Paul’s Friends

  • Charles Martinet Charles Martinet was born on September 17, 1955 in San Jose, California and is by far one of the most friendly, charismatic, and best people that I’ve met and become friends with in the video game industry. He is known most well for being the voice of Nintendo’s Mario. It doesn’t stop there, ...
  • Christian Svensson Christian Svensson has become an influential name in the world of all things Capcom over the last several years, having a strong position in the company’s ever improving relationship with its fans. E3 2009: Christian Svensson and Paul Gale There are plenty of gamers out there with the desire to one day work in the video game ...
  • David Hayter David Hayter is a Canadian-American voice and screen actor, as well as a screenwriter. He was born on February 6th, 1969 and began acting when he was just 9 years old. David Hayter and me at Video Games Live 2006. Though David had several rolls between his start as a voice actor in the 80′s and through ...
  • David Smith David Smith is best known for his contributions to the Electronic Gaming Monthly of old and 1up.com. E3 2005: David Smith and Paul Gale There weren’t too many E3′s that I got to talk with David for a long time, but whenever Ziff Davis had a gathering at their booth, he was there and was always ...
  • Denis Dyack Denis Dyack was born on July 24th, 1966 and is the founder and president of Silicon Knights. E3 2002: Denis Dyack and Paul Gale I first met Denis back at E3 2002 when we began discussing the changes that Eternal Darkness had made since its crossover from Nintendo 64 to GameCube. What would stem from that ...
  • Erik Ko Erik Ko is the Chief of Operations for comic book studio, Udon (ran from Canada) and is probably best known for his ties with Capcom and the Street Fighter comic series. Being a huge Street Fighter fan, when I learned that Capcom was going to have a new series come out (which would be the ...
  • James Allard James Allard was born in Glens Falls, New York on January 12th, 1969 and served as Microsoft’s Chief Experience Officer and Chief Technology Officer for the Entertainment and Devices Division of the company for a number of years. During the early to mid 2000′s, he was a key figure in the Xbox and Xbox ...
  • Joe Vriens Joe Vriens is an artist whose name you should remember and look forward to seeing next to pieces done if you’re a video gamer. I met Joe back in E3 2005 in Capcom’s meetings room when my friend Taki Enomoto introduced me to the Udon crew responsible for putting me in the back of ...
  • Kevin Cassidy Kevin Cassidy is the founder of the very popular and extremely well kept up website, GoNintendo.com. He began this site in September, 2005 and I’m happy to say that I’ve been a fan of it since the start. If you ever visit his site, you’ll be in for something new at almost every ...
  • Makoto Nagano Makoto Nagano is also known as “The World’s Strongest Fisherman” and for good reason too. His is the second of three people total, to have completed the Sasuke (Ninja Warrior on G4TV) competition. He did this at the game’s 17th outing in 2006. American Ninja Warrior Tryouts 2010: Makoto Nagano and Paul Gale I met ...
  • Mark Bozon Mark Bozon these days is the Reviews Editor for the newly relaunched Electronic Gaming Monthly magazine, but for 5 years (2005-February, 2010) he was an associate editor of the IGN Nintendo team. Being involved at IGN for a number of years really gave Mark an audience and with that audience came a fanbase. I first ...
  • Mark MacDonald Mark MacDonald currently runs 8-4 which is a video game localization company based in Shibuya, Tokyo, but long before this career, he was an editor for Electronic Gaming Monthly, 1up.com, and one of the first friends I met in the video game industry. E3 2001: Mark MacDonald, Dan “Shoe” Hsu, and Paul Gale At E3 2001, I ...
  • Michael Vines Michael Vines worked for Microsoft and Rare during the lead up to the Xbox 360 launch, including putting in good effort to make Perfect Dark Zero the system’s most appealing debut game. E3 2005: Michael Vines and Paul Gale I met Michael at E3 2005 in Microsoft’s booth, as we talked all about the Xbox 360 software ...
  • Nate Bihldorff Nate Bihldorff is a senior localization manager and producer at Nintendo of America. He began his career for Big N as a video game tester for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and has since been one of the company’s best contributors. E3 2003: Nate Bihldorff and Paul Gale I first met Nate back at ...
