Ben Sykes is a 22 year old Staff Writer for Ready Up. With his first console being a Game Gear, at the wee age of 4, his love and passion for video games has not diminished over the years. Receiving the PlayStation in '97 was quite possibly the best thing that could happen to him - as it introduced "The Legend of Dragoon" which is still one of his favourite games to date. Since then, Ben has collected a vast amount of RPGs, across many consoles from the PlayStation, to the Gamecube and most recently the Xbox 360. Ben is a Chemistry student, and thoroughly enjoys blowing up his experiments in the lab almost as much as throwing a fireball or six as a Mage in any game going.