Al

Al is one of the co-hosts of Critical Moves and has been playing video games since the days of floppy discs. He remembers the dark times before the internet, when multiplayer meant hot-seating around the same screen and game guides came in the form of thick manuals or tips from friends at school. His first strategy games were classics in the genre — and he's not smug about it at all. They introduced young Al to resource management, tactical warfare, and the kind of complex decision-making he's been chasing ever since.

He's sarcastic, a bit grumpy, and almost certainly thinks he's funnier than he is. Al handles most of the back-end work you never see, and while he claims to be perpetually exhausted, he clearly hasn't figured out how to stop.