Gameshow (magazine) - The Crew of Gameshow

The Crew of Gameshow

M. Emin Gür / aka. "MEG" (Author, Editor and Owner) : Also called "MEGatron". He was probably the crew member who suffered most during magazine's turbulent history. Close friend of MAC and Timur, he was sometimes described as an authoritarian but in fact he was a kind person who only interested in making the magazine run.

Timur Çataklı / aka. "Big Ben" (Founder and Author) : Married during 1996 and later moved to US, Timur was one of the experts who played a significant role in Gameshow's success. In his column "Big Ben", he promoted a symbolic but utterly useless small campaign; "Let all games end with the same button." Even today, nobody has no idea about what he meant...

Mert Topçu (Founder and Author) : Known for his romantic nature, Mert was a lover of poetry as was seen in his writings ever since the first issue of Gameshow. He was very good friends and cousins with Timur Çataklı.

Şahin Derya (Former Author) : A former author who helped the survival of Gameshow, Şahin Derya was also a veteran author who worked at 64'ler with MAC. Known for his love of metal music, he left the magazine a while after the first close-down.

Murat Adanç / aka. "MAC"(Cover Designer, Page Designer, Director, Author) : Undeniably the best-known writer in Turkish computer-game magazine world, Murat Adanç was a veteran author who also worked in two legendary computer-game magazines. (See above) He was well liked by his readers because of this knowledge in almost everything and every game. A lover of strategy games and metal music, MAC moved to Germany long before Gameshow ever published. In middle 1997, when he left Gameshow because of disagreement between him and some of the members of crew, most people believed that the Gameshow was utterly finished. Even since he left, people still believed he was still behind the scenes and helping the publishing of magazine. He later returned in 2000 with Gameshow's sister internet magazine; "NET Show". He had a girl-friend named Mary Ann. His free-styled philosophical writings in his column "MACbeth", were also popular among readers.

Polat Yarışçı / aka. "Zebani"-"The Demon" in Turkish (Cover Designer, Director and Author) : Another veteran who served in an old Amiga game magazine, Zebani was in charge of reviewing classic Amiga games. Later when MAC left the magazine, he took over after MAC and begin writing "Overdose", after MAC's "Macbeth" was closed down. Although he wasn't as popular as MAC, he was still liked by the readers as he did all he can to help readers with their questions. People who know him describe him as a little eccentric man. Overdose was later published as a separate small magazine given along with Gameshow.

Serkan Uybaş / aka. "NOT Serkan"-From "Not enough Memory" (Author) : When Gameshow begin her life, Serkan was in charge of a column named "Not Enough Memory", which was created for reviewing old games which didn't need enormous system requirements for play. Serkan was always odds with MAC and Zebani, attacking them in any chance he can get. He was addressing readers as "Kitlem". ("My Crowd of People") Other authors especially MAC called him with names like "Moron" and "Idiot", questioning his intelligence. Serkan's column was censored once in late 1996, for not obeying a publishing law. (Apparently he was talking about a horse race, which was considered as a way of gambling in Turkey.) Serkan later left the magazine, but returned a while later.

Ertunç Burak (Author) : Most controversial author of Gameshow, Ertunç Burak was severely criticized for his review of FF7. (See above) He was known for his harsh articles about western ideology and was a critic of United States policies.

Burçak Caner (Author) : Sometimes nicknamed as "General" (and some other military terms) Burçak was an expert at strategy games, namely SSI's famous Panzer General series. Readers remember him as smug (sometimes), but nevertheless an intelligent and helpful person who did his best in helping readers in their troubles in strategy games. He was in charge of "B-Bölgesi" ("B-Zone") a column in Gameshow dedicated to strategy games.

Muhammed Dabiri / aka. "Nierdre" (Author) : Known for his extremely broad range of knowledge in FRP games, Nierdre was liked by the readers as he was very helpful and a kind person in nature. He enormously helped the FRP games to develop in Turkey. He later transferred to Gameshow's sister magazine decitated to FRP games; "FRP&Magic".

Levent Göçer (Author) : Another military expert of Gameshow, Levent Göçer had knowledge in most military topics, especially aircraft, so much so that some readers believed he was a pilot in the Turkish Air Force. He was the first one to came in mind when a new flight simulation game arrived to Gameshow.

Engin "Abla" ("Big Sister" in Turkish) Süzen (Author) : Before the first close-down, "Engin Abla" had column named after his nickname. Before it was confirmed that he was a guy, readers thought that he was a "she-male". His column was in charge of technical problems which readers might experience with hardware.

Nesime Taşan (Author) aka. "Cadaloz" (Turkish for "Shrew, nagging woman" ): Cadaloz was one of the few girls ever had a chance of being an author in Gameshow. She occasionally got into (playful, friendly) fights with Zebani, and was known as a brash and hot-headed person. She also had a column named after her nickname. (Although Zebani changed its column's name to Kataloz, Çotoloz or Kotoloz etc., just for making her angry.)

Muammer Derebaşı / aka. "MUDER" (Author) : A reader-turned-author who wrote to Macbeth whenever he got the chance, MUDER was known as a helpful, good-natured but a little perky person. He was in charge of "101", a column decitated to internet surfing.

Altuğ Canıtez (Page Designer, Author and Webmaster)

Hüseyin Yeşilbaş (Hardware Specialist and Author)

Fatih Yücesoy (Hardware Specialist and Author)

Other Authors: Artun Özsemerciyan, Emrecan Çakır, Can Kantarcı, Rauf Olcay, Emir B. Turan, Tuğhan Arslan, Evren Halbuni, Serkan Kutlubay, Levent Arslan, Onur Kabadayı, Ozan Özkuşaksız, Bleda Hacıalihafız, İrem Uygun, Nurettin Tan, Volkan Çağsal, CronoS.

Kamer Crew: Hayrettin Cenani.

Note: 'Kusmuk' and "Ters Adam" were two columns of the magazine written by unnamed authors. Although "Ters Adam" was rumored to be none other than "MAC" himself.