Pete Curulli // Frequency

CEO

Video game that got them hooked: Legend of Zelda – Ocarina of Time

Pete is our fearless leader, dad to two gorgeous girls, team GOA, and a whole lotta gaming systems. His first console was the NES as a 5-year-old, and it's been nothing but pixels ever since. He also once legally changed his name to Optimus Prime to raise money for charity.

Dan Van Der Meer // Dan the Internut

CCO

Video game that got them hooked: Leisure Suit Larry

Dan is an all-out nerd who loves everything digital. He also dabbles in music, sport, and drinks way too much coffee. Dan's the co-host of Game On AUS and bloody loves his gaming. His speciality is bad jokes, bad language and the odd Retro Rocks Review for the Game On AUS website.

Jacob Curulli // Lord Mantil

CTO

Video game that got them hooked: Legend of Zelda – Ocarina of Time

Jacob is our resident tech expert and avid PC gamer. He’s dad to two wonderful kids who he is training to be the next esport legends. You’ll find him fixing whatever Pete has managed to break, and generally keeping things running behind the scenes.

Emily Durand // Skittles401

COO

Video game that got them hooked: Heavy Gear 2

Em is the Operations Manager of all things GOA admin, finances, contracts, client marketing solutions, staff & community welfare, occasional band aid provider and sometimes giver of stern words to keep the kids in-line. Also known as Mum.

Chris Inglis // Inferno

Chief Editor

Video game that got them hooked: King’s Quest, Space Quest

Chris is a gamer dad who loves playing all types of games, but his favourites are MMORPGs, good story-driven RPGs and space flight sims.

Royce Wilson // Zulu

Technologies & Features Editor

Video game that got them hooked: Civilization series of games

Royce has been gaming since the early 1990s and is now introducing his kids to its joys. He’s been writing about games/tech since the mid-1990s in both New Zealand and Australia. He also has a penchant for history, travel and animated TV shows.

Natalie Turner // NattyWW

Content Contributor

Video game that got them hooked: Theme Hospital

Nat is passionate about digital health, story-telling, Aussie indie games, and esports!

Her other loves include local pro-wrestling, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, music, audiobooks, anime, photography, and the primal pleasure of a perfectly salted and crispy hash brown.

Nic Holland // stix2412

Content Contributor

Video game that got them hooked: Halo 3 and the Destiny series

Nic describes himself as your average PS4 gamer, husband, staffy dad, coffee drinker, sports tragic, pro wrestling fan, whisky snob, mental health advocate all rolled into one. We think he’s pretty bloody awesome (and really tall) too.

Cian Butler // The Butler

Social Media Co-Ordinator

Video game that got them hooked: Civilization 5

Cian is an aspiring motorsport driver, optimist to a flaw, and the type of person to put everything they can into whatever they’re doing at the time. His party trick is playing classical guitar pieces behind his back, and… making us look amazing on Social Media!

Kai Zscherpel // KAIZA

Content Contributor

Video game that got them hooked: SNES Mario Kart & Battletoads

Kaiza had no choice but to embrace gaming as he spent way too many days hanging out at his cousin DanTheInternut’s house playing all sorts of classics on the Nintendo 64 and beyond. These days, he’s madly saving for his own console, when he’s not keeping Facebook on their toes...we are quite sure there is a picture of Kai on Mark Zuckerberg’s office wall for all the wrong reasons.

Darren Macneall // Str8JaktJim

Stream Leader

Video game that got them hooked: Super Mario Bros

Darren is a Nintendo and Xbox gamer, who has a special place in his heart for Mario and Zelda games. He is huge fan of pop culture and a massive Star Wars nerd. If you are lucky you might even catch him moonlighting as a 'Twitch Sings' streamer.

Luke Valenti // LukeyBangerz

Stream Leader

Video game that got them hooked: Fallout 3

Luke is 37 years old, happily married and the father of 5 beautiful ratbags. He grew up in country WA and loves playing sports and watching movies/tv shows. We swear we’ve seen him use his glorious beard to catch donut and pizza crumbs.

Alex Savoy-Soubotian // Menthonso

Streamer / Sales

Video game that got them hooked: Diablo 1 and WoW

Alex is an account manager by day... Gamer and Husband by night. His other hobbies include: Astro-Photography (taking photos using a telescope of the stuff up above us), mucking around with his crazy Black Labrador Archie and spending time with the Mrs.

Nick Holliday // nicco

Streamer / Reviewer & Writer

Video game that got them hooked: Commander Keen

Nicco has been gaming since the age of three, his passion for video games has led him to write about, review and stream them since 2018. He also enjoys high amounts of coffee and travelling the world.

Zak Bearman // Rephl3x

Tournament Manager / Streamer

Video game that got them hooked: Doom!

Zak loves games and technology. Putting the two together allows his to run our fantastic community on Twitch.tv! Hailing from ‘across the pond’ in the great NZ, he makes our team more cultured and international. He also has a bloody awesome beard.

Alexandra Nitschke // RogueSultana

Streamer

Video game that got them hooked: Pokémon

Alex loves playing RPGs, Shooters and Indie titles, her favourite game of all time is The Last of Us! She is a giant DnD nerd, a videogame hoarder and she lives and breathes Lord of the Rings. We also have it on good authority that she eats burgers upside down.