow, little us....

What do I say to that? Well Screw you, and the horse you rode in on! I want the information and I want it now, and I want it in its cleanest, most true form so I can make my own damn decisions. If I can't deal with it its my own damn problem, so bug off IGN! /rant

Reason for Writing for GamerAndy.com
We live in the information age, and basically what that breaks down to is whoever controls the information controls the age. I HATE having to rely on something I know is wrong, or that slants the information before doling it out in the measured dosage our obviously inferior minds can handle without buckling under the strain. Jack Nicholson has a famous line "You can't handle the truth", and while that was once true of our society I don't think it is now. I'm an information junkie - I need it I want it give it to me. As much as you got as fast as you can. I know i'm not alone in this, especially amongst my peers on this wonderful thing we call the net. Gamerandy.com was put together in a matter of hours and the cast of characters assembled in a similar timeframe. As Long as there are people out there who think like I do, we'll be here. GA.com for Life, Yo. Number 1 in da hood G.