Rocky "bibiduck" Opiña - GameOPS' intrepid founder and occasional ninja. A self-proclaimed RPG and Resident Evil king. He loves the Legend of Zelda franchise and was able to finish all handheld versions. He was playing Wind Waker when Jepoy's GameCube stopped reading the game disc. For three years now, he's been trying to revive the GameCube using a real-life ocarina. Rocky loves reading novels and watching Korean, Chinese and Japanese movies. When not playing games, he works for a big telecom company somewhere in the central business district of Makati. His personal blog can be found at The Videogame Fan.

John Phillips "Jepoy" Bengero - Co-founder and webmaster of GameOPS and igad Comics. Star Trek and Nintendo Fan. Metal Gear Solid, Legend of Zelda, and Survival Horror genre games are his favorites. He doesn't like MMORPG/MMOG games, well with the exception of Star Trek Online. He's currently collecting old video game consoles. If you have an old 3DO, Sega CD, etc., please email him at jepoy (AT) gameops (DOT) net. When not playing games, he's the editor-in-chief of a start up newspaper and Globe Telecom's forum lab rat. You can read his personal blog at Captain's Log.

Mark Anthony "anonymark" Bravo - Mark is one of the original founders of igad Comics, the grand daddy of the current GameOPS. This guy is one of the resident geeks at GameOPS as he's into photography, Do-It-Yourself things, gadgets, cars, etc. He is hooked on RTS games and a self confessed Civilization addict. He kicked Rocky and Jepoy's ass in NBA 2K10 the first time he played it. He's a professional psychologist, a registered nurse, and a real-life elected public official of the Republic of the Philippines. He's currently taking up his Master's Degree in Nursing at the University of Santo Tomas. His two main blogs are Medyo Gwapo and The Geekothon

Glen Ramos - Co-Founder of igad Comics. He's the undisputed GameOPS fighting games champ who has beaten every single GameOPS editor/contributor he has faced. Automatic/Turbo controllers are also no match to his thumb as proven by the "test your might" challenge of the original Mortal Kombat. Aside from being the king of fighting games, Glen is also one of the top Pinoy NBA Live patchers at the NBA Live forums. His personal blog can be found at Reality Bytes.

Andrew "Siopao Master" Delos Santos - A self-confessed Otaku who balances work, gaming and watching anime. He loves collecting anime figures and appreciates cosplayers. He spends his time either watching the latest anime or completing a quest in an MMORPG. For him, a moe (pronounced mo.e) is either tsundere or a long haired meganekko. He is currently virtually married to Asuka Langley Shikinami and is having an affair with Mio Akiyama. His personal blog is at Siopao Heaven.

Euri Chua - Euri is a random blogger and a wannabe artist who spends most of her idle times reading manga, watching anime, stalking bishonen and playing random games. She's an old school console gamer who has preference over RPGs, but is often only after the storyline. When she starts playing, she can really live in front of the PC for days. Her goal is always aimed at the "best ending" of every game. There's a rumor that's she's a yandare, so better watch out or she might just suddenly stab you with a bread knife.

Nikita Lim - NIKITA. Not Niki. Nik is acceptable or Kita or whatever. A master of online street basketball game Freestyle. Aside from kicking ass in Fatal Frame, Nikita can also be seen cosplaying cute anime and video game characters in Anime and Otaku conventions. She's got a lot of fans and posers but don't push her button or she'll go ninja on you >:P

Bea Corbilla - Bea is a certified GameOPS Gurl Gamer and a former ZX Online CM (Community Manager) of e-Games Philippines. She also served as an APM (Assistant Product Manager) for RAN Online, Runes of Magic, Granado Espada, and Nostale of e-Games Philippines. She's into RPG and a self-confessed Final Fantasy geek. She once joined a Tekken Tournament in Robinsons Galleria a few years ago and managed to get into the semi-finals. Today, she's a freelance photographer and blogs at VeyaLeecious.com

Rochelle Sy Chua- Roch likes to play World of Warcraft (WoW) and prefers PC games over console ones. She is currently into photography and has embraced the dark side and went full time with Nikon products. Her personal blog is about a wide variety of interests such as the latest electronics, gadgets, and Apple products. You can check out her personal blog at HeaRty's Haven.

