DIYgamer

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Welcome to DIYgamer.com!

DIYgamer.com is a subsidiary website of the Indelible Marks corporation, a web publishing company. In this blog we cover all news and events surrounding the independent and student game scene. This includes opinion pieces, news, and reviews.

Should you have any questions or comments concerning our website please don’t hesitate to contact the Managing Editor at: peter.eykemans@diygamer.com

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The contributors:

Geoff Gibson – Geoff, the owner and founder of DIYgamer.com, currently resides in the Los Angeles area  while attending college. Over the past year he has contributed to many blogs, gaming and otherwise, including: MMOCrunch.com, the-greenskin.com, StudentStuff.com, and MLS-rumors.net. Likewise, he was also a reviewer for video game news-site WorthPlaying.com. Video games are in his blood and it’s through his passion of writing that he is able to express how much love for them he has. Geoff is currently in the early stages of developing his own game which, unfortunately, won’t be made for a very long tme.

You can visit Geoff at his facebook here: Geoff Gibson

Peter Eykemans – Peter is the current managing editor of DIYgamer.com. He spent the last five years working in the film industry in Hollywood rejecting thousands of screenplays from hopeful writers. As  a lifelong gamer he managed to break into game journalism due to a long story involving the DIY MMO Kingdom of Loathing. He’s also contributed to IGN, Vault Network, Voodoo Extreme, Aion Tower, and the Hero Music Hub before landing at DIYgamer. He currently lives in Los Angeles with his fiance. You can reach him at peter.eykemans@diygamer.com

Erik Johnson – Erik is a lifelong gaming enthusiast who grew up with a love for playing both console favorites and obscure PC titles. For the past five years he’s worked in the industry as both a professional and freelance journalist with a variety of publications, covering everything from top publisher’s announcing their newest sequel, to one-man army indie developers trying to get the word out on their title. Currently residing in Los Angeles, Erik enjoys checking out the plethora of gaming industry conventions the city and the surrounding area play host to.

Arsen Nazaryan – Arsen is currently a college student at California State University, Northridge majoring in Sociology. He has been playing video games since he was only 7 years of age, in his native Armenia. Upon moving to the United States in 1999, Arsen grew up in Glendale, California and dedicated much of his time to gaming. Eventually, he acquired a few Quality Assurance Testing positions. At this point, Arsen realized that his passion in gaming was uncontainable merely to his group of friends and needed another outlet. Recognizing his capabilities as a writer, he began contributing to AmpedGaming.com and shortly thereafter, joined the DIYgamer crew.

While possessing an extraordinary passion for gaming, he also devotes his time to his first love: music. Arsen is a vocalist/guitarist and songwriter for an as-yet-unnamed band, but some of his solo work (which is over two years old) can be found at his music MySpace at myspace.com/arsennazaryan. In addition to gaming and music, Arsen trains in martial arts at Fight Forum MMA in Montrose, California and enjoys spending time with his friends and lovely girlfriend. You can contact him with any concerns or questions at empty.spaces21@gmail.com or find him on Facebook as “Arsen Nazaryan.”

Peter Rambo – The other Peter is a copyeditor by trade, musician by hobby and gamer since 1988. He went to Penn State for computer engineering, but left with a degree in English. He then taught some kids before joining the newspaper industry as it takes its dying breath. He started writing about games for a newspaper, then became an inaugural member of the gameosaurus.com team, where he speaks and writes about games to this day. But indie games, like indie music, have long been close to his heart, and DIYgamer seemed like the perfect place for him to talk about the work of hard-working developers in front of a receptive audience. You can reach him at gunnarrambo@gmail.com.