Gamer Grub

About Gamer Grub:“15 browser tabs, 11 apps, voice chat and two games running. We couldn’t find a snack that could keep up… so, we made our own. Gamer Grub® is a delicious performance snack packed with essential vitamins and neurotransmitters to keep you focused and quick. Just ‘Tear N Tilt’ into a pack of Gamer Grub® to multi-task and game… no greasy fingers.”

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Hey everyone! Sorry about getting to this so late but I’ve been busy busting my ass the past couple days and everything is just now settling down for the night. Here’s some updates.


* As you saw on my twitter I gave you guys a hint about what I’ve been counting down to. YES, I will be doing a cross country road trip VERY SOON! More details about that will come later but it’s because of THIS that I won’t be heading to EVO. I have a very important tournament that will be happening at the same time as EVO and I’ve given that priority especially since I haven’t played SF4 or SSF4 since I got hired to do PR/Marketing work for Neverdie.


* I’ve been in talks with a couple different companies the past couple weeks and two companies just finalized everything with me yesterday and today. I now have 2 new sponsors! Sponsor #1 is the oh so yummy Gamer Grub! I’m told I have some PB & J packets being sent my way as of today and I’m excited to work with them! And yes… I WILL share my Gamer Grub with you. ^_^ Sponsor #2 is American Guru clothing so expect to see me sporting their gear at events in the future. One of the things I love about American Guru is they’ve been super supportive of the “up and coming” gamer offering to help out with a program. With their program gamers that help sell American Guru shirts can earn money that will go toward travel expenses for tournaments. It’s things like this that make me give American Guru clothing the up most respect and I’m honored to be working with them. An added bonus to working with American Guru… well they’re giving me my own line of shirts! I’ll be working with Bruce and his design team to come up with some kick ass gamer shirts with my own little dash of style so stay tuned to see what we come up with! I’ll also be shooting an endorsement video for them and for another sponsor very soon along with a photo shoot so you should see those up sometime in the next month or so if all goes according to plan.


* FiXT music is launching their magazine in the next month and I’ll be one of the featured interviews in their very first issue! For those wondering why a record label would be interviewing a video game player, it’s because of what I do outside of gaming. I have been doing a lot of work in the music industry for over 7 years now and FiXT is one of the 3 record labels that I do work for. Don’t expect this interview to be the typical “when did you get started with gaming, etc etc” interview because this IS NOT one of those kind of interviews. As I said… there’s a lot of work that I do aside from gaming that you guys don’t know about, but soon all of this will come to light… when the time is right. ^_^


* Last night my band PWN Stars won 1st place in the Rock Band 2 tournament. I was pretty excited because even though the vocalist I was supposed to have (Faye) was unable to show up, I did get 2 really great teammates that I’m actually going to compete in one more tournament with! Last night’s line up was me on Guitar, Sam aka Sammer_i on Bass, Brian aka Brubinow (from GYT) on Drums, and Flitz (formerly of G4) on Vox. We scored 1.4 million round 1, 1.6 million round 2 and 1.6 million round 3 in a score based competition setting the new record for high score at that venue. Unfortunately due to internet issues we were unable to pick from any DLC songs so we did the best that we could with the normal RB2 setlist. After competing together we decided to team up for the larger Rock Band tournament for $10,000. This Rock Band 2 tournament is a bit different however as the tournament rules state that only the band with the highest score from each specified venue gets to move on to the grand finals and at grand finals it turns into a score & showmanship tournament so I’m very excited for this. I have SO much fun at showmanship tournaments! Right now the score to beat is 1.8 million and we only get one shot… so hopefully we can pull it off!


* Some of you may have seen the tweet and some of you just may have noticed on your own but I’ve added a new gallery feature to my site. I’m attempting to add more pictures from events while keeping everything organized and this gallery makes things a million times better looking than just adding a million little thumbnails to each blog. Just wanted to thank Jamal aka Zophar321 that!


