Personal Life
One of his brothers is Tyler Bleszinski, a sports blogger who founded Athletics Nation and Vox Media.
On his website, Bleszinski often shares his thoughts and feelings on the world, American culture, gaming, and life in general. He is occasionally cited for his charitable nature, as when helping fans get jobs in the industry. Bleszinski also lists his interests on his 1UP.com page, citing Donnie Darko and 21 Grams amongst his favorite films, with Choke and Stupid White Men as some of his favorite books.
Bleszinski's first game was The Palace of Deceit: Dragon's Plight, a 1991 pixel-hunting adventure game for Windows which was distributed via shareware method. He is also known for the games Dare to Dream and Jazz Jackrabbit. In 2006, he served as lead game designer on the game Gears of War for the Xbox 360. Bleszinski will be an executive producer on the upcoming Gears of War movie.
Despite the extensive amount of weapons that Bleszinski incorporates into each of his games, he had no experience with a machine gun prior to a guest spot on The Jace Hall Show.
According to Bleszinski's MySpace page and his website, he lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.
The nickname "CliffyB" was given to him derogatorily by "some jock kid" when he was a shy teenager; he then took it and developed a tougher persona around it. In 2008, he expressed a desire to retire the CliffyB moniker, saying it's "time to grow up a bit".
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