Michael R Brown | Writer |

Cultured Magazine

Cultured is an independent magazine written, designed and published by Michael Brown. The focus and topics covered vary from issue to issue. The goal of the magazine is to educate readers about various forms of culture or...

Podcast

Join Michael Brown, creator of Cultured Magazine, and Nick Tringali, former editor of Lv42.com, as they discuss video games and what’s on their minds. Michael and Nick started writing in the games journalism industry...

Articles

Over the years I’ve written multiple reviews, previews, features and conducted interviews. In the past I’ve done work for 1UP.com, Lv42.com & more. Much of my past work is housed here in chronological order.

"To see something I could show my mom to explain what I do, but that I could also give to a co-worker without cringing is impressive."

-Chris Charla of Microsoft Studios, reviewing the first issue of Cultured Magazine

About

Writing seemed like such a logical choice, but for years I neglected it. I tried out a few different things, such as acting, radio, and teaching and somehow ended up writing about video games. I’ve been doing this for over two years now, and in that time have had my work professionally published on 1UP.com, GameZone.com and more. […]