* Speaking of Jamal… his friend Jake aka Thirstee321 is in the running to be a WCG Ultimate Gamer 2 cast member. This guy is UBER talented and one of the best well rounded gamers I’ve seen in a while. From rhythm to racing to fighting and fps, this guy rises above the rest and he definitely deserves a shot on the show. If you haven’t already voted for him please go to the official WCG Ultimate Gamer 2 website and make sure to vote for Jake! You can vote once every hour per device so bust out your iPhone and your laptop and vote every hour that you can! Also, please tell your friends to do the same. Currently Jake is leading the contest with 49% of the total votes and he only has to hold the lead until Sunday to officially make the cast. I wish you the best of luck Jake, kick some ass!

Well that’s it for now. I’m working on adding more content to my site but I’ve been so busy with work and everything else I’ve got going on that I haven’t been able to get around to it yet. This summer I plan on having exclusive interviews with musicians and gamers as well as coverage of events and video game reviews. Give me some time… and what you get will be nothing short of awesome. ^_^ As always thanks for checking out my site and thank you for all the support. Much love to you all! <3 GAME ON!

Are you ready for a new addicting game? Headcase Games recently released both 180 and 180 FREE and this game is definitely one that has all of my friends addicted to their iPhones!

180 is an action-puzzler where players must launch coins onto the field while attempting to match 3 or more of the same color to clear the gems and gain points. The fun thing about this game is that each of the coins have 2 sides so you tap to flip them (hence where the name 180 came from) which is a key element to setting up some killer chain combos. This game has 3 game modes, is easy to learn, has 4 characters (one of whom you just might recognize ^_~) global leaderboards, and is openfaint enabled which means it’s got that added competitive element where you try to get more achievements than your friends so you can rub it in their face.

180 is only $1.99 from the itunes store and it’s definitely worth the money! If you’re one of those “try it before you buy it” type of people you should check out 180 FREE and get your fix! I’ll warn you now though, once you start playing you’ll find it hard to stop! I’ve caught myself playing to the point that my iPhone is dying and I’m screaming BUT I WAS ONLY 1k AWAY FROM GETTING AN ACHIEVEMENT!!!

Currently Headcase Games is currently holding a contest for people to win prizes such as an Xbox 360, Playstation 3, iPad and iTunes gift cards for scoring high and obtaining all the achievements. For more info on the contest click here.

For those playing 180 FREE wondering how you can have ME as a playable character: you have to purchase the game to unlock the other 3 characters, including me! Also, if you have openfeint don’t forget to add me! ^_^ I’m StarSlay3r on openfeint. GAME ON!!!

180 Gameplay footage:

Some of the artwork that my fans have given me. Some pictures are of in game vehicles or clothing that they made! I <3 my fans. Thank you for being so supportive! I <3 you guys!

Hey guys! I know I haven’t been updating my blog much but it’s because I’ve been SOOO busy! So let me talk about some things that have been going on…


Well as you all know WCG Ultimate Gamer 2 auditions went down recently. I’m very excited to say that some of my good friends are still in the finals for this though and I’ve even been asked to train one of these people to prep for the show so I’m looking forward to that. To everyone who made it to the final casting call, CONGRATS! As you can see getting on Ultimate Gamer is NOT easy. We were tested heavily on games and they’re making sure that the personalities of the people are just as good as their gaming skills to make for some interesting situations in the house. I can’t wait to see season 2 this fall and see all the exciting things that everyone got to do this year! Oh, and I’m totally jealous of you guys by the way… you are in for one hell of a treat!


I WAS spending the past couple months prepping for EVO but once Super Street Fighter came out I was actually pretty disappointed. I’m not really digging the new characters and have since stopped playing SUPER Street Fighter. Just about everyone is picking Juri online and T Hawk is a complete a-hole to fight against. Some matches like Dudley vs Zangief just seem impossible and Hakans ultra just makes me angry. haha The game is nice, it’s just my personal disliking for the new character match ups that makes me not a huge fan. Yeah I’m basing this off from only playing the game 4 times but still, I think I’ll stick with SF4 for now. ^_^ I am however extremely excited to see that both Arcade Infinity AND Family Fun Arcade have Super Street Fighter 4 (360 version) in arcade cabinets up and running. This is a VERY good thing because the fact that arcades have been worried that the release of the arcade version of SSF4 being delayed for so long would hurt their sales is now irrelevant. Basically companies were worried that since SSF4 was supposed to be console only that everyone would stop going to the arcades to play SF4 and while that probably WOULD have been true these two arcades have the smarts to get on top of that and supply the game for the exact same price as SF4. Looks like SSF4 will not have the same fate as Soul Calibur 4, which is very good!