Dian Dela Cruz - One of the original GameOPS Gurl Gamer, Dian can kick anyone's ass on Counterstrike, Quake, Jedi Knight, Warcraft, Soldat, etc. She was one of the members of the all girl group 7Ds (Seven Deadly Sins) Clan on Destiny's Online GameZone (DOGZ).She can actually take out an entire unit in Counter Strike using only a knife and a flash grenade. She's an aspiring film director/editor and is currently managing her own shoe business which she will launch soon.

Mike Abundo - Mike serves as Vice-President for Emerging Technologies of the Philippine Internet Commerce Society, identifying and analyzing nascent IT trends of potential benefit to the Filipino people. He used to write for PC Magazine Philippines, Pinoy Tech Blog, Emerging Earth, Inside Online Video, and Anime Mashups. Currently, he blogs about social media at The Mike Abundo Effect and the beauty of Filipinas at Fine Filipinas.

Tristan Karlo "karlopogi" Datoc - A self-confessed Atari-era boy, his favorite games are mostly PC games and a few PlayStation 2 3D fighting games. Currently, he serves as the resident geek of one of the banks in Makati and carries 3 mobile phones, 2 laptops, 1 PSP, and 1 iPhone everyday. If the day comes when scientists can prove that cellphone radiation is harmful, you know one person to blame. He blogs at It's My Life and Karlopogi.

JM Taylor - JM is our resident Ninja from Japan and has been playing video games since the Apple II computer. Like Jepoy, he doesn't like MMORPG that much. JM owns a PS3, PS2, a Wii, a DSi, and a WonderSwan. He's currently taking up his MBA in the southern island of Kyushu, Japan.

Detective OPS - Sushi-X's former unofficial sidekick is now back at GameOPS after an 11-year hiatus! Detective OPS is the Street Fighter sensei of Rocky. They met more than 15 years ago at a supermarket in the suburbs of Quezon City. Detective OPS is US-based and has resumed providing gaming intelligence to the GameOPS readers.

Daniel "VirtualDeeJ" Dela Cruz - He's one of the pioneers of the Philippines' first online gaming community, Destiny's Online GameZone (DOGZ) and a former contributor to the old GameOPS. A master of CS and BF:1942. He coined PayongMan as Jepoy's superhero alter ego during their DOGZ days and is also Dian's PBB aka Pinoy Big Brother.

Alvin "rainblood" Infantado - Looking for next-gen gaming? Then he's your man. From Xbox 360, Wii, PlayStation 3, PSP, to the Nintendo DS. He's an anti-fanboy and rage gamer. He has already destroyed four Dual Shock 3s due to raging. Alvin is one of the original members of the #QUAKE clan on Destiny's Online GameZone (DOGZ)

Kat Pineda - Kat still thrives in the deserts of de_kabul and the nauseating heights of de_vertigo.She's one CounterStrike fanatic, acolyte slash peasant for the lords of Warcraft, Need for Speed virtual gashead, and occasional gardening assistant of Crazy Dave in Plants vs. Zombies. She enjoys games so much that sometimes she forgets that she is still on planet Earth. :P

Micael de Rivera - Pokemon, documentaries, religious materials, magazines, tennis are some of his interests. He also moderates the K-Zone Philippines forums.

Jan Michael Tan - The other JM of GameOPS, Michael or JM is currently working as a marketing manager of their family-owned business. He became addicted to Twisted Metal 2 and online games. His favorite video game is non other than the Hideo Kojima masterpiece we call Metal Gear Solid. He's newly wed with a baby on the way.
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