Joe is a lifelong gamer, writer, cinephile, and television fanatic. He combined all of these interests in the form of a master's degree in media studies and had his graduate thesis published in May 2018. He is an expert on writing in-depth reviews of new releases as well as retrospectives of classics. His favorite genres are RPG, survival horror, and action/adventure and is a fanatic of the Shenmue, Final Fantasy, and Mass Effect series. Joe loves writing about games to start larger discussions about the cultural importance of video games as art.