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As a GameSpot employee Alex Navarro brought a column called "Burning Questions" to GameSpot's features section on March 4th 2005 and was directed as being a reader mail section of GameSpot where people would write in, Alex would look into the question and give you a detailed answer with his own thoughts or spin on the subject after he laid out the facts which he had come up with in his investigating. There was also a section on the right hand side which was titled; "Rant of the Week" and this was a section for people writing in and sounding off on a pressing issue in the gaming industry. These rants varied from prime examples of well thought-out arguments to prime targets for humiliation. This section ran for approximately 64 weeks almost consecutively until September 29th 2006 when the feature was discontinued because Alex lost his mind trying to answer the incessant, repetitive questions week after week after week.
He also wrote a lot of reviews. That was really what he did most of the time. That mailbag thing was more of a side venture. Why do people insist on dedicating so much text to that thing?
He isn't going to tell you what next week's Rock Band DLC is, so it's best if you just don't ask.
Please stop asking him about Big Rigs.
Alex Navarro is a former GameSpot editor and Visual Concepts/ 2K Sports tester that now works for Harmonix Music Systems as a community moderator. His personal blog lives at www.theheadofalfredogarcia.com.As a GameSpot employee Alex Navarro brought a column called "Burning Questions" to GameSpot's features section on March 4th 2005 and was directed as being a reader mail section of GameSpot where people would write in, Alex would look into the question and give you a detailed answer with his own thoughts or spin on the subject after he laid out the facts which he had come up with in his investigating. There was also a section on the right hand side which was titled; "Rant of the Week" and this was a section for people writing in and sounding off on a pressing issue in the gaming industry. These rants varied from prime examples of well thought-out arguments to prime targets for humiliation. This section ran for approximately 64 weeks almost consecutively until September 29th 2006 when the feature was discontinued because Alex lost his mind trying to answer the incessant, repetitive questions week after week after week.
He also wrote a lot of reviews. That was really what he did most of the time. That mailbag thing was more of a side venture. Why do people insist on dedicating so much text to that thing?
He isn't going to tell you what next week's Rock Band DLC is, so it's best if you just don't ask.
Alex Navarro Trivia
- Alex wrote 733 reviews at GameSpot
- He claims that he broke 7 controllers
- He does not wear a toupee.
- He experienced 5 console launches (7 if you want to count the Gizmondo and N-Gage)
- Alex has covered 5 E3s
- He has spent 2 weekend birthdays in the GameSpot office because of the Wii and PS3 launch and also for the Rock Band launch
- His biggest regret at GameSpot is not giving Burning Questions a proper closure
- Alex has a girlfriend
- His favorite review he has written was of Super Mario Galaxy
- Alex has never been to TGS
- The first console he ever saved up for was an NES
- His Xbox Live Gamertag is Edward Appleby
- His PSN username is Lexicon81
- He has a Wii friend code, but he'll be damned if he can remember what it is.
- Alex worked at GameSpot for 5 years
- He gained about 45 pounds when working at gamespot
- Alex claims to have lost 280 hours of sleep because of E3
- He has been an instrument salesmen and claims that he hated that job
- The highest score he ever gave was a 10 to Rock Band 2. Though that was not in any official capacity, and probably not a trustworthy opinion given his current affiliation.
- The highest score he ever gave in an official capacity was 9.5 to Super Mario Galaxy. Because that game is totally tits.
- The lowest score he ever gave was a 1.0 to Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing.
- He likes to watch Japanese Wrestling tapes
- His most guilty pleasure game is Virtual Pro Wrestling 2 on the Nintendo 64
- As a child, he dressed as a Ghostbuster for Halloween four years in a row
- As a child he frequently used the Game Genie
- He is a fan of the New England Patriots
- His first video review at Gamespot was of Def Jam Vendetta
- His real name is Alexis
- He has a kitty named Thelma; Thelma is not a morning kitty
- He moved to the east coast after he quit at GameSpot
- Alex quit Gamespot largely because of "Gerstmanngate"
- Alex thinks "Gerstmanngate" is a pretty stupid and lazy nickname for a scandal.
- Alex was a guest on episode 47 of the Trigames.net podcast and includes his thoughts on gaming journalism
- According to Eidos, Alex works at Giant Bomb. Who knew?
- Alex appeared on QVC, playing the drums and wearing short pants, to promote The Beatles: Rock Band.
Alex Navarro games
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The Beatles: Rock Band released on Sept. 9, 2009 |
WII, PS3, X360 | Pi Studios, LLC., Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. |
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Rock Band Unplugged released on June 9, 2009 |
PSP | Backbone Emeryville, Harmonix Music Systems, Inc., Backbone Entertainment |
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Rock Band 2 released on Sept. 14, 2008 |
X360, PS2, WII, PS3 | Harmonix Music Systems, Inc., Pi Studios, LLC. |
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NHL 2K3 released on Nov. 10, 2002 |
GC, PS2, XBOX | Treyarch |
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NBA 2K3 released on Oct. 7, 2002 |
GC, PS2, XBOX | Visual Concepts |
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NFL 2K3 |
GC, PS2, XBOX | Visual Concepts |
| Full Name: | Alex Navarro |
| Gender: | Male |
| Birthday: | Nov. 18, 1981 |
| Death: | n/a |
| Credited In: | 6 games |
| 1st Game Credit: | NFL 2K3 |
| Currently Working For: | Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. |
| Hometown: | Petaluma, CA |
| Country: | USA |
| Website: | http://www.theheadofalfredogarcia.com/ |
| Email Address: | alex.navarro@harmonixmusic.com |
| Aliases: |
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