About Blaine Smith

A detailed biography of Blaine Smith. His experience, achievements, and awards in the gaming industry

Blaine Smith has been playing video-games since 1990. Starting his journey on the Spectrum, piling countless hours into 180 Darts and Rex, and continuing through to the latest generation of consoles.

Playing such a broad variety of games, dating back to sprites and 2D graphics to modern-day 3D masterpieces, gives Blaine an in-depth understand of puzzle mechanics, boss battles, side quests, all of the popular elements of today’s industry that have been developed over the years.

This puts Blaine in a prime position to understand the nuances of mechanics in today’s industry.

If you were to ask Blaine about the golden era of gaming, it would be the Nintendo 64 era. Golden Eye, WWF No Mercy, Perfect Dark, just some of the titles atop Blaine’s list of best games of the times.

Blaine started freelance writing around 2005 before getting into the gaming industry around 2008. Then, in 2010 and alongside Ryan Flickema, he founded Gamers Heroes.

In that time, Blaine has written over 4,200 articles on Gamers Heroes, reviewed over 200 games, and was written over 3,700 game guides for every major video-game release in the last 15 years.

Blaine At Gamers Heroes

Blaine has been the Editor-In-Chief at Gamers Heroes since 2010, managing the overall running of the website and editorial direction. In 2021, Blaine was awarded the Silver Play Button by YouTube for reaching 100,000 Subscribers.

As well as video editing, publishing, and marketing, Blaine is also responsible for community management, publisher and developer relations, website maintenance & design, advertising, and content strategy.

Blaine’s Social Media

Engaging With The Gaming Community

Blaine spends much of his time engaging with the Gamers Heroes and wider gaming community on X. Outside general conversation, Blaine invests a lot of time in helping to fact-check various claims and statements made in the industry.

Blaine has had multiple viral Tweets (1, 2, 3, 4) correcting misinformation on Twitter, totaling over 2.5 million views.

Accolades & Awards & Features

Blaine’s Latest Work

Blaine’s Reviews