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Ryan Thompson
Online Media | Greater New York City Area, US

Experience

  • Sept 2011 - Present
    Video Director / Major League Gaming
  • Dec 2010 - Present
    Content Director / Gamestaq.com
    I create, manage and execute social media, content, and promotional strategies for Gamestaq.com, a new peer-to-peer gaming e-commerce site. At Gamestaq, you can sell your games for fair market value, and purchase games at lower prices than anywhere.

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www.ryanpthompson.com
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Recent tracks

  • I Don't Want To Go by {u'mbid': u'f77252fa-89da-4cad-91d2-3f19cb8cf4dc', u'#text': u'Saturday Looks Good to Me'}
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  • Girl of Mine by {u'mbid': u'f77252fa-89da-4cad-91d2-3f19cb8cf4dc', u'#text': u'Saturday Looks Good to Me'}
    9 days ago
  • All Over Town by {u'mbid': u'f77252fa-89da-4cad-91d2-3f19cb8cf4dc', u'#text': u'Saturday Looks Good to Me'}
    9 days ago
  • When the Party Ends by {u'mbid': u'f77252fa-89da-4cad-91d2-3f19cb8cf4dc', u'#text': u'Saturday Looks Good to Me'}
    9 days ago
  • I Take a Chance Every Time by {u'mbid': u'f77252fa-89da-4cad-91d2-3f19cb8cf4dc', u'#text': u'Saturday Looks Good to Me'}
    9 days ago
  • Edison Girls by {u'mbid': u'f77252fa-89da-4cad-91d2-3f19cb8cf4dc', u'#text': u'Saturday Looks Good to Me'}
    9 days ago
  • You Work All Weekend by {u'mbid': u'f77252fa-89da-4cad-91d2-3f19cb8cf4dc', u'#text': u'Saturday Looks Good to Me'}
    9 days ago
  • The Girl's Distracted by {u'mbid': u'f77252fa-89da-4cad-91d2-3f19cb8cf4dc', u'#text': u'Saturday Looks Good to Me'}
    9 days ago
  • Girl of Mine by {u'mbid': u'f77252fa-89da-4cad-91d2-3f19cb8cf4dc', u'#text': u'Saturday Looks Good to Me'}
    9 days ago
  • Car Crash by {u'mbid': u'f77252fa-89da-4cad-91d2-3f19cb8cf4dc', u'#text': u'Saturday Looks Good to Me'}
    9 days ago

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Guided by Voices
Boston Spaceships
Saturday Looks Good to Me
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Built to Spill
Yuck
Death Cab For Cutie
The Mountain Goats
Surfer Blood
Dinosaur Jr.
Cursive
Weezer
Generationals
Neutral Milk Hotel
Rilo Kiley
Bright Eyes
mewithoutYou
Pixies
Tilly And The Wall
The Decemberists
Superdrag
The Dismemberment Plan
The Promise Ring
The Apples in Stereo
The Flaming Lips
Ozma
The Weakerthans
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
Headphones
Danger Mouse
David Bazan
Mimosa
The Lonely Island
Wye Oak
Other Lives
Mogwai
The Get Up Kids
Pedro the Lion
Girls
The Thermals
The Dears
Sam Roberts Band
The Lonely Forest
Darwin Deez
Hooray for Earth
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
†††
Smith Westerns
Lotus

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Posts

April 30, 09:20 PM
synide played 43 minutes of Trials Evolution (XBLA) and earned School's Out.
synide played 43 minutes of Trials Evolution (XBLA) and earned School's Out.

School's Out

Pass the A License Test and get the Phoenix.

71.64 of users earned this

April 30, 04:56 PM
synide reached the rank of Amateur among Trials Evolution (XBLA) players.
synide reached the rank of Amateur among Trials Evolution (XBLA) players.
April 30, 04:56 PM
synide spent some time playing Trials Evolution (XBLA).
synide spent some time playing Trials Evolution (XBLA).

Time played: 2 hrs

1 hours total

April 29, 03:32 PM
synide played 1 hour of The Walking Dead (PC) and earned 4 achievements.
synide played 1 hour of The Walking Dead (PC) and earned 4 achievements.
April 23, 01:19 PM
synide reached the rank of Amateur among Trials Evolution (XBLA) players.
synide reached the rank of Amateur among Trials Evolution (XBLA) players.
April 23, 12:23 PM
synide played Trials Evolution (XBLA) and earned 2 achievements.
April 14, 06:08 PM
synide spent a chunk of time playing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC).
synide spent a chunk of time playing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC).

Time played: 51 mins

75 hours total

April 14, 02:56 PM
synide managed to fit in a quick game of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC).
synide managed to fit in a quick game of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC).

