Steve started Gamers Nexus back when it was just a cool name, and now it's grown into an expansive website with an overwhelming amount of features. He recalls his first difficult decision with GN's direction: "I didn't know whether or not I wanted 'Gamers' to have a possessive apostrophe -- I mean, grammatically it should, but I didn't like it in the name. It was ugly. I also had people who were typing apostrophes into the address bar - sigh. It made sense to just leave it as 'Gamers.'"

First world problems, Steve. First world problems.

Martin Baker has been GN's longest-standing editor -- in fact, he supported GN by writing all of its initial content while Steve was still busy with web development. He recalls his gaming history: "I've been writing about video games for about 10 years now and have been playing them for even longer, starting off with a Spectrum ZX passed down to me in about 1988. Yes, I used to play games that came on cassettes. Yes, they were AWESOME!"

Indeed, Martin. May the cassettes rest in peace.

Patrick "Mocalcium" Stone is our resident expert in all things hardware: Whether it's semiconductor technology, microarchitecture behind a new CPU, or solid-state storage advancements, he covers everything from the most highly-technical, detailed viewpoint. When he's not writing about enthusiast hardware and gaming tech, he can be found playing RPGs or tearing apart his computer and rebuilding it (or both ... at the same time).

FJ "Trymutos" Ybarra specializes in hardware, peripheral, and gaming technology information. He reports on all major consumer hardware advancements so you can plan your next upgrades and purchases; in between hardware posts, FJ likes to camp on our forums and assist those with tech support questions. He also loves spending money spontaneously on new hardware to play with, and if he's not doing that, he's tweaking his system to better play Battlefield 3.

Brant "The Bob" Armstrong helped kick-off GN's now-famous fried chicken PC build section by writing a few of the very first Budget PC Build lists hosted on the site. Brant's a big fan of RTS and FPS games, and should you disturb him when he is focused on either of these two subjects, he will simply respond with the following: "o.o"

Over, and over, and over. Oh, he also writes hardware stuff. Yeah.

Adam Davis' editorial debut on Gamers Nexus instantly scored him a nickname that has become increasingly rare in the modern journalistic environment: critical. He doesn't take glitches, sour gameplay, or repetition nicely - and he makes that clear. Adam excels at writing post-mortem-styled reviews where he aims to entertain gamers, educate developers on their shortcomings, and supply a solid preview of a game to best inform where money should and shouldn't be spent.

Francisco Fantl is a new, evolved version of the traditional 'sports nut;' under the pseudonym of 'DrGong,' Francisco is the most up-to-date journalist in the competitive StarCraft 2 scene and covers all of our e-sports news for us. If he's not at MLG or other major competitive events, he's watching the stream; if he's not watching the stream, he's probably dead, in which case: send help. Tell them DrGong needs them -- they'll know who we're talking about.

Phillip "System 11:11" Tumer's a very, very angry man. Don't get on his bad side: if you invoke the wrath of System 11:11, you shall never recover from the stream of rage that subsequently emits from the depths of his esophagus. System writes our rage columns on a semi-regular basis, primarily expressing his discontent with certain aspects of the gaming industry. Deep down, he's a caring guy. We think. We're not really sure, no one wants to ask him.