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NAME: Vangie 'Aurora' Beal
EMAIL: vangie@sharkyextreme.com
AGE: I always lie and say 19
EDUCATION: Graduated High School with honours, started my first year of college and dropped out to spend my life playing and writing about games.
RANK: Contributing Editor - specializing in developer interviews.
PREVIOUS ENGAGEMENTS: Three years ago I started a gaming website called GameGirlz (www.gamegirlz.com), and have also worked for the AllGames Network running their PC Gaming section. I did a stint with Pseudo for a year or so (a weekly game video/audio show called Lilith & Eve). I've done some freelance work for various other gaming publications and contributed essays to an MIT Press publication on girls and games. recently I've been working with SharkyExtreme doing interviews with some fun developers in the gaming industry. Long before the game stuff I worked as a Digital Imaging Technician.
COOL STUFF: The Counting Crows. My Palm Pilot. Age of Empires II, cheesecake, COFFEE. My Furby collection, and Dolphin for the Arati 2600. Penguin (Caffeinated Peppermints), beaches, white wine. Antique cars, and Type O negative. Unreal Tournament, Voodoo 5. Over and above all those however, my 3 year old son is the coolest thing ever.
NASTY STUFF: Slim Shady, tomatoes, and Tomb Raider. Umm... did I mention Slim Shady already?
FAVORITE MUSIC: A Variety. The bands I listen to the most: Tragically Hip, Counting Crows, NiN, Type O
FAVORITE MOVIES: Shawshank Redemption
CLAIM TO FAME: A really cool photograph in Wired magazine showing 'Girls who Play Quake'. (aka Quake Clan PMS)
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