Gary "Gaz" Whitta (born July 21, 1972) is an English screenwriter, author, game designer, and video games journalist. Among long-time video game enthusiasts, he is known as the former editor-in-chief of both the UK and US editions of PC Gamer magazine and contributor to one of the first gaming magazines, ACE.
Whitta was born and raised in London, England. There, he began his career as a writer and games journalist, and came to ACE magazine. When ...
more
Gary "Gaz" Whitta (born July 21, 1972) is an English screenwriter, author, game designer, and video games journalist. Among long-time video game enthusiasts, he is known as the former editor-in-chief of both the UK and US editions of PC Gamer magazine and contributor to one of the first gaming magazines, ACE.
Whitta was born and raised in London, England. There, he began his career as a writer and games journalist, and came to ACE magazine. When ACE closed down in 1992, he became deputy editor of "The One for Amiga" then was involved with founding the original PC Gamer magazine in the UK. A few years later, he moved to the United States to become editor-in-chief of the newer, US version, of PC Gamer. He left the magazine in early 2000, but has continued to write columns for the publication.
On March 4, 2009, Gary Whitta became a naturalized citizen of the United States.
Whitta still lives in the United States, currently residing in San Francisco, CA. Despite his long term residency in...
less