Time played: 18 mins

74 hours total

April 14, 10:31 AM
synide spent a chunk of time playing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC).
synide spent a chunk of time playing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC).

Time played: 52 mins

74 hours total

April 08, 12:46 PM
synide played 4 hours of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC) and earned Darkness Returns.

Darkness Returns

Complete "Darkness Returns"

23.07 of users earned this

April 07, 10:02 PM
synide spent some time playing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC).
synide spent some time playing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC).

Time played: 2 hrs

69 hours total

April 01, 04:03 PM
synide played 2 hours of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC) and earned Delver.
synide played 2 hours of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC) and earned Delver.

Delver

Clear 50 dungeons

23.04 of users earned this

April 01, 11:49 AM
synide played 24 minutes of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC) and earned Dragon Hunter.
synide played 24 minutes of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC) and earned Dragon Hunter.

Dragon Hunter

Absorb 20 dragon souls

29.4 of users earned this

March 31, 03:07 PM
synide spent a chunk of time playing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC).
synide spent a chunk of time playing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC).

Time played: 3 hrs

65 hours total

March 15, 03:21 AM
synide spent a chunk of time playing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC).
synide spent a chunk of time playing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC).

Time played: 60 mins

62 hours total

March 11, 12:09 PM
synide spent some time playing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC).
synide spent some time playing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC).

Time played: 2 hrs

61 hours total

March 11, 12:01 AM
synide spent some time playing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC).
synide spent some time playing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC).

Time played: 1 hr

59 hours total

March 10, 06:42 PM
synide played 2 hours of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC) and earned Sideways.
synide played 2 hours of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC) and earned Sideways.

Sideways

Complete 10 side quests

25.05 of users earned this

March 10, 03:26 PM
synide played 2 hours of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC) and earned Explorer.
synide played 2 hours of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC) and earned Explorer.

Explorer

Discover 100 Locations

41.29 of users earned this

March 10, 12:56 PM
synide spent a chunk of time playing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC).
synide spent a chunk of time playing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC).

Time played: 2 hrs

55 hours total

March 10, 03:01 AM
synide played a game of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC).

Time played: 4 hrs

53 hours total

March 09, 09:41 PM
synide spent some time playing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC).
synide spent some time playing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC).

Time played: 60 mins

49 hours total

March 09, 01:01 AM
synide played 2 hours of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC) and earned Thief.
synide played 2 hours of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC) and earned Thief.

Thief

Pick 50 locks and 50 pockets

12.33 of users earned this

March 08, 11:01 PM
synide started playing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC).
March 06, 12:01 AM
synide spent a chunk of time playing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC).
synide spent a chunk of time playing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC).

Time played: 59 mins

46 hours total

March 05, 10:21 PM
synide reached the rank of Dedicated among The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC) players.
synide reached the rank of Dedicated among The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC) players.
March 05, 09:43 PM
synide played 2 hours of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC) and earned 2 achievements.
March 04, 06:37 PM
synide spent some time playing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC).
synide spent some time playing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC).

Time played: 3 hrs

43 hours total

March 04, 02:38 PM
synide spent some time playing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC).
synide spent some time playing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC).

Time played: 2 hrs

40 hours total

March 04, 01:46 PM
synide played The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC) and earned Words of Power.

Words of Power

Learn all three words of a shout

59.15 of users earned this

March 04, 12:11 PM
synide played The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC) and earned 3 achievements.
March 04, 12:11 PM
synide played The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC) and earned 6 achievements.
March 03, 09:01 PM
synide reached the rank of Experienced among Deus Ex: Human Revolution - The Missing Link (PC) players.
synide reached the rank of Experienced among Deus Ex: Human Revolution - The Missing Link (PC) players.
March 03, 08:00 PM
synide played 2 hours of Deus Ex: Human Revolution - The Missing Link (PC) and earned 2 achievements.
March 03, 05:40 PM
synide reached the rank of Amateur among Deus Ex: Human Revolution - The Missing Link (PC) players.
synide reached the rank of Amateur among Deus Ex: Human Revolution - The Missing Link (PC) players.
March 03, 05:40 PM
synide spent some time playing Deus Ex: Human Revolution - The Missing Link (PC).

Time played: 3 hrs

2 hours total

March 03, 04:02 PM
synide played Deus Ex: Human Revolution - The Missing Link (PC) and earned Out of the Frying Pan.

Out of the Frying Pan

You made it off the boat... but to what end?