  • Neal McDonough Neal McDonough was born on February 23, 1966 in Boston, Massachusetts and has been a popular actor since 1990. Street Fighter IV Launch Party: Neal McDonough and Paul Gale I met Neal McDonough at Capcom’s Street Fighter IV Launch Party in Los Angeles in 2009, when he was playing in the VIP lounge. I remember telling ...
  • Olivia Munn Olivia Munn (born as Lisa Olivia Munn) is best known for her work the last four years on G4TV’s Attack of the Show! She was born on July 3rd, 1980 in Oklahoma and 26 years later she began her big break in Los Angeles. Since 2006, she has become a well known figure ...
  • Peter Molyneux Peter Molyneux was born on May 5, 1959 in Guildford, Surrey, UK and is best known for being the creator of Dungeon Keeper, Populous, Black & White, and Fable. E3 2006: Peter Molyneux Peter is one of the most creative developers in the video game industry, so it’s rightfully so that he’s been a recipient of a ...
  • Peter Moore Peter Moore was born in Liverpool, England in 1955 and is currently the president at Electronic Arts’ EA Sports devision. E3 2006: Peter Moore Before becoming one of the top dogs at EA, Peter worked for Reebok, was the president of Sega of America, and was one of the leading people behind promoting the Xbox brand. ...
  • Reggie Fils-Aime Reggie Fils-Aime was born on March 25, 1961 and is the President and COO of Nintendo of America.  He has been in this role at Nintendo since May, 2006, but started with the company in 2003 as the Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing.  He’s also worked for other big companies such as VG1 ...
  • Rey Jimenez Rey Jimenez is best known for his 2D fighting game expertise. He’s the producer and thus, man responsible for Super Street Fighter II Turbo: HD Remix, as well as the Xbox 360 and PS3 downloadable ports of Marvel vs. Capcom 2. E3 2009: Rey Jimenez and Paul Gale At E3 2009, I was introduced to Rey ...
  • Rich Amtower Rich Amtower is best known for being a text localization specialist for Nintendo, but has also lent his expertise to Square-Enix in a few Final Fantasy titles. E3 2003: Rich Amtower and Paul Gale I first met Rich at E3 2002 and him, alongside other good friend Nate Bihldorff, introduced me to the world of text localization. ...
  • Ryota Niitsuma Ryota Niitsuma is to Marvel vs. Capcom as Yoshinori Ono is to Street Fighter. Yes, it’s thanks to Ryota and his strong passion for this crazy fighting series that we got Marvel vs. Capcom 3. He both direct and produced the game, simultaneously pleasing millions of gamers around the world upon the title’s ...
  • Satoru Iwata Satoru Iwata was born in Sapporo, Japan on December 6, 1959 and is the current president and CEO of Nintendo Co., Ltd. E3 2003: Satoru Iwata, George Harrirson, Shigeru Miyamoto, and Paul Gale Being president of a company as large as Nintendo isn’t just a task for anybody to handle…in fact, Iwata is only the company’s 4th ...
  • Seth Killian If you’re a fan of Street Fighter, Mega Man, or any other of Capcom’s top franchises, then chances are you’ve seen or read some of Seth Killian’s opinions. Seth Killian and Paul Gale at Capcom’s Street Fighter IV Launch Party in Los Angeles, February 2009. I was a reader and fan of Capcom-Unity for a long time, ...
  • Shawn Smith Shawn Smith is an old school friend of mine from the mid 2000′s era of Electronic Gaming Monthly. These days he’s up to something that allows him to express himself even better, but I’ll get to that later. E3 2003: Shawn Smith and Paul Gale I first met Shawn at E3 2003, which was already a ...
  • Shawn Wayans Shawn Wayans was born on January 19, 1971 in New York City. He’s the second youngest of ten siblings total and got his start in the entertainment industry in 1988′s I’m Gonna Get You Sucka. Then, after having a role in Fox’s In Living Color, he really broke out in the 5 season ...
