In part four of our Epic Mom series, we talk with Team Epic Gamer and beloved forum admin, Cher. Cher met her husband Brian through a mutual friend she lived with, Candace. Candace introduced her to him and they started dating. They are still together, 17 years later.
Cher has been gaming since she was a little girl and started with the Atari 2600. She started playing Gears of War in 2008, when Brian asked her to help him gain some Gears of War campaign achievements. She was reluctant since she had never played a shooter, but agreed to help. She immediately got hooked on the game and found herself playing alone when he was at work.
Cher’s favorite gametype in Gears of War 2 was Guardian and was very happy to find out that we were bring the gametype back in the last title update. Epic Games Lead Level Designer, Jim Brown, plays with Cher often and knew Guardian was her favorite. He couldn’t wait to break the news to her.
Cher said, “Going back to my Gears of war 2 days, Guardian was the mode that captured me the most. I loved how it was more of a team based game and how every player was “assigned” a duty. I had a group of guys that I played with and we unofficially called ourselves “The Dream Team.”
We just all flowed so well together and without saying a word we knew our roles, in and out. *shout out to turbz, LT, Roland, and Porsha* Fast forward to the addition of Guardian in Gears of War 3 and I’m beyond thrilled! It’s such an awesome game type and I have THE BEST TIME playing it.”
We asked Cher what other games she plays. “Borderlands is pure genius. RockBand and Lips will always be in my top favorites too. I’m not much of a singer, but I like to think I am! I also love “horror” type games like Saw and Condemned. Scary is always good in my book. Then there is “Draw Something.” I love to play it on my phone with my husband and Flak!”
Cher has two beautiful daughters, Taylor and Hayden, who are very happy to have such a cool mom.
Posted by Flak
May 11, 2012
Welcome to this week’s Fan Art feature! Tim from the Team Epic Gamers here, to feature an awesome artist from the Epic Gamers group on deviantART.
The Mohawk should have given it away, but strangely I didn’t run away screaming. It didn’t take me long to be captivated by his sense of humor. The rest is history.
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