Ben has been playing video games since he had a bottle in his hand. Whether that bottle was full of milk or Kentucky’s finest bourbon is for you to figure out. He’s owned every major console but most of them only as a pathetic excuse for an adult.

Brandon received the title “The Most Glorious Ginger” by a waitress at a dive bar and it’s never quite gone away. He once ate two full containers of Chinese food and drank a two liter of Mountain Dew at a Civ 5 LAN party. Mistakes were made.

Philip is better at buying video games than he is at playing them. He was once told “it must suck to love something so much and be so terrible at it.”  As a boy he would write terrible poems about himself and Ross Perot. He enjoys the best and worst of all forms of media, but nothing in the middle. Puyo Puyo Tetris has almost caused unreconcilable differences between him and his wife.  He’s never had a hangover, but not from lack of trying.

In an admittedly reluctant yet progressive move, Dave was brought on as Handsome Phantom’s first and probably only Canadian Correspondent. An expert on all things Maple Syrup, Curling, and good looking world leaders, he contributes about as much to this website as his home land contributes to relevant international current events. As a generally nice guy, he has a hard time saying anything critical about video games, but he really does love them and the joy they’ve brought for his 30 years. Sorry.

Holly has been enjoying games since her Dad introduced her to Richard Scarry’s Busytown on the PC he built out of garbage. Since then she has officially beaten everyone she knows at all Civilization games, and she is the first to admit FPS games make her look like she has never seen a controller in her life. When not playing games, Holly is singing (...and when playing games too).