About Mike Searle
Mike Searle remembers playing the simple yet addictive
Missile Command, and the days of
Atari Adventure, where your square hero could end up in a hollow dragon stomach. His desire to play computer games into the wee hours of the morning really took hold when his parents made him play outside, instead of on the console, so the first chance he got, he bought a PC to play the
Ultima series,
Doom, and countless others. Mike started working with Prima Games in 2002 and has written more than 30 strategy guides, including
Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis, Dark Messiah: Might and Magic, Pirates of the Burning Sea, and several guides in the
Tom Clancy Ghost Recon and
Splinter Cell series. He can't wait for thought technology, so game controls can catch up with his brain and stop all that needless in-game dying. At least, that's what he keeps telling himself about his FPS kill ratio.