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About Drew Swanson
Drew Swanson is a Features Article Editor from the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Being a gamer all his life and enjoying everything from ARPGs like Diablo to JRPGs like Pokemon and Persona, his love of digging into game lore and history naturally led to a passion for sharing these ideas with others through writing. He has been writing about games professionally for over 4 years, with bylines as a Contributing Writer at High Ground Gaming for 2 years before joining TheBestWarGames. He also has a background in video game studies with a degree from Washington State University, where he also won the Showcase for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Award in 2021 for his writing and design work on the game Quest for Arete.
Proudest Gaming Achievement
Drew is a huge Pokemon fan, so completing a living National Dex through Pokemon Gen 9 is a huge achievement for him. He tries to complete the Pokedex in each new generation, but it wasn't until Gen 7 that he started building and maintaining a living National Dex that contains one of every critter in the franchise.
Favorite Games
Pokemon Black and White, Persona 5 Royal, Final Fantasy 7, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Xenoblade Chronicles, Elden Ring, Animal Crossing, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, and Metroid Prime are some of his favorites, but it's hard to pick just one. He tends to love JRPGs, and his "holy trinity" of JRPGs are Persona 5 Royal, Final Fantasy 7, and Xenoblade Chronicles.
Industry Focus
Drew focuses on Diablo 4 content, following trends in the community and highlighting popular builds for new seasons since the game's release nearly 3 years ago. He also leverages his almost 30-year fandom of Pokemon to write about the series' past, present, and future, including its lore and real-world connections. Otherwise, he tends to stay on top of the latest gaming trends, exercising his love of new gaming experiences to dive deep into new RPG, Survival, and Extraction Shooter releases.
Latest
Pokemon Legends: Z-A’s DLC Finally Brings Mega Evolution Full Circle
With the release of Mega Baxcalibur in Pokemon Legends: Z-A's DLC, the Mega Evolution mechanic finally hits an important franchise milestone.
ARC Raiders Has Officially Beaten Battlefield 6
Embark's hit new extraction shooter ARC Raiders continues to gain active players, and has now surpassed Battlefield 6 on one platform.
50% of Dispatch Players Are Making the Wrong Choice with Waterboy
Dispatch presents players with several difficult decisions to make, but Episode 4 has nearly half of all players making the wrong one.
PSA: Pokemon Legends: Z-A Players May Have a Free Shiny Waiting Without Realizing It
Pokemon Legends: Z-A has an infamous shiny hunting location, but players could be missing out on essentially free shinies by not checking nearby.
Say Goodbye to Your Diablo 4 Builds After Update 2.5.0
Diablo 4 players may need to ditch certain builds when Season 11 hits, since patch 2.5.0 will quickly make them outdated in the meta.
Fallout 4 Players Should Prepare to Say Goodbye on November 10
Fallout 4's Anniversary Edition update may come with some unintended consequences that players should prepare for before it drops on November 10.
ARC Raiders Has a Massive Ace Up Its Sleeve that Needs to Be Played Eventually
ARC Raider's has one piece of content hiding in plain sight, and it could completely upend the game's meta when it eventually releases.
ARC Raiders’ Best Skill Tree is Not Exactly Obvious
ARC Raiders offers players three separate skill tree branches to invest levels in, but one of these is far better than the others.
Only 26% of Dispatch Players Made This Invisigal Choice, and I Feel Bad Being One of Them
Dispatch's narrative choices have hard-hitting consequences, and one decision I made with Invisigal has me feeling more guilty than I expected.
ARC Raiders Players Should Always Put This Item in Their Safe Pocket
In a game all about risking the loss of loot upon death, ARC Raiders' Safe Pocket is a valuable asset that should be saved for this item.
ARC Raiders Players Are Running Into Server Issues
ARC Raiders servers appear to be having issues, as players report being stuck in loading queues and party matchmaking struggles.
Pokemon Legends: Z-A Players Won’t Have to Say Goodbye to Mega Greninja After All
After debuting in Season 1 of Pokemon Legends: Z-A's online ranked battles, Mega Greninja seems to be sticking around for a while longer.
Fortnite Players Are Unable to Log Into Simpsons Event [UPDATE]
Fortnite's Simpsons mini-season is off to a rocky start as players are finding themselves unable to log into their Epic Games accounts.
I Already Regret Playing ARC Raiders Solo
While ARC Raiders can be played solo or in a squad of up to 3 players, I feel like it was a mistake to jump in as a solo player.
The Unwritten Rules of ARC Raiders Explained
ARC Raiders places an emphasis on community interaction in its gameplay, so players will want to make sure they're following these unwritten rules.
As a Pokemon Fan, We Almost Got My Dream Stardew Valley-Like
Stardew Valley and Pokemon are two games that I always come back to, and I'm mourning the loss of the ideal combo of these games that could have been.
Diablo 4 Season 11 is Killing Season 10’s Best Build
Diablo 4 Season 10 players should enjoy the game's best build while they can, as it will be effectively dead when Season 11 starts.
ARC Raiders Max Level Leaked
ARC Raiders players finally know the maximum level they can achieve in the game thanks to a leak ahead of the game's full launch.
The Creepiest Fallout DLC Never Fails to Make My Skin Crawl
Though not necessarily a horror series, this Fallout DLC makes it feel like one, and has stuck with me as a haunting game to replay this Halloween.
Borderlands 4's Best Crit Knife Alternative isn't a Grenade at All
With Borderlands 4's most OP Vex build nerfed, players have a few surprising alternatives to the infamous crit knife that could cause infinite damage.