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Known for censoring material deemed as "flame". When he is confronted about said post forum blocks or deletions he is quick to g-line or ban from the forums. He does not like people questioning his authority. Has banned several individuals for basically talking back to him when they felt he was wrong. His favorite pass times include mass private messaging people with lame advertisements of shitty Gbatemp Merchandise that is sold for a ridiculously high price.
 
Known for censoring material deemed as "flame". When he is confronted about said post forum blocks or deletions he is quick to g-line or ban from the forums. He does not like people questioning his authority. Has banned several individuals for basically talking back to him when they felt he was wrong. His favorite pass times include mass private messaging people with lame advertisements of shitty Gbatemp Merchandise that is sold for a ridiculously high price.
  
On July 25th 2011, Costello came up with an idea of changing the name of the website from GBAtemp.net to CostelloTemp.net for the GBA has long been dead and he wanted a special gift for his birthday.  While Shaunj66 completely supported Costello's idea it was strongly protested by the other staff members such as Toni Plutonij and mthrnite. Costello dropped this plan because he felt powerless this one time.
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On July 25th 2011, Costello came up with an idea of changing the name of the website from GBAtemp.net to CostelloTemp.net for the GBA had long been dead and he wanted a special gift for his birthday.  While Shaunj66 completely supported Costello's idea, it was strongly protested by other staff members such as Toni Plutonij and mthrnite. Costello dropped this plan because he felt powerless this one time.

Revision as of 07:49, 9 August 2011

Aerial view of a small portion of Oxford city, UK overlooking the Christ Church.

Costello is an Administrator and owner of GBAtemp.net.

Costello's Profile at GBAtemp

Background Information

Costello was born and lives in France. Which means he smokes cigarettes and does not shower. He "studied" at Brookes University in Oxford, UK. He is a self-taught programmer. Which basically meant he ate lots of food and watch a lot of porn. He started learning at the age of 14 (because learning at the age of 13 was too difficult) when he was in High School, and as he grew older he began learning more languages (and finding his penis): HTML, PHP, SQL, Javascript, CSS, and everything you need to design a dynamic website. His hobbies include coding, gaming, travelling, Making life miserable for others. football (he played football since he was 7) and in general spend time with friends and family.


Costello discovered GBAtemp in mid-2002, when GBAtemp was still a small website. When the site turned into a forum in October 2002, Costello was the 255th member to register (255 = 0xFF = %1111 1111). He has been a member ever since and has moved up the ranks from moderator of the GBA Hardware and Utilities Forum, to Global Moderator, to Administrator in early 2005. And Still Nobody who has a real personality could like him.

Handheld/Console History

Costello owns or has owned the following handhelds & consoles:

  • NES
  • SNES
  • GameBoy
  • GameBoy Color
  • Sega MegaDrive
  • Sega Saturn
  • PlayStation
  • PlayStation 2
  • GameBoy Advance
  • Nintendo GameCube
  • Nintendo DS
  • Xbox 360
  • Nintendo Wii
  • Penis

His favourite games include:

  • Metal Gear Solid 3 - Snake Eater
  • The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
  • The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
  • The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages/Seasons


His current favourite game is Mario vs Luigi, the local WiFi multiplayer mode of New Super Mario Bros (DS).

His first video game ever played is Super Mario Bros, on NES.

Known for censoring material deemed as "flame". When he is confronted about said post forum blocks or deletions he is quick to g-line or ban from the forums. He does not like people questioning his authority. Has banned several individuals for basically talking back to him when they felt he was wrong. His favorite pass times include mass private messaging people with lame advertisements of shitty Gbatemp Merchandise that is sold for a ridiculously high price.

On July 25th 2011, Costello came up with an idea of changing the name of the website from GBAtemp.net to CostelloTemp.net for the GBA had long been dead and he wanted a special gift for his birthday. While Shaunj66 completely supported Costello's idea, it was strongly protested by other staff members such as Toni Plutonij and mthrnite. Costello dropped this plan because he felt powerless this one time.