I also got the chance to work on a new game which I have recently been able to talk about since it was just recently released in the app store… Linkin Park’s “8 bit rebellion”. On top of that I have been promoting a video game that I am in called “180″ by HeadCase Games. You can download the game from the app store store today for your iPod and iPhone. I am a playable character in the game found under the name “STAR”. Kick some ass in the game and you can see me doing some awesome Shoryuken motions which was pretty cool of them to put in as a dedication to my liking of Street Fighter 4. ^_^ ON TOP OF THAT I have recently been working for a music/video game company called NeverDie Studios on a new game called RockTropia a massive multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG) where the world revolves around music. I’m pretty excited to be working with the company on this game and I know that I’m going to have a ton of fun doing what I do best… promotional/ marketing work. ^_^


Competing wise I’ve been extremely busy going to all of the local tournaments since I’m saving my money for the large New York tournament I’m running. In case you missed it, I’m teaming up with TecHNaSTy to organize a Guitar Hero and Super Street Fighter 4 tournament in the next few months if all goes well. I’m still looking for a couple more sponsors to help me out with making this happen but so far my current sponsors seem to be on board! Many of you are wondering why I’m doing the tournament in New York if I live in Cali… well… I have connections in NY that are helping me with a venue and that’s a major part of this so basically wherever I get the best venue for the best price is where it’s going to be. The lower the entry fee is for you guys the better right? So let me do my thing and make this decent pay for entry with a huge reward. ^_^


As far as my placements go I’ve been doing pretty well considering that I haven’t had much more than one day a week to practice all the games I play! I’ve placed top 3 for Rock Band solo guitar, DJ Hero and Rock Band full band, I have placed top 8 for a few street fighter tournaments in the past two months both here and New York getting knocked out of all tournaments by top players. I have Just Dance tournaments starting this coming wednesday every other week which is good because I not only LOVE this game but LOVE that a new game is being introduced to the competitive scene out here. As far as the large tournaments go I’ve switched up a couple of my events for this year. I found a new LAN that I’ll be competing in the same time as EVO which has a better opportunity for me so I’m headed out that way. I will be at E3 as usual, Devastation is a maybe and there are a couple other tournaments that I will be announcing later. Why am I not disclosing everything now? Well… there’s a few secrets that are still to be disclosed and a few new sponsors this year that are pretty damn amazing that will be helping me to do some VERY cool new things… so… I’m going to make you wait. There’s also a VERY LARGE tournament I’m going to try to qualify for which will be awarding $10,000 to the winners. This is am AMAZING opportunity that is worth missing a “notable” event or two for. What I love most is that its the little tournaments like this that award the most money for the least amount of work. Props to this particular event organizer for contacting me directly about this tournament.


If you’re wondering what’s up with all the new sponsors… here it is. I recently left Empire Arcadia for good. I have nothing bad to say about them… I had some things that I needed to do that were easier for me to accomplish on my own so I decided I should leave and DO SOME WORK. So what does that mean? I’m no longer repping JiNX, but I have a NEW clothing line that I’ll be working with instead. Also, this means I get to work with some companies who I’ve been supporting for a long time now and haven’t had the chance to work with due to conflict of interest with prior teams… now we can finally chill and game it up together!


