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Kevin Parrish

Kevin Parrish is a freelance writer for How-To Geek. He's a first-generation gamer and a former mall rat that grew up in the arcades. Atari's Pong console sold under the Sears Tele-Games brand was his first console. He's owned mostly every console to date, including the Sega SD drive for Genesis, the TurboGrafx-16, Panasonic's 3DO, and Atari's shortly-lived Jaguar.

Kevin began writing online in the mid-1990s after his uncle dropped a box of computer parts at his feet, saying "have fun." Developer id Software released Quake shortly thereafter, which began supporting a new thing called a GPU. That kicked off Kevin's (costly) obsession for better graphics and better performance in his PCs and games.

For a decade he wrote reviews, previews, news, and more covering PC-based and console gaming. He worked closely with Nintendo, Sony, Sega, and third-party publishers to produce content. In 2008, he began mainly covering hardware and devices after Tom's Hardware closed its dedicated gaming website.

Kevin's work covering hardware, devices, and gaming previously appeared on Tom's Hardware, Tom's Guide, and Maximum PC. He also currently writes news, reviews, how-to guides, and op-ed pieces for Digital Trends and Android Authority.

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