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Carolyn "Sylvene" Koh ~ Wordsmith
A Short Bio: "Sylvene" has been
the online byline of Carolyn Koh for the past six years. Some of
her writing exists out there with a former last name and some with
the nom de plume of Sylvene Firebrand - the name of her EverQuest
character.
Published at the ripe old age of nine by a local
children's magazine and paid in book vouchers and subscriptions,
Carolyn has had articles, poems and short stories accepted for school
publications all the way through her Primary, Secondary and Tertiary
education.
Carolyn Koh has participated in Massively Multiplayer
Online Role Playing Games since the days of MUDs (Multi-User Dungeons)
when she discovered the internet during her college days. With the
launch of the revolutionary EverQuest by Verant & 989 Studios
(later Sony Online Entertainment) in 1999, she went from playing
the games to organizing massive in-game events and then participating
in their Guide program – a Guide is a volunteer version of
a GM (Game Master) with reduced powers.
Carolyn began writing for Stratics in 2000, first by providing
game FAQs and guides, then Q&As and developer interviews for
EverQuest, moving to Managing Editor for their EverQuest II site
before becoming a part of their Developer Relations team and eventually
the Director of that team.
In late 2005, she parted ways with Stratics and in 2006, began
writing for MMORPG.com covering studio visits, editorials, feature
articles, interviews, hardware as well as software previews and
reviews. Leveraging previous developer & PR relationships, she
continues to obtain insider insight on released games as well as
games in development. From experience as player, fansite manager,
volunteer GM, developer relations and years of coverage of the MMORPG
genre, Carolyn enjoys intimate knowledge of the psyche of the MMOG
player as well that of the developer.
In 2007, she dove bravely into the world of Casual Games and enjoys
the diversity of covering Casual Games, Children's Games as well
as MMOGs.
Today, her writing can be found on PC.IGN.com, MMORPG.com,
Commonsense Media,
GamersInfo.net as well as the print edition of
Beckett Massive Online Gamer.
Contact: carol at sylvene dot com.
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