Strategy Guides

We all ask it, that polite query that reveals at least a small glimpse into the lives of a new acquaintance. It's small talk. It's an attempt to show an interest in another and avoid committing that cardinal sin of social etiquette and not dominate the conversation. It's the adult version of asking what your major is.

So What Do You Do For a Living?
I write travel guides to fictitious places. Most of them are quite dangerous, but I like it that way.

You can imagine the confused looks this response is met with. Allow me to explain...

I began writing videogame strategy guides for IGN back in 2000 when the original Playstation was king, Nintendo was pushing batarangs and the Xbox was but a whispered rumor seldom heard outside of Redmond. Fortune swung my way later that fall and I was introduced to market-leading strategy guide publisher, BradyGames. It was slow going at first, but the popularity of the Playstation 2, not to mention its expansive library of games, generated quite the demand for folks with my skillset. I've been writing exclusively for BradyGames since 2002 and have authored over 100 official strategy guides since.

For insight into the process, I recommend reading this interview I gave last year about my work on the strategy guide for Darksiders.

A Few of My More Recent Guidebooks



A Bibliography of Sorts...
Ten years and one hundred guidebooks later, I'm still happy to be making a career out of two of my favorite interests: writing and playing videogames. It's certainly work, and sometimes it isn't even all that fun, but I love it. I was the sole/lead or co-author on each of the following books, except where otherwise noted. All were published by BradyGames.

Updated 6/21/11

  • F.3.A.R Official Strategy Guide
  • Duke Nukem Forever Official Strategy Guide
  • Crysis 2 Official Strategy Guide
  • Tactics Ogre Official Strategy Guide
  • Splatterhouse Official Strategy Guide
  • Fable III Official Strategy Guide
  • Halo: Reach Official Strategy Guide
  • Singularity Official Strategy Guide
  • Nier Official Strategy Guide
  • Bioshock 2 Official Strategy Guide
  • Darksiders Official Strategy Guide
  • Nostalgia Official Strategy Guide
  • Batman Arkham Asylum
  • X-Men Origins: Wolverine Official Strategy Guide
  • Gears of War 2: All-Fronts Collection Official Strategy Guide
  • Blue Dragon Plus Official Strategy Guide
  • Borderlands Official Strategy Guide (supporting author)
  • Fable II Official Strategy Guide
  • Gears of War 2 Official Strategy Guide (multiplayer author)
  • Tales of Vesperia Official Strategy Guide
  • Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Official Strategy Guide
  • Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen Official Strategy Guide
  • The Club Official Strategy Guide
  • Project Gotham Racing 4 Official Strategy Guide
  • Tony Hawk's Proving Ground Official Strategy Guide
  • Madworld Official Strategy Guide
  • Gears of War Official Strategy Guide
  • Hour of Victory Official Strategy Guide
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Official Strategy Guide
  • Major League Baseball 2K7 Official Strategy Guide
  • Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Official Strategy Guide
  • Dawn of Mana Official Strategy Guide
  • Okami Official Strategy Guide
  • Bioshock Official Strategy Guide
  • Prey Official Strategy Guide
  • Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII Official Strategy Guide
  • Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams Official Strategy Guide
  • Ridge Racer 6 Official Strategy Guide
  • Sniper Elite Official Strategy Guide
  • Gun Official Strategy Guide
  • Ultimate Spider-Man Official Strategy Guide
  • Tony Hawk's American Wasteland Official Strategy Guide
  • Sigma Star Saga Official Strategy Guide
  • Enthusia Professional Racing Official Strategy Guide
  • Juiced Official Strategy Guide
  • Musashi: Samurai Legend Official Strategy Guide
  • Death by Degrees Official Strategy Guide
  • Viewtiful Joe 2 Official Strategy Guide
  • Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater Official Strategy Guide (support author)
  • Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War Official Strategy Guide (support author)
  • Tony Hawk's Undeground 2 Official Strategy Guide
  • Street Racing Syndicate Official Strategy Guide
  • Spider-Man 2 Official Strategy Guide
  • True Crime: Streets of LA Official Strategy Guide
  • Maximo vs Army of Zin Official Strategy Guide
  • Tenchu: Return From Darkness Official Strategy Guide
  • Gotcha Force Official Strategy Guide
  • Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Official Strategy Guide
  • P.N.03 Official Strategy Guide
  • Enter the Matrix Official Strategy Guide
  • Viewtiful Joe Official Strategy Guide
  • Tony Hawk's Underground Official Strategy Guide
  • Tron 2.0 Official Strategy Guide
  • The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker Official Strategy Guide
  • .hack//Infection Official Strategy Guide
  • Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 Official Strategy Guide
  • Metroid Prime Official Strategy Guide
  • Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX 2 Official Strategy Guide
  • Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer Official Strategy Guide
  • Star Fox Adventures Official Strategy Guide
  • Super Mario Sunshine Official Strategy Guide
  • Maximo: Ghosts to Glory Official Strategy Guide
  • Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 Official Strategy Guide
  • Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2x Official Strategy Guide
  • Shaun Palmer's Pro Snowboarder Official Strategy Guide
  • Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem Official Strategy Guide
  • Mario Kart Super Circuit Official Strategy Guide
  • Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX Official Strategy Guide
  • Conker's Bad Fur Day Official Strategy Guide
  • Banjo-Tooie Official Strategy Guide
  • Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins Official Strategy Guide (support author)