Gregory A. Kasavin (; born August 21, 1977) is an American writer and designer for

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, and the former site director and executive editor at the gaming website ''

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'' for over 10 years.

Early life and education

Kasavin attended

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...

Career

Prior to working at ''GameSpot'', he worked on ''Newtype Gaming Magazine''. Kasavin also ran a small website called ''Arcadia Magazine'', which reviewed video games and films, and eventually led to his internship at GameSpot. He joined GameSpot in November 1996. On January 3, 2007, GameSpot announced Kasavin's resignation from his position as editor-in-chief. Kasavin worked for

Electronic Arts Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) is an American video game company headquartered in Redwood City, California. Founded in May 1982 by Apple employee Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer game industry and promoted the ...

' Los Angeles Studio as associate producer for the PC version of '' Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars'' and as a producer for '' Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3'' and its expansion '' Uprising''. While working for EA-LA he hosted a program called ''Command School'', part of Command & Conquer TV, which helps players gain experience at ''C&C'' games. He later took a position at

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working as a publishing producer on '' Spec Ops: The Line''. Kasavin is working at

, and was the writer and creative director of '' Bastion'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' Hades''.

References

External links

Interview with KasavinState of Play interviewGetting To Know GameSpot, Episode IX: Greg Kasavin
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