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About Two Average Gamers

We make gaming media for people who have a life.

If you’re an adult with a job, a partner, kids, a backlog you’ll never finish, and 30 minutes between bedtime and your own, TAG is for you. We’ve spent the last 8 years writing about games the way real adults actually play them: in short sessions, around real life, without the hype cycle and without the toxicity that pushed most of us out of the big communities.

What we cover

We write about games. All of them. Console, PC, handheld, tabletop. We don’t pretend to be neutral about any of it. We have opinions, we put names on them, and we tell you when we changed our minds.

Three editorial threads run through everything we publish:

  • Time respect. We don’t recommend a 100-hour open world to someone who has 4 hours a week. We tell you what’s worth those 4 hours.
  • Household awareness. Couples gaming. Parent gaming. Kids in the room. Late-night quiet sessions. We cover the gaming life adults actually have, not the one Twitch chat assumes.
  • Non-toxic communities. We’ve been writing about online gaming culture since 2018 and we built TAG specifically because most communities are exhausting. We name the problem and we recommend the alternatives.

Who’s behind this

Fred — Founder and editor.
I’ve been gaming since my dad brought home a recycled PC from work and installed Hugo’s House of Horrors as a toddler. I continue to play games almost daily across PC, console and mobile and may have a slightly addictive personality. I’m 38 and live in Westfield, New Jersey.

Julian — Founder and editor.
I got my start gaming under the tutelage of my older brother as the iconic player 2 like Tails and Luigi. I have since become player 1 and game mainly on console and PC combining my quirky and tactical insights. I’m 39 and live in Media, Pennsylvania.

You can reach TAG at [email protected].

Our contributors

  • Felipe Rivera — Story-driven games and indie titles, with a soft spot for lore. Started on a borrowed PlayStation with Spyro and Crash Bandicoot.
  • Brandon Williams — RPGs and fighting games. Xenoblade and Smash Bros are his all-time favorites; the Switch is his most-played console.
  • Natalie Ordaz — FFXIV glam farmer, gacha enthusiast, and ATLUS evangelist. Started on a PS1 her dad brought home.
  • Thomas Hernandez — Storyteller from Philadelphia covering action-adventure, tabletop, and emerging gaming tech. Got his start playing Call of Duty and Yu-Gi-Oh! with his older brother.
  • Aaron McIntire — Nintendo fan at heart (Gamecube, Wii, DS) who plays across genres and platforms. Off-screen: coffee, books, and chasing Northeast Ohio sunlight.
  • Joshua Blake — Gaming since age six. Writes about why we play the games we do and what they mean.

What we’re building next

SavePoint launches in late 2026 at savepoint.twoaveragegamers.com. It’s the game tracker built specifically for the way adults play: cross-platform library, tabletop alongside video, household sharing, and a community that doesn’t ask you to be online every night. TAG members get it included. If you want early access, join the newsletter or the Discord.

How we make money

Honest version: badly, until recently. TAG ran on Mediavine ads and affiliate revenue for 3 years. We’re moving to a subscription model in late 2026 because (a) it lets us write longer, weirder pieces, (b) it lets the community matter more than the algorithm, and (c) the ad-supported model is broken for sites our size.

When SavePoint launches, TAG Pro membership will cover everything: site, tracker, Discord, ad-free reading. Until then, you’ll see Mediavine ads on most articles and affiliate links in our gear posts. We disclose every affiliate relationship and only recommend gear we’d buy ourselves. Full disclosure is at the top of every post that includes affiliate links.

Editorial standards

  • Every article has a named human author. No anonymous posts.
  • We disclose everything: affiliate relationships, review samples, sponsorships (we don’t take sponsorships yet, but if we did, we’d say so).
  • We update old reviews when our opinion changes. We don’t quietly delete bad takes.

Get in touch

If you’re a writer or a podcaster who wants to pitch us, we’re slowly rebuilding our contributor program. We read every pitch. Email TAG directly.

Write about the games you already play. Keep 60% of the ad revenue.

TAG creators publish on their own schedule. No editorial gatekeeping, no quotas.

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