The David Murphy

Associate (to the) Editor David Murphy joined Maximum PC in November 2006, and has since jumped into the sexiest beats the magazine has to offer: displays, cooling, cases, storage, miscellaneous stuff, music applications, and rocking out. When he's not writing blog posts or surfing for lolcats -- which, really, are pretty much the same things -- you'll often find him up to his neck in boxes, as he receives a ton of mail and/or products on a near-daily basis. He used to have a box fort, which shielded him from the outside world and/or probing questions of fellow co-workers. Alas, those glory days are no more.

Murphy, as he's often called by said co-workers, used to work for a magazine called Red Herring. Prior to that, he was but a wee student at the mighty Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism, where he earned both Bachelor's and Master's degrees in journalism during his four, quasi-undergraduate years. During his time under the purple gates of Northwestern, he interned at both Chicago Magazine and PC Magazine. He was also involved with just about every campus group under the sun, and is surprised he kept his sanity pretty much intact throughout his educational career

When he's not pushing copy, you can likely find Murphy somewhere on a stage in the Bay Area. That, or wandering about the pretty landscape, taking pictures of everything neat he can find.

 

Vital Stats

Height: 6'5"
Weight:
Steadily increasing
Reach:
Pretty far. Can reach most high shelves.

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Most In-And-Out Burgers Consumed in One Setting: Three
Best WoW Character:
60 Night Elf Rogue (pre-expansion)
Rock Band Tracker:
Expert Vocals, Expert Drums, Expert Bass, Expert Guitar. I rule.
Favorite after-work website:
Fark.com
Favorite at-work website:
Maximumpc.com
Guilty pleasure website: Valleywag
Favorite YouTube video: Anything Winston-related

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Number of cats owned: two, sorta
Number of Interns beaten:
one
Nine Inch Nails shows attended:
eight
Broadway shows seen:

Bay Area Theater shows starred in: four
Favorite TV Show: Battlestar Galactica and The Office (tie)
Favorite Movie:
Pulp Fiction
Favorite My Little Pony: Boysenberry Pie

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All-Time Favorite Video Game (PC): Planescape Torment
Close Second: TIE Fighter
All-Time Favorite Game (Console):
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Favorite Warhammer Race: Space Marines
Favorite Gaming Utterance:
"Boooooooom!" --Gears of War
Favorite Gaming Quote:
"When my work is finished, I'm coming back for you." -- Warcraft II
Earliest PC game played:
Doom (shareware)
Greatest Gaming Accomplishment:
Beating the original Rainbow Six on Elite difficulty. That's right.


 




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