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The Xfire Debate Club Presents: Best in Gaming 2007



Our Distinguished Guests



Moderator: Michael Zenke

Michael Zenke is the editor for the Slashdot Games subsite, as well as a mainpage editor for the Slashdot.org community. He does occasional freelance work as well, and his efforts have appeared on sites such as Massively, GameSetWatch, Gamasutra, 1up.com, and the Escapist.

More info: games.slashdot.org



Robert Krakoff

Robert Krakoff, President for Razer Global Ltd., enjoys life as an innovator and marketer of manufacturers' products and those retailers who sell them. Robert founded Razer in October 1998 and is in charge of turning Razer branded products into sales, stimulating processes through high-impact marketing, media partnerships and promotional communications.

More info: www.razerzone.com



Jean Aw

Jean Aw is a 25 year old designer and entrepreneur who co-founded NOTCOT Inc, a network of informative and collaborative websites that doubles as a design consultancy. Jeans roles include User Experience Designer, Tech Connoisseur, Design Writer, and World Traveler. NOTCOT demonstrates smart user experiences while stimulating a visual and textual dialogue. Check out her guides on the coolest Holiday Gifts at www.notcot.com/giftguide07.

More info: www.notcot.com



Matt Buchanan

Matt Buchanan is a freelance tech/geek culture writer and contributing editor for the gadget blog Gizmodo, covering everything from Apple to Nintendo. He's written about tech and gaming for over five years and has also contributed to the gaming blog Kotaku.

More info: www.gizmodo.com



Joe Blancato

Joe Blancato in an Associate Editor at The Escapist magazine. Previous to his time there, he wrote extensively on virtual economies as Community Development Manager at WarCry.com, an MMOG fansite network. His experience in online gaming commentary dates back to 2002, when he founded Waterthread.org, which he now maintains as a collaborative blog.

More info: www.escapistmagazine.com



Sean "Jinx" Gailey

Sean "Jinx" Gailey is the founder and creative director of J!NX Clothing company, the leading provider of clothing for gamers and geeks worldwide. Jinx rules over the company's creative department with an iron fist (actually it's a +4 tin fist, but essentially the same strength as iron. In a few more levels, he hopes to upgrade to an adamantite fist.) An avid gamer, he spends his time between guiding the creative development of J!NX Clothing Co's 300+ products and attempting to get his Tier 6 WoW Shammy gear. He has also partially-coded around 28 PC games and has yet to finish one.

More info: www.jinx.com



Newegg.com

Newegg.com is an online e-commerce company offering more than 25,000 computer hardware and software, consumer electronics and communications products in stock at competitive prices and ready to ship at lightning-speed.

More info: www.newegg.com


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TRANSCRIPT ARCHIVE

WoW: The Burning Crusade
(Jan. 31st, 2007)

The Future of Counter-Strike
(Feb. 28th, 2007)

WoW: Life after Level 70
(Apr. 11th, 2007)

Censorship in Games
(Apr. 26th, 2007)

The Console War
(June 7th, 2007)

WoW: The Character Classes
(June 19th, 2007)

In-Game Economies
(Aug. 21st, 2007)

The Future of Gaming
(Sept. 14th, 2007)

Women in Gaming
(Oct. 25th, 2007)

Best of Gaming 2007
(Dec. 5th, 2007)

Gamers' Holiday
(Dec. 20th, 2007)

Independent Games
(Jan. 25th, 2008)