Nationality United States Genre Satire, humor | Name Rodney Caston Role Engineer | |
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Born May 13, 1977 (age 47) Baton Rouge, LA ( 1977-05-13 ) Occupation Engineer, writer, libertarian Education Louisiana State University Similar People Fred Gallagher, William Gibson, H P Lovecraft, Ursula K Le Guin | ||
Rodney Caston (born May 13, 1977) is an American security researcher, ethical hacker and writer currently living in Dallas, Texas. He is credited as a co-creator and writer of the first volume of the popular comic book series Megatokyo, and as a co-creator of the second volume. He has worked for Linden Lab, makers of the online game called Second Life, and Riot Games, makers of League of Legends. He is presently serving as a board member for the Southern Methodist University Cyber Security Advisory Board.
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He is also an active member of the Libertarian Party. He most recently ran for elected office as the Libertarian Party candidate for Texas State Representative District 106 in the 2012 elections.
Biography
Caston was born and spent most of his early life in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He attended Louisiana State University and majored in Computer Science. After finishing school he moved to Dallas, Texas. He married Perla Fainstein on April 21, 2012
Politics
Caston is a civil libertarian and active member of the Libertarian Party. In 2008, he ran, unsuccessfully, for Constable, in the state of Texas against Republican Chuck Presley, Sr. He received 19,079 votes (19.44% of the total votes cast) to Presley's 79,039 votes (80.56% of the total cast). In 2012, he ran, again unsuccessfully, for Texas State Representative of District 106 for the Libertarian Party against Pat Fallon, he received 8,412 votes (17% of the total votes cast) to Fallon's 41,582 (83% of the total cast)
Fandom
Caston is credited as a co-creator and writer of the first volume of the popular comic book series Megatokyo, and as a co-creator of the second volume. He has since parted ways with partner Fred Gallagher and relinquished his interest in Megatokyo.
Caston's connections to software designers and writers at BioWare landed his alter ego cameos in two of their games. In Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn and Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic.
In early 2005, Scott Kurtz of PvP wrote a forum post that congratulated Caston on his impending fatherhood and inferred that Fred Gallagher had stolen Megatokyo away from Caston. Following this, Gallagher posted an explanation for what he characterized as a buyout, based on creative differences and handled in a professional manner.
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In July 2004, Megatokyo was the tenth best-selling manga property in the U.S.