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We want to tell you what GotGame is all about.
The only problem is, we can’t. It’s too early to tell you what our true purpose is. In Internet startup language, we’re in “stealth mode.” That means we can tell you a lot of things, but not the specifics of everything that GotGame will be. Not yet anyway.
What we can tell you is what we believe, what sort of work we have done in the past four months, and how we think this is going to make a huge impact on your gaming life.
GotGame is a high power content delivery network, which is, first and foremost, focused on the PC gaming community. It is composed of a variety of content portals, and GotGame Live, an application that revolutionizes how players interact with each other and their games.
GotGame’s tagline is “Your Games. Your Way.” This may sound a little trite, but it’s an extremely powerful development philosophy that has shaped our Company. We believe that all gamers want to maximize their entertainment, share it with their friends, and brag about their successes to the world.
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We know this, because we want all of these things, too. And we are building something huge to make it happen. Look at our site: you can see the development areas that we are focusing on to address this value proposition.
“GotGame News” is a collection of editorials, put together by a staff of over thirty writers spread across the US. Our writers are all out there, living their lives, reporting what they think is interesting in the world of gaming. Not “news,” not “reviews,” but industry analysis from experienced gamers; hopefully, some that will make you laugh, think or respond with your own comments.
“GotGame Radio” has over 1.6 million people listening on their radios nationwide every week, and if you miss it on the air, we have it archived for you. Having a way to get the message to the gamers is very important.
Video is also a major part of our long-term strategy. As a start, we are offering a wide variety of proprietary content, such as GotGame TV, The S.W.A.G. Show and Irate Gamer, with many more gaming-related series on the way.
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“GotGame University” is an online, ten week internship focused on marketing, writing, graphic design, and computer science. Suffice to say, if you are in college and want credit for doing the things that you love, then you should check it out. We had over seven hundred applicants to our “Summer Session,” of which we accepted just over fifty extremely talented interns. By building our staff of product evangelists from the gamer community, we are truly living our mission statement.
That leaves us with the “GotGame Live” application. How will this revolutionize the gaming world? We’ll give you some hints…
“Xfire” meets “Xbox Live” meets “YouTube for Gamers.” Take the best elements of each, mix in some extraordinary technical innovations, and you’re starting to get an idea of what GotGame Live is all about. And why it’s going to rock your world.
Stay tuned for more info, and keep sending us your feedback, so we can make GotGame what YOU want.
Sincerely,
The GotGame Team
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Win Betteridge
CEO; President; Chairman
Win graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University with an Honors B.S. degree in International Political Economy and an award for research in international economics. He worked as an analyst for Citigroup’s equity research sales group, where he spent much of his time analyzing gaming companies, before leaving to found GI in August of 2005. He is the author of GI’s three published patents, on the advisory board of Ignite Skill Gaming and the owner of GameTLD.com.
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Tony Van
COO; Lead Site Designer
Tony has over twenty years of experience in video game publishing and online gaming spaces. He has worked as an Executive Producer, Producer/Designer and Director of Product Development for major game publishers such as Electronic Arts, Activision, Ubisoft, Sega/SegaSoft and Lucasfilm Games. He has developed over sixty PC & console games, including hit franchises like Star Wars, America’s Army, Myst, BattleTech, Die Hard, Shadowrun and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. In addition, he was a key member in the design and launch of two online game networks: EA.com and Heat.net, which was the first game network to enable players to wager on hardcore skill game competitions.
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David Hua
VP of Marketing; Dean of GotGame University
David Hua graduated magna cum laude from Penn State University with a B.S. degree in Finance and International Business. He worked as an analyst for Citigroup’s foreign exchange sales and international equity research sales groups. He has been involved with various grassroots and student marketing programs over the past eight years, including directing Party Poker’s North Eastern US, university referral program, working at Vector Marketing and managing various successful indie bands, such as Downtown Harvest. Hua speaks Mandarin and Cantonese fluently.
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Andrew Textor
VP of Business Development
For over two years, Andrew Textor worked at CNET Networks Entertainment as an Account Manager in the advertising sales department. He oversaw the execution and planning of advertising campaigns on GameSpot.com, MP3.com and TV.com for major clients, including GameStop, Xbox Live Studios, Best Buy, Toshiba, AT&T, Toyota, Acura and Mountain Dew.
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Sara Kwong
Lead, Client-Side Software Developer
Sara graduated from the University of California with a B.S. in Computer Science. She was a lead programmer at Electronic Arts for four and a half years where she worked on user interfaces for The Sims and Ultima Online. Aside from writing brilliant code, Sara loves to travel. Recently, she backpacked through Europe and Asia. She speaks Cantonese fluently.
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Igor Kaplounenko
Lead, Server-Side Software Developer
Igor graduated from the University of California with a B.S. in Math and Computer Science. Igor worked at Yahoo, where he designed and implemented an XML API to serve widget metadata to Yahoo Messenger widgets. Additionally, Igor has worked in bioengineering, modeling the movement of three dimensional hearts for the UCSD research department. Igor speaks Russian fluently.
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Randal Crookes
Software Developer
Randal is an extremely innovative and talented game software developer. He developed GameOverlay.com, a leading overlay, software application and launched the first, PC multiplayer mod for Grand Theft Auto, which has been downloaded over eight million times. Randal is a professional Counter-Strike: Source player.
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Kyle Shipley
Software Engineer
Kyle graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from DePauw University with an Honors B.A. Degree in Computer Science and Mathematics. For two years, Kyle worked at Interactions Corporation as a software engineer where he was responsible for developing tools, interfaces, and language features for voice recognition software.
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Jillian Werner
Director of PR; Editor of GotGame News
Jillian graduated cum laude from DePauw University with a B.A. in English Writing and Art History. She has studied all forms of writing, but excels at short fiction and prose poetry, which translate well to managing the GotGame blog site. She plays all platforms and genres, but especially loves retro and Super Nintendo games.
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Allen Wang
Research Analyst
Allen is a student at the University of California where he double majors in Economics and Communication. He helps to manage GotGameU and is responsible for developing GotGame’s presence on various social media sites. Allen is an avid World of WarCraft and Call of Duty 4 player. He speaks Mandarin and Japanese fluently.
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Zain Ali
Graphic Designer
Zain is a student at the Art Institute of San Francisco where he majors in advertising. He is a professional Call of Duty 4 player who has won a number of competitive tournaments including PDX, Gigafrag and Ascendancy Gaming’s Never, Never LAN.
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Zack Packard
Sponsorship Manager
Zack is a student at the Art Institute of San Francisco where he majors in advertising. He is a professional World of WarCraft player and has one of the highest ranked warlocks in the world. Zack also competes in Call of Duty 4 tournaments and recently won Ascendancy Gaming’s Never, Never LAN.
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