About Gamewise

Gamewise is a leading online destination for the creation and sharing of user-created video game knowledge and discussion. Launched to the public in January 2013, Gamewise offers a searchable database of more than 45,000 games and more than 125,000 gaming-related entities created and edited by the Gamewise user community. Gamewise is visited by more than 3 million unique people per month.

 

Our Mission

The Wise Platform at the heart of Gamewise has three core features for our users:

Connect - Follow Friends and Share Brainwaves

Gamewise is a social platform that allows users to build connections with their friends and users with similar interests and keep track of what they are doing. The Brainwave system is a flexible publishing platform for the sharing of social content - users can share posts, questions, videos, images, lists and reviews with their followers.

Collect - Create Game Collections and Find New Games

Gamewise helps gamers to find and share games they love. Our recommendation algorithm looks at the user's games and ratings and helps them find other games based on what fellow Gamewise users with similar tastes enjoyed. Users can build custom game collections and share them with their friends.

Collaborate - The Creation of Rich, Long-Lasting Content

Many minds are better than one. Gamewise provides a collaborative publishing platform on which anyone can share their passion and knowledge and in the process satisfy the curiosity of everyone else. The Gamewise contribution community is connected through a desire to create, collaborate, inform and learn. See the Contribution Guide for more info.

 

Our Team

Gamewise was designed and built by brothers Brett and Dean Walton. They launched Gamewise to the public in January 2013 following more than 12 months of planning and development. Prior to Gamewise they have created a series of online businesses through both their own separate companies and Mediaflex Limited, a joint venture they set up in 2011.

  • Brett Walton

    Brett is involved with most aspects of Gamewise, from back end development and database management to advertising, recruiting staff and site promotion. He can be contacted directly at brett AT gamewise.co.

  • Dean Walton

    Dean is the Creative Director at Gamewise, who along with running the site with Brett is responsible for the design and front end development of the site. He can be contacted directly at dean AT gamewise.co.

  • Stephanie Barnes

    Stephanie is the Contributions Manager for Gamewise after joining the team in August 2012. You can contact Stephanie via writers AT gamewise.co.

  • Jarrod Garripoli

    Born and raised in the United States, Jarrod was fascinated by video games from the age of 4 starting with the NES and Super Mario Bros and continuing until after finishing high school when he started writing walkthroughs for GameFAQs - his first guide being for Ratchet & Clank. Jarrod was always fascinated with the details of a game, wanting to chronicle them and help out other people playing games and in 2012 Jarrod joined Gamewise as a senior walkthrough writer. Jarrod enjoys drawing, reading manga and listening to all types of music in his spare time.

  • Craig Snow

    Craig is a law and politics graduate from the UK who found his way into the media side of the gaming industry. He lists StarCraft: Brood War, Diablo II: Lord of Destruction, Shadow of the Colossus, The Orange Box (in particular Portal), Mirror’s Edge and Race Driver: GRID as his favourite games.