Jim Novak
I’m so proud to be a founding member of the Handheld Gaming Community! I’ve been playing handhelds since 5th grade, when the original Gameboy entered into my life. Since then, I’ve owned just about every handheld system there is at some point. When I’m not playing games, I’m directing middle school bands, spending time with my wife and two children, composing and arranging music, and performing as a freelance musician.
Favorite Handhelds: Playstation Vita and Nintendo Switch. Favorite Genre: RPG, particularly those from Square Enix and Level 5.
Joel Thoman
My interest in handheld gaming started when I was in high school. I was obsessed with getting a Game Gear. I was so excited to have a relatively high quality gaming experience (for the time) with me wherever I went! As I became an adult, handheld gaming always maintained an important part in my life. I was thrilled to take my handheld gaming to the next level when I got a Playstation Vita, and later a Nintendo Switch. My go-to genres are arcade racers, and RPGs. While I don’t really like games like Minecraft, the Dragon Quest Builders series compelled me so much. I spent over 200 hours between the two entries.
Ezz Khattab
I came here to play games and eat pizza, and I’m all out of pizza. I like all game genres but early 90’s shooters like DOOM hold a special place in my heart. Oh, and Vita means life.
Andre Xast
Been playing games since Atari. And don’t have any plan to stop anytime soon. Been in the HGC since the early days and proud.
Alex da Silva
My first handheld console was the Gameboy Colour in purple. I ended up breaking it unfortunately but I never broke my love for gaming. I fell in love with the DS Lite when I was a bit older and then the PSP changed everything for me. Since then, I haven’t looked back and I still enjoy playing it every now and then. When I’m not gaming, I like to play football (or soccer for you Americans) and hanging out with my wife and friends.
Favourite handhelds are: PSP & 3DS. Favourite game: Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters.
Steed Ayala Munguia
My love for handhelds started when I was 6 years old playing gameboy anywhere and any chance I could get. I like various genres like RPG, FPS, adventure, hack n’ slash, visual novels, and metroidvanias. There are a few sagas that will forever be special to me; such as Pokemon, Final Fantasy and Shin Megami Tensei. On my free time I like to exercise and watch a wide variety of anime as well.
My favorite consoles: Playstation Vita, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch and Steam Deck