Patrick Klepek (Person)

Patrick Klepek

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Co-owner of and editor at Remap, former senior reporter at Waypoint, former senior reporter at Kotaku and former news editor at Giant Bomb. He began a career in gaming journalism at fourteen, and once served as a news editor for G4TV. He has been credited in the "special thanks" sections of Guitar Hero II and The Silver Lining.

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Biography

Prior to being a Whiskey Media employee, Patrick Klepek was born and raised in suburban Chicago (Location) before going to the University of Illinois (Location) where he graduated with a BA in Print Journalism. He has worked at 1UP and MTV Multiplayer Blog as a reporter. He then worked as a freelance journalist at many websites, including [http:/www.gamasutra.com Gamasutra], What They Play, and [http:/www.gamespy.com GameSpy]. Several months later, he started working at [http:/www.g4tv.com G4] as a News Editor, where he broke the infamous West and Zampella vs. Activision (Company) story.

Trivia

Known to ask the introspective question, "What is video games?"
Patrick hates spiders, specifically tarantulas.
Really likes fart jokes.
But is more or less indifferent towards ducks.
He came up with the idea for Evil Bong 3-D: The Wrath of Bong.
Once played table tennis with the fictional character of Tony Soprano (Character).
He enjoys holding his arms in the air in a successful fashion.
Invented aggressive bush jumping.
Was once spotted hanging out with Kevin Bacon (Person), making him 0 degrees away from Mr. Bacon.
Patrick proposed to his fiancée on-stage at the premiere event for Evil Bong 3-D.
Patrick owns a Chihuahua named Pixel. Pixel has been petted by the one Matthew Rorie (Person).
His Quick Look debut was in The Fancy Pants Adventures (Game).
Does not want a third K in his name, because "3 K's would probably be too much".
Favorite game is the original Deus Ex (Game).
Patrick HATES crabs, pubic or otherwise.
His brother Timmy Klepek is the guitarist of The Audition.
He has perfected something called "jukebox trolling".
He loves the word vaunt.
His parents are named Thomas and Nancy.
Lived in Wisconsin (Location) when he was young.
Once met Damon Lindelof but thought it was Carlton Cuse.
According to twitter, EA's own Jeff Green (Person) is the father of Patrick.
Has an uncanny likeness to the depiction of Mercury within Botticelli's Primavera. If the original model Klepek would be over 500 years old.
During the 2011 Whiskey Media Big Live Live Show Live!, Patrick brutally murdered Cool Baby.
Played a lot of Mega Man Soccer (Game) when he was a kid.
Patrick's father was the sales VP for Riddell.
Patrick attended college at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Patrick's mother developed a crippling Tetris (Game) addiction during his younger years. When he and his brother would go to school they would come home to find their GameBoy completely drained of batteries.
Nolan North (Person) once said he had cold hands.
He once called Nolan North (Person) an "asshole" to his face and lived to tell the tale.
Was jokingly given the nickname of "Trick" by the rest of the Bomb Squad when they were discussing reporters who give themselves nicknames. It has now stuck.
Defies the Mid-Western stereotype by not liking Chicago-style hot dogs. He also doesn't like root beer.
Has a creepy affection for dinosaurs.
Don't call him Pat. Do call him "Tricky" or "Scoops".
Uses the phrase "baked in" a lot when describing video games.
Has also been known as Patrick "Sexy Time" Klepek.
Broke his collarbone after spectacularly flipping off his bike in the wild streets of San Francisco. Rumors of this incident being an Urban Trials Freestyle PR stunt are yet unconfirmed.
His undying love for the Jurassic Park film series knows no bounds.
On March 14th, 2013, an image of Patrick was featured in an episode of the TV show Archer.
He is a Chicago Bears (Concept), and a Chicago Bulls (Concept) fan.
Patrick Klepek will now take your calls at [http:/patrickhatesformspring.tumblr.com Patrick Klepek Will Now Take Your Calls].
Patrick is known as patrick klepek on Xbox Live.
Has an unfathomable love for Final Fantasy VIII, to much of the community's dismay.
Used to run a Weezer fan site titled "Unreleased Weezer for the Masses".
Patrick joined the Giantbombcast as of the 04-19-2011 cast, but also appeared as a guest for the first GDC 2011 cast on 03-02-2011.
His middle name is "Benjamin."

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