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Chris Norris-Jones

Chris Norris-Jones is a UBC undergraduate, raconteur-in-training and lifelong nerd. He hopes one day to be able to write for a living, preferably about his first true love, video games.

He has a personal gaming blog at http://thumbs-on-fire.com/, and can be reached at [email protected]

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