Erik received his first NES at 6 years old which started his immense passion for video games. Single player or multiplayer, every genre, and across all platforms, Erik will enjoy almost any game and actively seeks to add to his collection. Erik's responsibilities are all creative development at MyGameMug including front-end implementation and design. Before co-founding MyGameMug, Erik was exploring and working in China. Erik received his B.S. in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering from Cornell University.

Ray is a very active real time strategy player and enjoys playing rounds of Starcraft, even 10 years after its launch. While not playing RTS's Ray prefers more social oriented games - the more people the merrier! Ray's responsibilities are all back-end development at MyGameMug including back-end architecture and database optimization. Before co-founding MyGameMug, Ray was a corporate monkey at a strategy consulting firm in New York City, and holds a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Cornell University.

Kurtiss began combining his love for engineering and video games at an early age, when he wrote a Star Wars platformer using LOGO. Since then, he's tackled every aspect of internet architecture he can get his hands on. He's also kicked many an entrepreneurial butt with every Rock Band instrument (except voice!) At MyGameMug he leads technical development. Kurtiss graduated from Case Western Reserve University with a degree in Computer Science.

Darren loves competitive games, specifically fighting and real-time strategy games. As the community director, he will be the voice of MyGameMug through PR, marketing, and communicating directly with the MyGameMug community. Darren can be commonly found on MyGameMug, the official MyGameMug Twitter page, the upcoming new MyGameMug blog, or inside the many games MyGameMug will be sponsoring in the future.

Simon helped MyGameMug create its popular matchmaking system with his incredible artwork depicting the various types of gamers. A passionate artist, illustrator, and designer, Simon also finds time to play many games to help inspire his work. Currently a student at the University of Minnesota, Simon is hands down one of the best artists we have ever seen.

Kenny joined MyGameMug during closed beta and quickly became not only one of the most active and supportive users, but also MyGameMug's top game reviewer. Currently, he is in charge of adding new games to the site, moderating user-generated content, and promoting game events. Any questions regarding the games section can be directed to him, as well as Guitar Hero challenges. Be warned, however, he will kick your butt at it.