Personal Information

Dave Hillyer - dhillyer@gamechronicles.com
Blu-Ray and Video Game Reviews Writer

Secret Identity: Sports & National Park photographer

Website Duties: Play and write about the latest games and Blu-Ray movies.

Age: 40-something

Acts: 30-something (forevermore)

Location: Lafayette, IN (not for long, hopefully)

First Game I Ever Played: Arcade: Sprint (1977 basic B&W 4 person car racing game) - PC: Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy text adventure - Console: Atari 2600 Combat.

Favorite Genre(s): Sports, Shooters, Classic Arcade, Racing

Current Favorites: Call of Duty Black Ops (xbox 360), NHL 12 (xbox 360), Ticket to Ride (iOS), NBA Jam (PS3), Gran Turismo 5 karting (PS3)

Looking forward to: NHL 13, FIFA 13, another Packers super bowl win, The Hobbit movies, iPhone5

Best Gaming Moment: turning my fingers to mush on Konami's Track & Field, watching my mom put the hurt on me in Atari 2600 Pac-Man, getting my dad addicted to Activision Kaboom!, and killing 4 terrorists with one RPG in COD4.

Spare Time: nature & sports photography, hiking, kayaks, day trips to National and State Parks, photo/video editing

What's Cool: 400mm f/2.8 Canon camera lens, Canon EOS 1D X 14 fps camera (for sports), Canon EOS 5D mark III 22 megapixel camera (for landscapes), shifter go-karts, English Premier League soccer, solar power, Blu-Ray movies, my ultra high power astronomy laser pointer, Four Four Two magazine, married life.

What's Not: Comcast, Major League Soccer, Comcast, Disney manufactured pop "stars", Comcast, having to wait a month for EA to fix their UEFA Euro 2012 DLC, Comcast, the never ending stream of expensive software upgrades whenever a new version of Windows hits the shelves... especially Adobe upgrades.

System Specs: Dell Inspiron N5010 laptop with Windows 7 Pro, Dell 5150 3GHz laptop (featuring a bonus smoking hot CPU and court ordered extended warranty!) running Ubuntu Linux, Dell 8300 3.2GHz desktop running Windows 7 Ultimate, 24" monitor, quad 500gb 10,000 RPM hard drives for video editing, three external 500gb backup hard drives, SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS, and theater/gaming rig including XBOX 360 (with Green Bay Packers faceplate), and Playstation 3 hooked into an Onkyo 7.1 THX Dolby Digital, DTS-ES surround system and Toshiba 1080p LCD HDTV with Slingbox HD Pro slinging live TV to my iPhone.


Bibliography

PC Games
Worldwide Soccer Manager 2007

PC Hardware
Hauppauge! HD PVR 2 Gaming Edition
Logitech Cordless Desktop LX710 Laser

XBOX 360 Games
2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa
College Hoops 2K7
FaceBreaker
FIFA 10 Ultimate Team
FIFA Soccer 07
FIFA Soccer 08
FIFA Soccer 09
FIFA Soccer 10
FIFA Soccer 11
FIFA Soccer 12
FIFA Soccer 13
FIFA Street
FIFA Street 3
Madden NFL 10
Madden NFL 11
Major League Baseball 2K7
Major League Baseball 2K9
Major League Baseball 2K10
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames
NASCAR 2011
NBA 2K11
NBA 2K12
NCAA Basketball 09
NCAA Basketball 10
NCAA Football 08
NCAA Football 09
NCAA Football 10
NCAA Football 11
NCAA Football 12
NCAA Football 13
NCAA March Madness 2007
NHL 07
NHL 09
NHL 10
NHL 11
NHL 12
NHL 13
NHL 2K7
NHL 2K9
NHL 2K10
UEFA Champions League 2006-2007
UEFA EURO 2008
UFC on Xbox Live
UFC Undisputed 2009
UFC Undisputed 2010
Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2007
WWE Legends of WrestleMania
WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010
WWE SmackDown vs. RAW 2011
XBLA: Bang Bang Racing
XBLA: Battlestar Galactica
XBLA: Discs of TRON
XBLA: Hasbro Family Game Night: Battleship
XBLA: Hasbro Family Game Night: Connect Four
XBLA: Hasbro Family Game Night: Yahtzee
XBLA: NFL Blitz
XBLA: Pinball FX
XBLA: Paperboy
XBLA: Sealife Safari
XBLA: Ticket to Ride
XBLA: Track & Field
XBLA: UEFA Euro 2012 (FIFA 12 DLC)
XBLA: Warlords

XBOX 360 Hardware
Mad Catz NFL Custom Faceplate Kit

XBOX Games
FIFA 07

PLAYSTATION 3 Games
3 on 3 NHL Arcade
Bigs 2, The
EA Sports Active 2
FIFA Soccer 12
FIFA Street
Jimmie Johnson's Anything With An Engine
MLB '09: The Show
MLB '10: The Show
MLB '11: The Show
NBA 2K11
NHL 08
NHL 11
NHL 2K8
Pro Evolution Soccer 2011
Star Trek D-A-C
UFC Undisputed 2009
UFC Undisputed 2010
UFC Undisputed 3
WWE Legends of WrestleMania
WWE SmackDown vs. RAW 2011

PSP Games
FIFA 07
FIFA Soccer 08
FIFA Soccer 09
Madden NFL 09
MLB '09: The Show
NCAA Football 10
UEFA Champions League 2006-2007
Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2007

PSP Hardware
Mad Catz NFL PSP Console Jersey Showcase

UNIVERSAL Hardware
NewerTech Power2U AC Wall Outlet with USB
Tritton AX Pro 5.1 Gaming Headset

MOBILE Games
FIFA Soccer 12
FIFA Soccer 13
Honey Badger Don't Care
Pro Evolution Soccer 2011

DVD / Video
180° South: Conquerors of the Useless (BD)
Adventures Of Young Indiana Jones: Volume 3
Battlestar Galactica: Season 4.5 (BD)
Blue Like Jazz (BD)
Cinderella Man (BD)
Coach Carter (BD)
Express, The (BD)
Field of Dreams (BD)
Friday Night Lights (BD)
Greatest Game Ever Played, The (BD)
Greatest Story Ever Told, The (BD)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (BD)
IMAX: Under the Sea (BD)
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Into the Wild - 2-Disc Collector's Edition
Into the Wild
Into the Wild (BD)
Invictus (BD)
Last King of Scotland, The (BD)
Morning Light (BD)
NASCAR: The Ride Of Their Lives
Walk the Line (BD)

Other Coverage
FACE OFF 2008: NHL 2K8 vs. NHL 08
FACE OFF 2009: NHL 2K9 vs. NHL 09
UFC Undisputed 2010 THQ Preview Event



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