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Rei Penber is the Deputy Lead Editor for GameRant's Anime and Manga team, originally from Kashmir and currently based in Beirut. He brings seven years of professional experience as a writer and editor ...

Chris Littlechild (He/Him) is an Editor and Writer Trainer from the United Kingdom. He has been gaming since receiving an original Game Boy and copies of Super Mario Land and Super Mario Land 2: Six ...

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Melody McCune is a TV/movies features writer at MovieWeb. Hailing from small-town Ohio, she prides herself on knowing way too much about pop culture and can usually name whatever film, TV show, or ...