Brandon is a Christian, who believes in the Bible. He is officially non-denominational, but leans heavily Reformed (Calvinist). He was born in 1981 in Washington State. As a child, he lived in Alaska and, for a short time, Virginia before moving back to Washington when he was around six. He has one younger brother, who sometimes does voices in his movies.

He attended Christian Faith School for elementary, middle and high school. His school didn’t have many extra-curricular activities, so he participated in wrestling for one year at a nearby public school (which he hated very, very much). He played the trumpet in his school band until the band program was removed, and he participated in the science fair, where he won many awards for blowing things up and electrocuting himself. Brandon was a Boy Scout for many years, and ultimately achieved his Eagle.

During his tender years, he developed a strong love for writing which has stuck with him ever since. After high school, he worked in construction as an apprentice for a year while attending Dominion College, a theology school, before enrolling in Highline Community College to pursue his writing. He graduated with a writing emphasis and then transferred to The University of Washington, where he spent many wonderfully grueling years.

He wrote for the UW’s The Daily for two years. He started as a reporter and eventually became an op-ed columnist. He wrote in this capacity for over a year before finally getting fired for not being “progressive” enough. He is not bitter about this in any way. No sir. Not at all.

While writing a fantasy novel in his spare time, he became a Scandinavian Studies major with the idea of learning Old Icelandic so he could read the Norse Edda and Sagas in their original language. As a prerequisite to Old Icelandic, he studied Swedish, which he remembers just well enough to flirt with Swedish girls. After a few years, his senses finally returned to him, and he switched to a History major, focusing on ancient Greek history. He then studied the ancient Greek and Latin languages, neither of which he remembers AT ALL.

He sang in the advanced college choir “University Chorale” as a tenor for three years. One highlight of his college career was singing “Spanish Ladies” in a barbershop quartet. Even though there were seven of them. And two of which were girls. Which makes it a… salon septet?

He finished his fantasy novel in 2004 and has been trying to get it published ever since. He would have had it published by now except for the well-known fact that all book publishers are insane. During this time he worked as a hotel van driver, a job that lasted him three years. After breaking down doors to search for bodies, lambasting morons who think the driver knows where to get drugs, kicking out homeless people who raid the kitchen for bagels, assisting the police after being held-up at gunpoint, and assisting the police in prostitution stings, Brandon learned many life lessons, one of which is this: make your hotel rooms really expensive, or you will inevitably accommodate the dregs of society.

Brandon started making machinima during his time at university, round-abouts 2004/2005. After one of his movies, ROFLMAO!, skyrocketed him to the lofty peak of World of Warcraft machinima e-fame, he decided that he wanted to make a career out of his little college hobby. He neglected his studies in favor of his machinima, but managed to squeak out a bachelor’s degree in History in 2007. He briefly worked as a DVD team editor at Amazon.com before signing on with WeGame.com as the Creative Director, at the beginning of 2008.

At WeGame, Brandon had the pleasure of making his own machinima movies, writing songs, organizing and judging machinima contests, community building, producing and co-hosting a weekly show and generally having a pretty good time. The state of the economy in California, however, made his job disappear in 2009, and he moved back to Washington.

Brandon now works as a freelance video editor and social media consultant while producing his machinima to keep his fans happy. He makes a fine living selling CDs, going out on midnight trysts with Google, and scratching the never-satisfied back of YouTube. Brandon produces a weekly show called Scotch & Smoke Rings, which you can watch every Thursday night at 7:00 PM Pacific, at oxhorn.com. He also hates writing about himself in the third person, and intends to stop now.