Name: Shadow Smith-Gonzalez

Title: SykoShadow, aka The Ghetto Manatee Gamer

Birthdate: 10/24/1990

Ethnicity: Mexican, Italian, Irish (possibly Welsh)

Religion: None, Atheist

Political Affiliation: Communist Hippie Militant Liberal

Favorite Games: Way too many to list

Favorite Music: Rap, Reggae/Dancehall, R&B, Latin, Metal, Dark Electronica

Favorite Movies: Star Wars, Friday

Favorite TV Shows: Doctor Who, George Lopez, The Boondocks, Anything DCAU (Batman: TAS, Superman: TAS, Justice League, Static Shock), Looney Tunes,

Hailing from the ghettos of South Florida, Shadow Smith-Gonzalez, otherwise known in the intertubes as SykoShadow, loves to love great games, loves to hate awful games, and is very fond of referring to himself in the third person.

Representing the typical "ghetto gamer" (no, not those nerdy 12-year old suburban kids who scream "yo yo yo homeboys I beez all hardcore gangsters and sheezy" over Xbox Live), Shadow holds his culture and ghetto upbringing proudly as a facet of his gaming personality. SykoShadow tries to bring to light certain issues of the current cultural state of videogames. What type of person these games appeal to, racial diversity, the social boundaries between Japanese and American-developed games, how games are trying to reach out to broader audiences, and much more are SykoShadow's main concerns in the gaming community.