Jet Set Studio - Want To Support This Community? The Iowa Pro Gaming Challenge

BEN
BEN
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Age:
27
Gender:
Male
Location:
Iowa
Gamer Type:
Party Time
Clan:
GoG
Clan Rank:
Overlord

Game Hardware:

  • GameCube
  • NES
  • Nintendo 64
  • Nintendo Wii
  • PC
  • PlayStation
  • PlayStation 2
  • PlayStation 3
  • PSP
  • Sega Dreamcast
  • Super NES
  • Xbox
  • Xbox 360

Games:

CoD: Modern Warfare 2
Call of Duty 4
Halo 3: ODST
Borderlands
Halo Wars
Call of Duty: WaW
Left 4 Dead
Gears of War
A Kingdom For Keflings
Halo 2
GTA IV
Madden
Fifa
Guitar Hero
Tiger Woods
The Bigs
Shaun White Snowboarding

Mario Kart Wii
Wii Bowling
Super Mario Galaxy

Lumines I and II
Every Extend Extra
Hot Shots Golf


Game Genres:

  • Action-adventure
  • Arcade
  • City-building Simulation
  • First-person shooter
  • Massively Multiplayer Online Games
  • Music
  • Puzzle
  • Sports
  • Third-person shooter

Gamer Bio:

The arcade version of Pacman/Donkey Kong at the dentist's office, PC games like Asteroid and text-based adventure games, and the NES were my first main exposures to video games as a child. This was before you paid for the Internet by the minute and I can remember when I bought the NES used from a friend...the $150-some dollar investment was a major decision for me and my parents, but with the games that came with it, I had to have it! I can also remember the friends I had back then, only because they owned the hottest video game console, lol.

I've been a gamer all my life and hit it especially hard in college, where I aspired to design them. We would spend endless hours gaming with friends in school and after I received my Computer Science degree, I went out and tried to jump into the industry.

I soon found out that these days, you really need a video game specific degree. I interviewed with High Voltage Software(Illinois) and had a job offer in San Diego as a game tester for Sony products, but ended up coming back to Des Moines, Iowa and fell into the Internet.
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I've worked at Captain Jack Communications ever since, developing projects for clients and organizing the sales process for our 12-15 person company. It's a great position and the ideal job for my skills. It's also allowed me to develop The Iowa 3v3 Soccer Challenge, which was my first entrepreneurial experience that I developed completely on my own. (www.iowa3v3soccer.com explains that venture Very Happy ) After 2 years of that large event being very successful and still wanting to get into the video game industry, I conceptualized this place.

One night, during a night of 4-person gaming, I opened up the idea to Andy, my best friend. With his health issues in the past, we had been able to stay connected with each other through video games and it created a special bond between us. We decided that this would be a chance to develop a business together and the rest is history!
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These days, I personally enjoy FPS games the most and Wii games with friends, but can appreciate almost anything. Our live video game tournaments/events are so cool and it allows me to make friends through this unique entertainment medium and finally, I can consider myself a part of the video game industry!

My long-term goal for this GoG community, is to see the membership continue to grow over 10,000 users and to help develop tools for all of us to use together...



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BEN has 323 chronicles

  1. BEN #JSS VGEM TOUR

    Player Chronicle -- Posted on Aug 31 2010

    If you're on Facebook, it's likely you've seen me whoring out the new Jet Set Studio page. This page has been developed to highlight our gaming community,...
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  2. BEN HAPPY 3RD BIRTHDAY!!!

    Player Chronicle -- Posted on Aug 28 2010

    Well folks, TODAY is this video game community's 3rd birthday!!! It was August 28th, 2007 that we went online and brought this place to life. So much h...
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  3. BEN www.TIPGC.com

    Player Chronicle -- Posted on Aug 24 2010

    Derno and I have been working to get the official website for The Iowa Pro Gaming Challenge finished this week. We've got a few polishing touches to go,...
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  4. BEN JET SET STUDIO - NEW FACEBOOK PAGE

    Player Chronicle -- Posted on Aug 19 2010

    With a whirlwind of activity today, online visitors enjoyed a LIVE photo-uploading experience on the all-new JET SET STUDIO - FACEBOOK PAGE! www.FACEBOO...
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  1. johnbiz10301 johnbiz10301
    Posted On Sep 01 2010

    NEW COMPUTER TODAY! When is the next GoGcast episode?
  2. Im Marksman Im Marksman
    Posted On Sep 01 2010

    What's not updated on my profile? If I would have noticed then it would be updated, so please let me know.
  3. Gunnar Girls Gunnar Girls
    Posted On Sep 01 2010

    that would be awesome if we could use this site for online tourneys. We have another one coming up soon and have other prizes from other sponsors. If you would like to pitch something in that would be awesome! Smile
    Send me a email at Gunnar_Girls@yahoo.com
  4. x KiNg WeS x x KiNg WeS x
    Posted On Aug 21 2010

    Yeahh man that was fun! Have to do it more often! Im going to the redskins game tomorrow but later on would be good if you're down! Very Happy
  5. x KiNg WeS x x KiNg WeS x
    Posted On Aug 19 2010

    Hey ben you said about getting some of my reviews, the next major review ill be doing is on either Mafia 2 or Reach!
  6. x KiNg WeS x x KiNg WeS x
    Posted On Aug 12 2010

    Going to be on itunes right? I hope!!
  7. Gunnar Girls Gunnar Girls
    Posted On Aug 01 2010

    Hi Ben,
    I got a msg on our myspace from the GOG, was that you or someone running it?? if you could email me at Gunnar_Girls@yahoo.com we could talk about it.
  8. Gunnar Girls Gunnar Girls
    Posted On Aug 01 2010

    Showing some love!
  9. SweetIceCream SweetIceCream
    Posted On Jul 30 2010

    yessir I have been really really busy in my life but yes I will go to dallas for halo reach and right now just trying to get more funds and teammates really looking foward to being able to play a new game there what about you!
  10. JackDaniels624 JackDaniels624
    Posted On Jul 22 2010

    Just got your comment about the Chicago chronny! I'll try and see if I can't whip something up tonight!
 
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