Back in 2004, you were most likely to find Bay Area Baby Adam Valdez sat in his room playing on that classic GameCube console (and probably screaming at the heavens after being whipped in Mario Party). But today, after studying creative writing at College of the Desert and working as a journalist at Team 1010 KX Radio Station on Pure Sports With Geoff "The Dome" Bloom, he has taken a childhood hobby and cultivated it into a life-long passion.

With a great love and respect for superb storytelling - and a personal knack for it as well - Adam has always been drawn to good old RPGs like The Legend of Zelda, Pokemon Emerald, Tak and the Power of Juju and Kingdom Hearts just to name a few. The amount of effort it takes to craft a compelling story and balance it out with intricate, fluid game play will always be a recipient of admiration from Adam due to personal experience on both the gamer and gaming design side.

But at the end of the day, Adam Valdez is just like you... waiting 10 years for Kingdom Hearts 3.