Kyle Orland got his start writing about video games at the age of 14, when he started fan site Super Mario Bros. HQ on his parents’ AOL web space. Since then he’s somehow assembled a career writing and saying millions of aggregate words about games for dozens of outlets ranging from NPR and MSNBC to Electronic Gaming Monthly and Paste Magazine. He’s been the Senior Gaming Editor at Ars Technica since 2012.

Kyle is the author of Wiley Publishing’s Wii for Dummies and Farmville for Dummies, as well as The Video Game Style Guide and Reference Manual.

• Twitter: @KyleOrl
• Web: kyleorland.com