Meet Libe

| just the facts |

Texas native Libe Goad resides in New York City and has covered video games and gadgets for publications such as Blender, PC Magazine, Bust, Seventeen and Sync.

She is currently the Editor-in-Chief of AOL's Games.com video game Web site and a columnist for ZDnet, covering gamification. Libe is also a semi-regular TV talking head seen on CNBC, Bloomberg News, ABC, CBS, NBC and other stations.

Libe was named one of the 50 Most Influential Games journalists by Next-Generation, and is a judge for both Spike TV's VGA awards and the E3 Game Critics Awards.

She has a B.A in Journalism/English Literature from Texas A&M, and was also Co-Founder of legendary women's gaming site GameGal.com, named one of PC Magazine's Top 100 Web sites for 2003.

| current and former gigs |

As a writer and editor with over 13 years of experience in New York's cutthroat publishing world, Libe has held a number of fascinating staff positions.

• Editor-in-Chief, AOL Games.com group
• Gamification columnist, ZDnet
• Games columnist, Blender Magazine
• Senior Writer, PCMag.com
• Web Editor, Sync Magazine
• Managing Editor, HappyPuppy.com (TheGlobe.com)
• Games/Periodicals Editor, Kozmo.com
• Managing Editor, Cheers, Stateways magazines (Adams Business Media)

| contact |

libegoad [at] gmail [dotcom]

Comments

[Harold McKenney (Butch)]

My wife and I just spent a week with Libe's parents in Texas. They are long time friends and clasmates of ours. We have known this fine and smart little girl since she was crawling. We are just as impressed and proud of her as her parents. Good luck Libe!