Since GameSpy.com launched in 1999, the site has played many roles. What started off as a multiplayer PC gaming portal, QuakeSpy, eventually became a multiplatform editorial destination, and then (under the leadership of corporate parent IGN Entertainment) a combination comedy blog/serious-business features site. Nowadays, we've gone back to our roots and embraced PC gaming once more!

What this means for you is simple: We're committed to the serious PC gamer, but we're pragmatic about it. We strive to be accessible, informative, and insightful, covering the entire spectrum of PC games and the hardware that runs them -- without burying you in a bunch of dull technical minutiae. We want to show you how to get the best PC gaming experience possible, how to get more mileage out of the games you already own, where to turn for new experiences that you might not know about just yet, and how it all fits into the greater gaming spectrum. Education, Longevity, Discovery, and Culture are our hallmarks here.

We hope you enjoy reading the new-and-improved GameSpy as much as we enjoy making it. Here's a look at the brilliant minds that make the PC gaming magic happen!

Dan Stapleton, Editor in Chief Before making himself comfortable in GameSpy's big chair in 2011, Dan earned his games-journalism cred at PC Gamer, where his cheeseburger-eating record still stands unbeaten. Despite being a California native and graduate of UC Santa Cruz, he's not a hippie and can't tan. What few small scraps of his brain matter that aren't occupied by gaming knowledge are dominated by highly useful Simpsons quotes and Star Trek/Star Wars trivia. All-Time Favorites: X-COM: UFO Defense, Homeworld, Fallout, Civilization IV, Half-Life, Company of Heroes. Twitter: @DanStapleton

Matthew Rorie, Executive Editor Matthew worked as a game-guide author at GameSpot.com, a movie reviewer at Screened.com, and as a producer on games like Alpha Protocol and Fallout: New Vegas at Obsidian Entertainment before joining the GameSpy fold. When he's not playing games, he updates his puppy blog, posts dog pictures to Facebook, and generally just thinks about canines a lot. He's also an inveterate cyclist that has (so far) avoided any major mishaps on the streets of San Francisco. All-Time Favorites: Baldur's Gate II, Diablo II, X-COM: UFO Defense, Master of Magic, World of Warcraft, Half-Life 2, Total Annihilation. Twitter: @Frailgesture

Mike Sharkey, Editor "Planet Earth was my place of birth, born to be the sole controller of the universe." Sharkey wishes he could take credit for Rakim's biographical swagger. After years of writing professionally for newspapers and magazines, Sharkey started freelancing for GameSpy in 2009. And after hoarding all of his experience points, he finally leveled-up to a full-time editor in 2011. All-Time Favorites: Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, The Bard's Tale III: Thief of Fate, Company of Heroes. Twitter: @mjsharkey