RPGamer
Encyclopedia
RPGamer is a media and news website
dedicated to covering computer
and video game RPGs. Its coverage includes North America
n game news, Europe
an game news, Asia
n game news, gaming industry news, game reviews, game previews, hands-on game impressions, gaming convention
s, game merchandise, release dates, contests, and interviews. It provides reviews for role-playing games and maintains professional contacts with video game developers and producers. RPGamer has been quoted in various media and on game boxes.
RPGamer also has various columns dedicated to fan submitted content; these focus on game reviews, remix
ed music, editorial
s, and traditional and digital art
. Other methods of fan interaction that they support are a message forum, IRC chat, and monthly poll.
. In mid-1997 it changed its name to Square.Net and had the distinction of being hosted on Square's own webserver for several months. Then, in late-1997, Andrew Vestal closed the site due to two reasons. The main one was a large amount of spam, but also this unwanted attention lead Square USA's management on a path that found the site was on their servers without their knowledge. Square expressed their discontent with the situation by removing all the Square.Net files from their servers.
Vestal handed the content of the site to Mikel Tidwell and helped resurrect it on March 11, 1998 as RPGamer. The new site was founded to cover RPGs specifically and immediately expanded to cover companies other than Square. By the same token, all content related to Square's non-RPG titles was removed.
Website
A website, also written as Web site, web site, or simply site, is a collection of related web pages containing images, videos or other digital assets. A website is hosted on at least one web server, accessible via a network such as the Internet or a private local area network through an Internet...
dedicated to covering computer
Personal computer game
A PC game, also known as a computer game, is a video game played on a personal computer, rather than on a video game console or arcade machine...
and video game RPGs. Its coverage includes North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
n game news, Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an game news, Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
n game news, gaming industry news, game reviews, game previews, hands-on game impressions, gaming convention
Gaming convention
A gaming convention is a gathering that centered on role-playing games, collectible card games, miniatures wargames, board games, video games, or other types of games. These conventions are typically two or three days long, and often held at either a university or in a convention center hotel...
s, game merchandise, release dates, contests, and interviews. It provides reviews for role-playing games and maintains professional contacts with video game developers and producers. RPGamer has been quoted in various media and on game boxes.
RPGamer also has various columns dedicated to fan submitted content; these focus on game reviews, remix
Remix
A remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....
ed music, editorial
Editorial
An opinion piece is an article, published in a newspaper or magazine, that mainly reflects the author's opinion about the subject. Opinion pieces are featured in many periodicals.-Editorials:...
s, and traditional and digital art
Digital art
Digital art is a general term for a range of artistic works and practices that use digital technology as an essential part of the creative and/or presentation process...
. Other methods of fan interaction that they support are a message forum, IRC chat, and monthly poll.
History
RPGamer was founded in April 1995 by Andrew Vestal as the UnOfficial SquareSoft HomePage (UOSSHP), a fan site devoted to the games of SquareSquare (company)
was a Japanese video game company founded in September 1983 by Masafumi Miyamoto. It merged with Enix in 2003 and became part of Square Enix...
. In mid-1997 it changed its name to Square.Net and had the distinction of being hosted on Square's own webserver for several months. Then, in late-1997, Andrew Vestal closed the site due to two reasons. The main one was a large amount of spam, but also this unwanted attention lead Square USA's management on a path that found the site was on their servers without their knowledge. Square expressed their discontent with the situation by removing all the Square.Net files from their servers.
Vestal handed the content of the site to Mikel Tidwell and helped resurrect it on March 11, 1998 as RPGamer. The new site was founded to cover RPGs specifically and immediately expanded to cover companies other than Square. By the same token, all content related to Square's non-RPG titles was removed.
Staff
Current Staff:| Mikel Tidwell | Firemyst | Lead Progammer/Owner |
| Michael Cunningham | Macstorm | Editor-in-Chief/PR |
| Andrew Long | Castomel | Resource Manager |
| Becky Cunningham | Ocelot | News Director |
| Jonathon Self | Neist | Senior News Editor/Pastry Chef |
| Nathan Schlothan | TwinBahamut | News & Media |
| Jonathan Yearworth | Quin | News & Media |
| Ken Staples | CofLSilk | Previewer |
| Billy Young | madhtr | IRC Moderator |
| Michael Apps | Wheels | Q&A Host |
| Michael Baker | GaijinMonogatari | Japandemonium Columnist |
| Francis Gayon | Fermat | Sound Test Curator |
| Emanuel Merino | Risingsuntzu | Currents Columnist |
| Chris Privitere | Sabin1001 | RPGCast Producer |
| Maxime Viventi | Unpetitmax | Fan Art Curator |
| Scott Wachter | Fowl Sorcerous | Saving Throw Columnist |
| Sarah Williams | sarahvait | MMORPGamer Columnist |
| Phillip Willis | JCServant | RPG Backtrack Producer |
| Roy Burnet | Rosestorm | The RPG Sanctum Producer |
| Tom Goldman | Green_Nu | Black Ops |
| Adriaan den Ouden | omegabyte | Point of View Curator |
| Mike Moehnke | JuMeSyn | Game Reviewer |
| Zach Welhouse | Nekobasu | Game Reviewer |
| Glenn Wilson | SeventhCircle | Game Reviewer |
| Paul Engemann | Keldarus | Content Editor |
| Chloe Kung | Varie | Translator |
| Garrett Lindquist | GDawgTUK | Soundtrack Reviews/Music Composer |
| Sam Marchello | Nyx | PR Assistant |
| Sarah McGarr | Noodle | Graphics |
| Anna Marie Neufeld | Paws | Forum Admin |
| Alex Reimer | Clix | Co-Admin |
| Ed Walker | Fox Worth | Webmaster |