Dan Ryckert

Self-Help Author

Birthday June 16, 1984

Birth Sign Gemini

Birthplace Kansas

Age 39 years old

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About

Author and journalist whose works include Anxiety as an Ally: How I Turned a Worried Mind into My Best Friend and Air Force Gator. He has been a senior editor at the website Giant Bomb.

Before Fame

He has written for the Game Informer website and the Lawrence Journal-World, a daily newspaper published in Lawrence, Kansas.

Trivia

In 2011, he set the Guinness World Record for the longest Mario marathon. He played multiple Mario games for 50 hours straight.

Family Life

His family once owned and operated a grocery store in Kansas called Ryckert's Market.

Associated With

He has held two Guinness World Records for playing video games that featured the character Mario, who was created by Shigeru Miyamoto.