Andy Eddy is an American video game journalist and critic. He currently resides in Redwood City, California.

Biography

Eddy was the executive editor (and de facto editor-in-chief) of VideoGames & Computer Entertainment in the late 80s and early 90s, followed by tenure as a senior editor at GamePro

GamePro

GamePro Media was a United States gaming media company publishing online and print content on the video game industry, video game hardware, and video game software developed for a video game console , a computer, and/or a mobile device . GamePro Media properties include GamePro magazine and...

 magazine. He has freelanced for several publications in his 20-year career and wrote "Biz Buzz," a column about the video game business for GameSpy, from 2002 to 2004, including a somewhat controversial analysis of questionable circulation data and audit methods for Game Informer

Game Informer

Game Informer is an American-based monthly magazine featuring articles, news, strategy, and reviews of popular video games and associated consoles. It was formed in August 1991, when FuncoLand started publishing a six-page magazine, free in all its retail locations...

 magazine. He has served as from Senior Editorial Manager of Community Sites at IGN

IGN

IGN is an entertainment website that focuses on video games, films, music and other media. IGN's main website comprises several specialty sites or "channels", each occupying a subdomain and covering a specific area of entertainment...

 Entertainment in Brisbane, California and ended his run as Editor in Chief at TeamXbox

TeamXbox

TeamXbox is a gaming media web site dedicated to Microsoft's Xbox and Xbox 360 platforms. While the majority of content is Xbox and Xbox 360 related, the site occasionally covers general technology and other video game news....

 in March 2010.

Eddy is also the author of several books, including Internet After Hours and several TurboGrafx-16 code books. Eddy also created new content for an updated edition of David Sheff's book Game Over: How Nintendo Zapped an American Industry, Captured Your Dollars, and Enslaved Your Children in 1999. The retitled Game Over: Press Start to Continue includes new interviews and updated company history, written by Eddy.

Eddy is also notable for setting up one of the first online archive dedicated to gaming. His personal FTP

File Transfer Protocol

File Transfer Protocol is a standard network protocol used to transfer files from one host to another host over a TCP-based network, such as the Internet. FTP is built on a client-server architecture and utilizes separate control and data connections between the client and server...

 site at Netcom was among the first internet archives for gaming FAQs and information in 1994. A mirror of Eddy's site would later develop into the popular website GameFAQs

GameFAQs

GameFAQs is a website that hosts FAQs and walkthroughs for video games. It was created in November 1995 by Jeff "CJayC" Veasey and was bought by CNET Networks in May 2003. It is currently owned by CBS Interactive. The site has a database of video game information, cheat codes, reviews, game saves,...

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Eddy is currently the Executive Editor of @Gamer Magazine.