25.8 of users earned this

March 03, 02:51 PM
synide started playing Deus Ex: Human Revolution - The Missing Link (PC).
February 27, 11:21 PM
synide spent a chunk of time playing Dear Esther (PC).
synide spent a chunk of time playing Dear Esther (PC).

Time played: 40 mins

0 hours total

February 05, 01:41 AM
synide managed to fit in a quick game of The Darkness II Demo (PC).
synide managed to fit in a quick game of The Darkness II Demo (PC).

Time played: 18 mins

0 hours total

February 04, 03:52 PM
synide played 3 hours of Dead Island (PC) and earned Guns don't kill but they help.

Guns don't kill but they help

Kill 250 zombies using firearms.

6.89 of users earned this

February 04, 01:53 PM
synide played Dead Island (PC) and earned 2 achievements.
February 04, 04:01 AM
synide spent some time playing Dead Island (PC).
synide spent some time playing Dead Island (PC).

Time played: 1 hr

1 hours total

February 04, 03:00 AM
synide played Dead Island (PC) and earned How many days exactly?.

How many days exactly?

Play Dead Island at least 28 days after starting it for the first time.

40.15 of users earned this

December 22, 10:35 PM
synide spent a chunk of time playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (360).
synide spent a chunk of time playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (360).

Time played: 3 hrs

16 hours total

December 16, 03:46 PM
synide spent a chunk of time playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (360).
synide spent a chunk of time playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (360).

Time played: 58 mins

13 hours total

December 15, 10:11 PM
synide just came up for air from a crazy session of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (360).
synide just came up for air from a crazy session of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (360).

Time played: 7 hrs

12 hours total

December 14, 07:31 PM
synide spent some time playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (360).

Time played: 1 hr

5 hours total

December 13, 08:31 PM
synide played a game of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (360).

Time played: 4 hrs

4 hours total

December 11, 01:20 PM
synide spent a chunk of time playing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC).
synide spent a chunk of time playing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC).

Time played: 60 mins

38 hours total

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December 02, 07:38 PM
Top 5 Albums of 2010
Though it's just not the same without lala :(

  1. The Apples in Stereo - Travellers in Space and Time
  2. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
  3. David Bazan - Live at Electrical Audio
  4. The Get Up Kids - Simple Science (EP)
  5. Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - The Brutalist Bricks

December 01, 07:56 PM
Top 5 Reach Maps

Official Maps only :/


1. Reflection
2. Asylum
3.The Cage
4. Spire
5. Anchor 9

March 20, 12:00 PM
Railworks: Go Away

The amount of Railworks DLC that is regularly released on Steam always confuses me. On one hand, the game must be doing alright, else it wouldn't still be releasing DLC every few weeks. On the other hand, a vast majority of Steam users must hate the game, like me. Not because we played it; not because it's a game for pa-paw; but because it takes up valuable real estate on the "New Releases" section. It regularly takes up one or two slots.


Now if there were half as many PC games being released as other gaming platforms, this wouldn't be a problem. The new releases would cycle fast, and have enough crap to just ignore the whole thing. But since PC games are few and far between these days, it's important to check that list to buy more games and make sure that you can try to keep the dream alive as a PC Gamer. And by keep the dream alive I mean give up like the rest of us and buy an Xbox 360; and ignore the theory that Starcraft 2 can save PC gaming from becoming "WoW Gaming"; or that another Counter-Strike will ever exist. Promod will never come out either.

Yes, that's right. I just turned this Railworks Rant into a "oh no u din't" on PC Gaming. I'm sorry, friend. i was jk. Let's go play Global Agenda now.










Did you know? If you purchased Railworks and its 30 DLC (average price $15), it would cost you $486.18?
March 02, 02:22 PM
bungie.net fileshare

I went through and rendered all the clips in my fileshare. Open offer to anyone out there - make this a mini-tage.


Clowny-spin, this one is ninja:

http://www.bungie.net/Online/Halo3UserContentDetails.aspx?h3fileid=78856068

Standard lol-scope, use this one to transition to greatness:

http://www.bungie.net/Online/Halo3UserContentDetails.aspx?h3fileid=72330499

Open the tage w/ this one, skip to 03:00 for the goodness:

http://www.bungie.net/Online/Halo3UserContentDetails.aspx?h3fileid=440111

This one is Brick taking my sniper, and me taking it back, killing him again, then killing Joe too. Put this in the teamkill segment:

http://www.bungie.net/Online/Halo3UserContentDetails.aspx?h3fileid=8935112

Absolute destruction:

http://www.bungie.net/Online/Halo3UserContentDetails.aspx?h3fileid=52734308

Sick Jumps, to run out the time, one of the pro-est strats:

