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Texas native Libe Goad resides in New York City and has spent the past decade covering technology and video games for publications including Spin, Blender, PC Magazine, Bust and Seventeen.

Libe is currently the Editor-in-Chief of AOL's award-winning Games.com group, covering the growing social and casual games industry. Previously, she reported on consumer technology news for PC Magazine and other Ziff Davis properties and was the Editor-at-Large for gaming enthusiast site HappyPuppy.com. In 1999, Goad founded the one of the first women-targeted gaming/technology websites, GameGal.com.

A semi-regular TV talking head on CNBC, Bloomberg News, ABC, CBS, NBC and others, Libe has been named one of the 50 Most Influential Games journalists by Next-Generation, and has served as a judge for Spike TV's VGA awards, the E3 Game Critics Awards, and Independent Games Festival Awards.

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Game Developers Choice Awards 2012: Star Wars, League of Legends feel the love

Game Developers Choice Awards 2012: Star Wars, League of Legends feel the love

At this year's Game Developer's Choice Online Awards, League of Legends, Bioware and Blizzard were a prime target for awards, while Zynga was ...
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Playdom Design Veep: Fun is the same thing as a drug hit

Playdom Design Veep: Fun is the same thing as a drug hit

Breaking news: Playdom games are getting you high. "Fun is the same thing as a cocaine hit," says Playdom Design VP Raph Koster in his ...
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The New Games.com: What did you think?

The New Games.com: What did you think?

Loading...Ready to play more games? Then head on back to Games.com. ...
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Wikipad hands-on: A fresh take on tablet gaming, but at what cost?

Wikipad hands-on: A fresh take on tablet gaming, but at what cost?

The conventional wisdom says that tablets are for casual games and game consoles are for serious games (with the PC combining a bit of both). ...
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PopCap gives away free games in effort to 'Stop Zombie Mouth'

PopCap gives away free games in effort to 'Stop Zombie Mouth'

In a (twisted) world where (hypothetical) zombies would be vying for their (hypothetical) civil rights, PopCap would easily be Enemy Number One. ...
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