Ryan Burger – Ryan is the publisher of Old School Gamer Magazine and started it with his kids to further his enjoyment of gaming and make a truely family business.  His first computer was a TI-99/4a, first game console an Intellivision (Sears Version), and first arcade game Gauntlet.  He is a full time Business/Computers teacher and has run Old School Gamer since 2017 from his home in the small town of Grimes Iowa just outside of Des Moines.  He, his wife Becky live with and a shrinking percentage of 5 kids who are going out on their own.  Several of which are involved in the magazine.

Bill Donohue – Bill is a friend to those who need no friends; an enemy to those who have no enemies. He created The Cleansing, along with all of its bizarre characters: Gazuga, The Unholy Three, the Undead Lizard Warriors, Skullbats, and the Mortar Shell Catchers. He once caused hundreds of gamers to put pieces of cheese into their mail. Along with his band, The Rockin’ Chair!, he composed the ultimate Super Bomberman 2 anthem – “No Boot” (now available on Amazon.com and other fine streaming sites). His dog, Domino, is fond of practical jokes and frozen cow femurs. He is very capable with pistols, rifles and shotguns. Above all, he is a river to his people!

Brian Szarek – Brian has worked as an Editor for OSGM since issue 3. He is an avid gamer of arcade classics as well as both vintage and current home consoles. During his time getting reacquainted with vintage gaming over the past five years or so, he has been an active member of the online gaming community. He also has a passion for preserving and restoring vintage consoles and games. When not busy editing and contributing pieces for OSGM, he also enjoys collecting vintage Beatles vinyl records as well as spendng time with his wife and two beautiful children in the suburbs of Cincinnati, OH.