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My name is Daniel Starkey. I�m one of about a dozen new Destructoid interns. We're pretty awesome. I was born in Texas, raised in Oklahoma, and I�m currently attending the University of Minnesota for some liberal arts bullsh!t. I�ve been around Destructoid since about a month after it was founded. I was heavy on the forums starting in December 2006 going by the handle �the_mole-. I know I�ve met a lot of you at PAX �07 and again in PAX �09 and I will be coming back for PAX Prime �11. Maybe we can chill and have a beer or something.
So, as you probably guessed, I love games.Western RPG�s, RTS�s and old Xbox games have a special place in my heart. I believe that Majora�s Mask is probably the best game ever made and I will defend that opinion to the death. With fists. And stuff.
My favorite games tend to be those that are unique enough to keep me engaged for more than a few seconds, and those that encourage exploration. A few favorites: Butcher Bay, Paper Mario 2, Fallout (all of them), Killer 7, every Bioware or Bethesda game and Majora�s Mask.
As for experience, I have been writing about games in one capacity or another since about 2005. A few friends and I tried to start a nice gaming blog but it went belly-up sometime around �08. Since then I�ve been writing for my own amusement, posting random things on the C-Blogs and working as an editor for some pretty cool dudes at the University of Minnesota.
I�m pretty big into GamePolitics and thinking about legitimizing gaming as a medium for an artistic expression, but that�s a whole �nother thing....
Anyway, feel free to add me on facebook, twitter and google+ (and if you need an invite, I got plenty).
I hope we can all get along and be really cool buddies. I just want you to know that I feel really good about you. I want this to happen. I want us to happen.
Daniel Starkey 
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So, as you probably guessed, I love games.Western RPG�s, RTS�s and old Xbox games have a special place in my heart. I believe that Majora�s Mask is probably the best game ever made and I will defend that opinion to the death. With fists. And stuff.
My favorite games tend to be those that are unique enough to keep me engaged for more than a few seconds, and those that encourage exploration. A few favorites: Butcher Bay, Paper Mario 2, Fallout (all of them), Killer 7, every Bioware or Bethesda game and Majora�s Mask.
As for experience, I have been writing about games in one capacity or another since about 2005. A few friends and I tried to start a nice gaming blog but it went belly-up sometime around �08. Since then I�ve been writing for my own amusement, posting random things on the C-Blogs and working as an editor for some pretty cool dudes at the University of Minnesota.
I�m pretty big into GamePolitics and thinking about legitimizing gaming as a medium for an artistic expression, but that�s a whole �nother thing....
Anyway, feel free to add me on facebook, twitter and google+ (and if you need an invite, I got plenty).
I hope we can all get along and be really cool buddies. I just want you to know that I feel really good about you. I want this to happen. I want us to happen.
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About Daniel Starkeyone of us since 2:41 PM on 12.27.2006
Some say he never sleeps and eats only gourmet amaretto cupcakes. Others claim he's a hyperactive optimist. To citizens of the Destructoid empire, though, he's Captain Starkey, Intergalactic Games Journalist.
Disclosure: In my undergrad at the University of Minnesota, I did do PR and event promotion for Microsoft. It does not and has not affected any of the pieces I have written, but it is something that you, as a reader, should know.
Disclosure: In my undergrad at the University of Minnesota, I did do PR and event promotion for Microsoft. It does not and has not affected any of the pieces I have written, but it is something that you, as a reader, should know.