The BXB Team...

I'd like to spend a while talking about a few of the kind of unsung heroes of BXB. Behind the scenes there's an amazing team of volunteers who are working for free and sparing as much time as they can to make BXB a great site for everyone.

We'll kick off with BXB's Reviews Editor Andy Gardiner aka Reaper UK. Andy has been involved with BXB from the beginning as a Moderator but when I took over running the front page, he was first in line to help with improving the content. Andy is a serious work horse and is almost totally responsible for the amount of information in our Gamespaces!

He's also been writing reviews for BXB for years and his reviews take up a massive majority of the reviews published on BXB. He visited and gave reports from Gamestars Live a couple of years ago and has been to every LAN event we've ever held.

Next up, is Dave Cartlidge. Dave is better know as Apocalypse Cow on the forums and is another person involved from the beginning as a Moderator. Dave has been a major player in the Moderation of BXB and contributes to the forums and community in a big way.

Dave's own website - www.apocalypsecow.co.uk - is a mix of a personal blog and linkatorium where you can find funny links and games from all across the internet. Dave was also the master mind behind BXB's brilliant Online Portfolio. Dave also designed two cool little BXB themed games which you can try out below:

BXB Top Trumps

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One of the newest editions to our Editorial team is Bill Bennett aka Auntie Val. Bill joined BXB just before the launch of the Xbox 360 as a news reporter but when former News Editor Ben Furfie shamefully left the site, Bill took his place and proved to be a great addition to the team.

Bill took the initiative and worked hard to keep the front page up to date and even secured review code and prizes for a competition on Kingdom Under Fire: Heroes. Which was going way beyond what I'd ask of my staff but was such a great way for Bill to get into working with BXB.

One of the least recognised members of staff at BXB is Sam Gardiner, simply Samatha on the forums, married to Andy, she joined BXB in the beginning but didn't really have an online role. However, when we started hosting our LAN events Sam proved that her experience managing a pub in Loughborough was irreplaceable! Despite her slightly fearsome reputation, she's great with people and a considerate host. Our LAN events wouldn't have been such a great success without her.

Finally, Richard Worrall, the writer of Red:Tro has certainly earned his place on our team. His writing is second to none on the site and his proofing skills are equally as good. Another long standing member of the forum who originally started out as a Mod, Richard has really come into his own since the launch of the 360 with his new column and numerous reviews.

There are tons of other staff working on BXB and I don't want to think that they'd see this blog entry as me not appreciating their hard work. So, while I get to fanny about in LA and play on loads of games in advance, without the BXB team, I never would have had the opportunity to do it! Thank you to the entire team, you all work so hard, for literally pence....

BXB's Staff include:

Director: Ashley Allen.
Editor and Events Manager: Michael Rossell.
News Editor: Bill Bennett.
Reviews Editor: Andy Gardiner.
Assistant Events Manager: Samantha Gardiner.
Reviewers: Leigh Sherval, Dave Long, Ross Tebbatt, Alan McGuinness, Richard Worrall, Adam Breedon.
Moderators: Elliot Coad, Richard Worrall, "Jeej", Dave Cartlidge, "Codename 47", "Crazydave", Dave Long, "Gamemaster", "Pug".
Columists: "Ultrajamie", Richard Worrall, Leigh Sherval.