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About Me

Hi. I'm Jeff.


This is what I look like when I'm not streaming video games.


I grew up in Florida in an area where nothing much happens. I started my love for entertainment when I was 3, playing on an Apple II in an attic of an old red house in Flint, Michigan, when I don't remember much of anything. I was playing Logo Turtle, some version of a programming language I didn't quite understand. But that was my precursor into video games, and I moved from an Apple II (Carmen San Diego, Transylvania, and many others that would run for about 5 seconds before crashing), to a 386 DOSShell computer, a 486, a Pentium 120, NES, SNES, you get the idea. It's just been a part of me for a long time.

I currently reside in Southern California in a dinky studio apartment that I can afford. I moved out here originally for motion picture, but I decided that business route might be best on the backburner for now. I'd rather find something well-rounded in entertainment, and I've seen how the business works so I can operate in it if my interests realign with it.

I started streaming video games in July of 2013 and, with my background in motion picture along with my love for video games, it basically was something I really enjoyed. My studio is basically a bed, chair, kitchen, and extreme power-heavy entertainment center with stuff I've collected over the years. I'm not one to obsess over video games or making money from it—I honestly think I would hate taking a pastime of mine and turning it into a main source of revenue. Once you introduce money into something, you introduce politics, especially when relationships are a key factor.

So I do my thing, I learn from it, and if there's some money in it, well I celebrate. I've been involved in a number of different projects which include journalism, marketing, analytics, PR, a lot of different stuff. I just like getting my hands dirty while I keep my day job. I also do social media for Twitch Los Angeles, the official meetup group for Twitch based in LA. I'm also a member of Stack-Up, which is a veterans' gaming organization. I myself am not a veteran, but I support them in many ways.

That's it for now; stop by the stream some time. I appreciate it!

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