Jo Garcia
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Jo Garcia is an American nude and lingerie Playboy
model who became Playboy's Cyber Girl of the Year
for 2008, after being named Cyber Girl of the Month in October 2007, and Cyber Girl of the Week for the week of June 18, 2007.
In an interview with Kotaku
she stated that she is an avid gamer
; listing favorites such as the Radiata Stories
, Xenosaga
trilogy and up to "100 hours into FFXII".
An avid fan of roleplaying games, she talks about her experiences playing the Final Fantasy
series, interviews she does with video game industry people, as well as other video games she's currently into.
In August 2009, Garcia was the floor correspondent for Blizzard Entertainment's Blizzcon 2009, performing interviews and demonstrations from the show floor for the DirecTV pay per view feed.
In August 2008, Garcia launched a video game blog that appears on Playboy.com, called The Gamer Next Door. In her blog, Garcia reviews games and interviews industry professionals and celebrities about video games. For Halloween 2008, she counted down her favorite scary games while touring the haunted house at the Playboy Mansion
Halloween party.
In October 2008, Garcia appeared in a presidential election spoof video for Funny or Die.com
. Footage was taken from the Presidential town hall debate
which took place October 7, 2008, and digitally altered to show the women asking Senators Obama and McCain a series of questions.
Garcia is also involved with Pwn or Die.com and regularly contributes videos that can be found at her personal Pwn or Die page.
A digitized sequences of Garcia's DNA
was preserved in the Immortality Drive
in case some global cataclysm
should occur on Earth.
Playboy
Playboy is an American men's magazine that features photographs of nude women as well as journalism and fiction. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. The magazine has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with...
model who became Playboy's Cyber Girl of the Year
Cyber Girl of the Year
Cyber Girl of the Year is a title given to the year's most popular model in Playboy's Cyber Club Cyber Girls feature.-Voting:The popularity of the models is determined by a two tiered internet voting system of Cyber Club members. Each week, the Cyber Club posts photos of a new Cyber Girls of the...
for 2008, after being named Cyber Girl of the Month in October 2007, and Cyber Girl of the Week for the week of June 18, 2007.
In an interview with Kotaku
Kotaku
Kotaku is a video games-focused blog. It is part of Gawker Media's "Gawker" network of sites, which also includes Gizmodo, Deadspin, Lifehacker, io9 and Jezebel. Named to CNET News' Blog 100, Kotaku is consistently listed in the top 40 of Technorati's Top 100...
she stated that she is an avid gamer
Gamer
Historically, the term "gamer" usually referred to someone who played role-playing games and wargames. Since they became very popular, the term has included players of video games...
; listing favorites such as the Radiata Stories
Radiata Stories
is an action role-playing game. It was developed by tri-Ace and published by Square Enix for the PlayStation 2. It was released on January 27, 2005 in Japan and September 6, 2005 in North America. The game was well-received in Japan but received a more mixed reaction in North America. It sold over...
, Xenosaga
Xenosaga
is a series of science fiction video games developed by Monolith Soft and published by Namco Bandai. Xenosaga's main story is in the form of a trilogy of PlayStation 2 video games. There have been three spin-off games and an anime adaptation. The Xenosaga series serves as a spiritual successor to...
trilogy and up to "100 hours into FFXII".
An avid fan of roleplaying games, she talks about her experiences playing the Final Fantasy
Final Fantasy
is a media franchise created by Hironobu Sakaguchi, and is developed and owned by Square Enix . The franchise centers on a series of fantasy and science-fantasy role-playing video games , but includes motion pictures, anime, printed media, and other merchandise...
series, interviews she does with video game industry people, as well as other video games she's currently into.
In August 2009, Garcia was the floor correspondent for Blizzard Entertainment's Blizzcon 2009, performing interviews and demonstrations from the show floor for the DirecTV pay per view feed.
In August 2008, Garcia launched a video game blog that appears on Playboy.com, called The Gamer Next Door. In her blog, Garcia reviews games and interviews industry professionals and celebrities about video games. For Halloween 2008, she counted down her favorite scary games while touring the haunted house at the Playboy Mansion
Playboy Mansion
The Playboy Mansion is the home of Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner. Located in the Holmby Hills area of Los Angeles, California, the mansion became famous during the 1970s through media reports of Hefner's lavish parties.-History:The house is described as being in the "Gothic-Tudor" style...
Halloween party.
In October 2008, Garcia appeared in a presidential election spoof video for Funny or Die.com
Funny or Die
Funny or Die is a comedy video website founded by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's production company, Gary Sanchez Productions with original and user-generated content. Funny or Die contains exclusive material from a number of famous contributors and also has its own Funny or Die Team, which creates...
. Footage was taken from the Presidential town hall debate
United States presidential election debates, 2008
The bipartisan Commission on Presidential Debates sponsored four debates for the 2008 U.S. presidential general election, which took place at various locations around the United States in September and October 2008...
which took place October 7, 2008, and digitally altered to show the women asking Senators Obama and McCain a series of questions.
Garcia is also involved with Pwn or Die.com and regularly contributes videos that can be found at her personal Pwn or Die page.
A digitized sequences of Garcia's DNA
DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms . The DNA segments that carry this genetic information are called genes, but other DNA sequences have structural purposes, or are involved in...
was preserved in the Immortality Drive
Immortality drive
The Immortality Drive is a small memory device which was taken to the International Space Station in a Soyuz spacecraft on October 12, 2008. The Immortality Drive contains digitized DNA sequences of a select group of humans, such as physicist Stephen Hawking, comedian Stephen Colbert, Playboy model...
in case some global cataclysm
Cataclysm
The term cataclysm The term cataclysm The term cataclysm (from the Greek kataklysmos, to 'wash down' (kluzein "wash" + kata "down") may refer to:*Deluge (mythology)*a hypothetical Doomsday event*any catastrophic geological phenomenon**volcanic eruption**earthquake...
should occur on Earth.