  • Shigeru Miyamoto If you’ve ever played Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, Donkey Kong, Star Fox, Pikmin, Nintendogs, Wii Sports, or Wii Fit (including many others), you need to know who the man behind the scenes is. His name is Shigeru Miyamoto, born in Kyoto, Japan on November 16th, 1952. He began his career in 1979, with ...
  • Shu Tanaka During the mid 2000′s, Shu Tanaka served as one of Capcom’s main licensing managers and was responsible for the launch of “Street Fighter Month” in October, 2005. E3 2005: Shu Tanaka and Paul Gale Shu was devoted to keeping the Street Fighter series strong when there was an absence in the series’ actual game releases, by ensuring ...
  • Steve Wiebe Steve Wiebe was born on January 3, 1969 in Seattle, Washington and is best known for his spot amongst the most elite players of Donkey Kong. Though he was well known for his high scores in video games for years, it was 2007′s documentary, “The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters” that really ...
  • Takashi Tezuka Takashi Tezuka was born in Osaka, Japan on November 17th, (1960) and has been a video game designer for Nintendo since 1984. He has been involved in many of Nintendo’s successful series, including Mario, Zelda, Pikmin, and Animal Crossing. E3 2006: Takashi Tezuka and Paul Gale When I first met Mr. Tezuka at E3 2006, it ...
  • The Miz (Michael Mizanin) The Miz (whose real name is Michael Mizanin) was born on October 8, 1980 in Parma, Ohio and is currently one of the most popular and AWESOME superstars in the WWE. Street Fighter IV Launch Party 2009: The Miz, Ashley, and Paul Gale Though Miz first got noticed in TV land thanks to MTV’s reality show “The ...
  • Tina Wood Tina Wood was born on March 16, 1974 and use to be a co-host of G4TV.com alongside Laura Foy (as well as Geoff Keighley and Scot Rubin). E3 2005: Tina Wood and Paul Gale I first met Tina at E3 2005 and definitely remember what our first talk was about, Microsoft. With the Xbox 360 having ...
  • Tommy Tallarico Tommy Tallarico was born on February 18, 1968 in Springfield, Massachusetts. He’s one of the best all around guys that I’ve met and become friends with in the video game industry and has many accomplishments to boot. His most recent fame comes from the stellar Video Games Live performances he’s been putting on ...
  • Tomonobu Itagaki Tomonobu Itagaki was born in Japan in 1967 and is probably best known for his creation of the Dead of Alive series and for his very popular take in the Ninja Gaiden series, since it went 3D. E3 2004: Tomonobu Itagaki and Paul Gale I first met Mr. Itagaki at E3 2004 when we were discussing the ...
  • Victor Lucas Victor Lucas was born on February 11, 1968 and is best known for being the man to bring the video game industry to TV screens around the world. I first learned of Victor in 1997 when “The Electric Playground” debuted, and alongside Tommy Tallarico, the two would bring many hours of entertainment to us ...
  • Walter Day Walter Day was born on May 14th, 1949 in Fairfield, Iowa and is best known for being a professional video game referee/scorekeeper. His foray into the industry was in 1981 when he opened up an arcade called Twin Galaxies. It would become something much greater as for nearly the next three decades, the ...
  • What do you want from Paul Gale Network in 2012? Today is January 1st, 2012 and as I hinted yesterday, I already have something that I’m working on delivering to all of you that visit for the video game news…as soon as possible.  This article right now, however, is my intent to see what you want.  Be it trying to share the Wii U scoop ...
  • Yoshinori Ono Yoshinori Ono is best known for his role in resurrecting Capcom’s most famous fighting game series in Street Fighter IV. It wasn’t easy getting the green light for the project either, but because of persistency on Ono’s part, telling Capcom that it’s something fans really want, we fighting fans got our wish. For ...
  • Yvonna Lynn Yvonna Lynn is one heck of a smart woman in the video game industry that I was fortunate to meet back at E3 2005. Our first encounter was at Nintendo’s booth (specifically in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess GCN section) where she was one of Nintendo’s girls hired for the show. E3 2005: Yvonna ...