Community wise I’ve been working with a couple groups to set up some charity events which will hopefully happen before the end of this year. One event I’m especially looking forward to is the Rock-a-Thon part 2! Hopefully this year we’ll rock out and raise more than the $5,000 we did last year. Also thanks to my recent PROJECT NIGHTMARE I now know that I would be able to go the full 4 days of the event without any sleep. Don’t ask how that went by the way. Let’s just say I highly recommend NOT doing what I did. I had never felt so absolutely horrible in my entire life as I did going that long without sleep. -_-


Moving on; I’m going to be doing a chat with the Cub Scouts of pack 17 in Michigan next week to talk about pursuing gaming as a career; the positives and negatives and how to go about it. I really enjoy talking to children about gaming because it’s good to show them that they CAN have a career in this field, it IS possible, but it’s a lot of hard work. I’m told the cub scouts also have an opportunity to earn a belt loop for this conversation which is awesome! I did a similar talk with the kids of Starlight Children’s Foundation last year which had a great turnout. ^_^ I have been a bit bummed lately that I missed Gamers For Giving in Michigan this year due to me writing it down on my calender for the wrong month. I heard they were able to raise nearly $11k to build additional gaming carts for Mott Children’s Hospital, and send video game care packages to troops overseas though which is AMAZING! Congrats to Zach for the great turnout and thank you to everyone who was able to make that happen. Gamers can be capable of some amazing things when they put their minds to it! Also big props to WALSHY for being a great example of how a pro gamer can make an amazing impact on the community. See you next year for Gamers For Giving 2011!


Well, I think that just about wraps it up. I’ve been busy as heck with my new schedule but I’ll try to make some time to game it up with you all. Make sure to send me game requests on XBL to StarSlay3r for some games. I have Tekken 6, Street Fighter 4, Super Street Fighter 4, BlazBlue, PGR4, Guitar Hero (multiple versions), Rock Band 2, Halo 3, COD MW2 and many more to play and am more than happy to join you guys in any game for casuals even if I’m not uber pro at the game. It’s all about having fun! I don’t really care what anyone says, I think the fact that I’m able to play ALL of these games with anyone at ANY time is an awesome thing and I’m happy to be talented enough to be able to play so many games at once. If it wasn’t for the fact that I play so many games I might not have met so many of you cool people who play Street Fighter, Halo, COD, Tekken etc and that would truly be a sad thing! -_-* Well guys that it! Make sure to follow my twitter! @StarSlay3r I’ve been posting where some Guitar Hero tournaments are around the nation since that’s been a request from you guys. I also have friends who are doing Video Game Beta Testing and Focus Testing so I’ll be posting tweets about those for you guys around as well. Average pay is about 40-80 for 30-90 minutes of your time. Not bad eh? Thanks for all the support and much love to all of you guys! <3 Thank you for everything! <3

Well guys, I’ve had to keep quiet about this game for quite some time so I’m happy that I get to finally talk about it and tell you a little bit about it. A couple months ago I got a job with Artificial Life to work on this game that I was told was a “music based game” so of course I jumped on it. When I got into the conference room I was handed an iPod Touch with a game called “8-bit Rebellion” and had an 8-bit version of Linkin Park music playing. I freaked out! This was the first time I had dealt with a game like this. I jumped into the testing job working away on what I thought would be a rhythm game but it actually turned out to be an adventure type game. This was a very INTERESTING game to say the least. Chester… you are one creative guy! ^_~

Here’s a bit of background on the game:

Many years ago, the world existed in 8-bit harmony… until PixxelKorp arrived. Now technological advancement dominates, and evil reigs supreme. A mass-brainwashing campaign has taken over and is turning the world into a high-res nightmare. A rebellion is rising, and Linkin Park is calling on YOU to lead the fight against PixxelKorp.

From the imagination of Linkin Park comes 8-bit Rebellion, the only iPhone game that turns Linkin Park’s world into your gaming reality.

Cool facts:

- While you’re playing you’re listening to 8 Linkin Park original tracks turned 8-bit including “New Divide”, “In The End” and “Crawling”.
- All of the Linkin Park characters are in the game
- The band members all had a hand in creating the game so it’s pretty awesome seeing original LP artwork and such in the game
- You can create your own avatar! You in 8-bit = sexy! haha
- You can add your friends to your friends list, send them messages in game, and link your game with your facebook.
- You get your own personal space that you can decorate
- When you beat the game you get new exclusive Linkin Park tracks!
- It’s only $4.99!

I say, if anything, download it since when you beat it you get some awesome Linkin Park tracks! Below is a youtube video showing the trailer for the game. The game is available for download now so check it out at the app store! Thank you to Artificial Life and Linkin Park for letting me have some part in making this game better. I had a blast working with you!