Played By: Zachary Quinto.
Voice: N/A. Birthdate & Age: February 15, 1979 - 30. Screen name: death and maxes Biography: More commonly known as Max Adler, Max is the current cohost of G4's X-Play, a show that specializes in the reviews of video games as well as the occasional comedic skit. How does someone get that sort of job? Well, as Max would say, it takes hard work, perseverance, and a natural gift of charisma to get on TV. Really, though, he was just in the right place at the right time. Born in the small town of Maple Valley, Washington, Max is the son of Yvette Dering and Henry Adler, two extremely dedicated parents but also a pair of goofballs. From the beginning they encouraged Max's unhealthy obsession with video games and the need to play them all. When a new game was released for whatever console Max was interested in at the time, the parents bought it. Why? Because they were good parents, that's why. By the time Max was 10 he had nearly every game for Atari, was a total Mattel Intellivision nut, and was considered at his school to be the master of the NES-not to mention, he also had every Sega Genesis game that could be bought, crappy ones and not crappy ones alike. When asked in class what Max liked to do, he would say: "Play Nintendo!" His teacher's responded with: "But you'll get so fat, just sitting around doing that sort of thing!" When asked what he wanted to be when he grew up, Max would reply with: "I want to work for Nintendo!" His teacher would respond with, "You have to be Japanese!" Needless to say, Max didn't like her very much. Max's love for video games never did really die off. He still played them every day; applications for colleges all around the Pacific Northwest lay on the desktop in his bedroom while he maniacally pushed X and O, at the time addicted to original PlayStation and all it had to offer. Standing on the steps of his dorm at Washington University was the worst day ever for him, knowing that the road before him was made completely of self-responsibility, 9 to 5 jobs, and the curse of never dedicating 10 hours a day to gaming ever again. What the hell was this? Hell, that's what it was. In college, Max majored in journalism, finding a constructive way to take his gaming knowledge and put it down on paper, writing witty and informative reviews that got his neighbors to know more about the world of video games. He was easily one of the more popular kids on his floor; with nearly every console in existence at his fingertips, how could he not be? His roommate was into all the games, whether it was vintage or brand spanking new. They even played Pong for the Atari from '76 until 4:00 AM when they both had finals at 8:00 AM. It was in the summer of his second year at college that Max found a way out of education. His hope was to one day be an intern at GameInformer, or some equally well-selling game magazine, but those hopes were abandoned once he was pushed into auditions as host of a new gaming show called GameSpot TV that would be premiering in 1998 on a channel called G4. Max wouldn't have even known about it if his roommate hadn't been looking out for him, and while he was a little shaky at the audition and interviews, Max was able to use his witty repertoire and natural charisma to land himself a job at G4, and was only 19 years old. The only catch was that he had to drop out of college and move to San Francisco, but that was no challenge for Max. He hated school and found no reason for it other than the social skills it gave him, and he would way rather play video games for a living than study for another math test. As the show grew, Max grew. Becoming familiar with the workings of television, more so than just: "help write some stuff, and read your lines", Max has helped to develop X-Play into what it currently is. Upgrading from the faux-brick backgrounds of GameSpot TV, to the studio of Extended Play, and finally to the epic studio that X-Play now records in, as well as help changing the name to something new and catchy, Max and his costar, Vaughn Abrahms, helped put G4 on the map. From San Francisco to Santa Montica, Max has been there from the beginning and will be there until the end. He sort of views the show as his adopted child - while he did not create it, he helped bring it to the awesomeness that it is now, and he couldn't imagine having any other job in the world. For his extra curricular activities, Max has been known to fool around on the internet just as much as any other young man like himself. With a few friends, he created the "Red vs. Blue" series, a popular web cartoon filmed with the groundbreaking Halo series. The voice of Sarge, Max is commonly approached by fans to record ring tones and voicemails in the southern-gruff-man's voice. As for other activities, Max plans on launching a new series called: The Angry Video Game Nerd, which is basically a chance for him to review all the games he hated as a child in the most crude manner possible. AVGN will also offer him a chance to test out his own filming and writing abilities, as well as give him some good quality time with his friends in his basement, which is really what Max's life is all about: gathering around the TV, grabbing a controller, and button mashing away all of your problems. Rolling Rock included. |