http://www.bungie.net/Online/Halo3UserContentDetails.aspx?h3fileid=52734327

Pros make kids quit, so I made some quit too, then destroyed a little bit:

http://www.bungie.net/Online/Halo3UserContentDetails.aspx?h3fileid=52734411

Use this one to show off how I don’t actually need to see the people to kill them:

http://www.bungie.net/Online/Halo3UserContentDetails.aspx?h3fileid=59881692

So this is leopardstealth getting clowned on when I met up w/ him in matchmaking:

http://www.bungie.net/Online/Halo3UserContentDetails.aspx?h3fileid=87956024

This is the ultimate ninja backwack:

http://www.bungie.net/Online/Halo3UserContentDetails.aspx?h3fileid=26168291

Gravlift spinny-clowns:

http://www.bungie.net/Online/Halo3UserContentDetails.aspx?h3fileid=51394083

More lolscopes, filler, but sick filler

http://www.bungie.net/Online/Halo3UserContentDetails.aspx?h3fileid=26118944

http://www.bungie.net/Online/Halo3UserContentDetails.aspx?h3fileid=26121254

http://www.bungie.net/Online/Halo3UserContentDetails.aspx?h3fileid=26125305

Some misc clowning:

http://www.bungie.net/Online/Halo3UserContentDetails.aspx?h3fileid=26168211

March 01, 11:41 AM
28 Best Albums of the Decade

All this month, I tweeted an album a day, for the 28 Albums I loved most during the 2000s. See below for a recap of them all. Lots of hard choices, since most of the bands I listen to had multiple great albums this decade, and many of them had their best albums before 2000, but I kept to one album per artist, and the list filled out just about right.


Albums of the decade #1 - Pedro The Lion - Control - http://bit.ly/apMT0N
Albums of the decade #2 - The Appleseed Cast - Peregrine - http://bit.ly/aeLKG9
Albums of the decade #3 - Radiohead - Kid A - http://lala.com/ztu2Albums
Albums of the decade #4 - The Promise Ring - Wood/Water - http://bit.ly/cTbEFH or http://lala.com/zB1p (sorry, no good online link)
Albums of the Decade #5 - Rilo Kiley - The Execution of All Things - http://lala.com/z9GM
Albums of the Decade #6 - Midtown - Save the World, Lose the Girl - http://bit.ly/aunXdx
Albums of the Decade #7 - Brand New - Deja Entendu - http://bit.ly/dj8HFG
Albums of the Decade #8 - Superdrag - In the Valley of Dying Stars - http://bit.ly/d0DLz8
Albums of the Decade #9 - Death Cab for Cutie - The Photo Album - http://bit.ly/aE2Jj5
Albums of the Decade #10 - Thrice - The Illusion of Safety - http://lala.com/z1zUI
Albums of the Decade #11 - Bear vs Shark - Terrorhawk - http://lala.com/z3fyI
Albums of the Decade #12 - Ozma - Rock and Roll Part Three - http://lala.com/z5MsI
Albums of the Decade #13 - The Anniversary - Your Majesty - http://lala.com/zYtZ
Albums of the Decade #14 - Further Seems Forever - The Moon Is Down - http://lala.com/zlz3
Albums of the Decade #15 - ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - So Divided - http://lala.com/zeUw
Albums of the Decade #16 - The Apples in Stereo - New Magnetic Wonder - http://lala.com/zy6II
Albums of the Decade #17 - mewWithoutYou - Catch Us For the Foxes - http://lala.com/zEc3
Albums of the Decade #18 - Gatsbys American Dream - Volcano - http://lala.com/zVI6I
Albums of the Decade #19 - Built to Spill - You in Reverse - http://lala.com/zV2nI
Albums of the Decade #20 - Saturday Looks Good To Me - All Your Summer Songs - http://lala.com/zVa8I
Albums of the Decade #21 - Bad Astronaut - Acrophobe - http://lala.com/zA2nI
Albums of the Decade #22 - The Postal Service - Give Up - http://lala.com/zm8YI
Albums of the Decade #23 - Norma Jean - Bless the Martyr and Kiss the Child - http://lala.com/zo9c
Albums of the Decade #24 - Bright Eyes - LIFTED or the Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground - http://lala.com/zZBh
Albums of the Decade #25 - At the Drive-In - Relationship Of Command - http://lala.com/z6si
Albums of the Decade #26 - The Arcade Fire - Funeral - http://lala.com/z4PV
Albums of the Decade #27 - Guided By Voices - Human Amusements at Hourly Rates - http://lala.com/znpSI
Albums of the Decade #28 - The Get Up Kids - On a Wire - http://lala.com/z6J9I
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