Shawn Sines is an avid game player who has been writing video game review and feature pieces freelance for over 6 years. He's worked for Filefront.com back when they had their own reviews rather than 1Ups content and has served as the game reviewer for The Columbus Dispatch, Columbus Alive and Columbus Parent in Columbus Ohio. He is also the co-host of GameOn! a video game podcast hosted by the Dispatch Media Group. Shawn's personal favorite genre are RPGs and Strategy, though at the latter he never claims to be very good despite hours of trying.