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Jared Russo

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Co-founder and Mayor of Video Game Town. Turn off my retweets ASAP.

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Hi, my name is Jared, and I manage one of the main channels on AOL.com, the new AOL Games experience, as a managing editor. In my career, I’ve worked for a wide array of companies and industries; in publishing for a literary magazine as a copyeditor, in film and television production as a screenwriter, in radio writing for shows on the Howard Stern channels at Sirius XM, and in tech developing flash and mobile games and VR applications for Verizon. And over the course of many years and several …

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The Rise of Electronic Sports: Inside the World of eSports

The Rise of Electronic Sports: Inside the World of eSports

A yearlong profile of the movers and shakers in the Fighting Game Community. Hello, my name is Jared, and I j…

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‘Ice Cream Man’ Review: Somebody Please Stop Eli Roth

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By Jared Russo Verified, Siddhant Adlakha Verified
| Video Game Town
This guest post is written by Josh Bell. After years of edgelord provocations in movies like the “Hostel” series, “The Green Inferno” and “Knock Knock,” filmmaker Eli Roth found the perfect vehicle for his talents with 2023’s “Thanksgiving,” a suspenseful, well-crafted and often amusing modern-day slasher movie. With relatively low ambitions, Roth delivered on genre expectations while only occasionally asserting the obnoxious, condescending perspective that is his biggest weakness as a filmmaker.
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Predicting The 2026 Emmy Winners, ‘Pokémon’ Gen 4 Draft

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By Jared Russo Verified, Siddhant Adlakha Verified, Grant Brunner Verified
| Video Game Town
Predicting The 2026 Emmy Winners, ‘Pokémon’ Gen 4 Draft Gen 4 of Pokémon stinks. Sucks out loud.
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‘Final Fantasy IX:’ The Importance Of Compassion, Love, And Integrity

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By Jared Russo Verified, Siddhant Adlakha Verified, Grant Brunner Verified
| Video Game Town
This guest post is written by Michaela El-Ters. There are few video games that have impacted my life as much as “Final Fantasy IX” has. One of the earliest memories I have is being curled up on the couch, my eyes glued to the television screen as my brother played through the game. I remember being surprised at the final cutscene when Garnet leapt into Zidane’s arms and punched his chest, overjoyed, shocked, and even furious with him.
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