The Host
Steve
Steve had his DNA spliced with gaming, movies, books, comics and gadgets. He considers himself born too early, as he is still waiting for flying cars, pills for dinner and edible Pot Noodle.
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He’s a Sci-Fi worshiper who would love to live in Ernest Cline’s OASIS, so is among the few who were happy for Facebook to buy the Oculus Rift and get it into the mainstream.
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Steve adores movies, his No. 1 being Raiders of the Lost Ark and he loves everything from classics to no-brainer action. He would, however, rather cry at The Notebook than squirm at Saw 3!
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As much as Steve is looking to the future, he can’t let go of the past, enjoying repeated viewings of many retro TV shows like The Six Million Dollar Man, The Rockford Files. His rose-tinted glasses are varied and used frequently.
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Interesting Steve facts:
1) He used to work in the holiday camp where the TV show Hi-De-Hi was filmed.
2) He named his cat Dallas, after Captain Dallas from the movie Alien.
3) He once did a bungee jump whilst blindfolded and wearing a straitjacket.
4) His ability to identify a movie only from hearing a few seconds of it after entering a room leaves his wife both awestruck & annoyed in equal measure.
Russ
Russ is an all round retro geek ranging from 8-16bit computers to 80's-90's movies and music. But don't let that fool you as unlike many, he wishes he was born about 1000 years from now, living on a space station but still listening to that sweet sound of synthwave.
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With his favourite genres of Action and Sci-Fi movies, it's easy to see why Russ has become a connoisseur on these matters which will no doubt become apparent in upcoming future episodes.
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Russ' nervous system has seamlessly become intertwined with the every changing pulse of PC and Console gaming, with an enhanced view and en-heightened sense or current trends of what and what doesn't work. This outstanding ability gives him the edge when it comes to not only playing games, but to master them at the same time.
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To bring things back down to earth for at minute, Russ is every much looking forward to what lies ahead with the next generation of gaming and which direction it will take.
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Interesting Russ facts:
1) He loves Pineapple on a Pizza, with Pizza being his all time favourite food.
2) Used to be able to write with my left and right hand. So I guess ambidextrous.
Graham
The Guest Speakers
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