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Libe Goad
Born (1974-01-28) January 28, 1974 (age 51)
OccupationJournalist
Notable creditGameDaily.com Editor-in-Chief (2006—Present)
Websitehttp://www.libegoad.com

Libe Goad is a technology and video game journalist who resides in New York City and has written about video games and gadgets for publications including Blender,[1] PC Magazine, Bust, Seventeen and Sync.

She is currently the Editor-in-Chief of AOL's GameDaily.com [2] video game Web site and a semi-regular TV talking head on CNBC [3] and other stations. Formerly, she was a Senior Writer at PCMag.com and Web Editor for Sync magazine for Ziff Davis. She is also the co-founder of GameGal.com,[4] an early influential Web site for girl gamers. Goad is married to Dan Ackerman of CNET Networks, and their joint Web site [5] is dedicated to their work covering technology, games and gadgets.

Goad was named one of the 50 Most Influential Games Journalists by Next-Generation,[6] and is a judge for both Spike TV's VGA awards [7] and the E3 Game Critics Awards.[8]

References

  1. ^ Holiday 2007 Preview :: Blender.com[dead link]
  2. ^ Mallory, Jordan. "Joystiq". Gamedaily.com. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
  3. ^ "YouTube - ‪Dan and Libe talk Halo 3 on CNBC‬‏". Video.google.com. 2007-09-24. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
  4. ^ [1][dead link]
  5. ^ "Dan and Libe". Dan and Libe. 2008-04-29. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
  6. ^ "GAMING'S TOP 50 JOURNALISTS - Edge Magazine". Next-gen.biz. 2006-10-17. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
  7. ^ "Movie Reviews & TV Show Reviews | Screen Junkies". Ifilm.com. 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
  8. ^ "Game Critics Awards". Game Critics Awards. Retrieved 2011-07-11.

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