Hasker Brouwer
Owner & Writer
Art-director by trade, with a specialty in turning complex stories, visions and products into simple animations or infographics, Hasker always loved telling stories and making things clear.
Stinger Magazine is an extension of that. Tired of modern gaming publications starting with conclusions on the title they are discussing, fed up with bloggers posing as critics, he took it upon himself to just make a website that describes what a game does, why, and for whom that might be interesting. And what better genre to focus on than the one he loves most? Action.
Challenge Run History
Unless stated otherwise, runs are done on the highest difficulty available in the game barring perma-death modes.
World First
God Hand [KMS Hard Kick Only]
God Hand [KMS Hard Punch Only]
Kunitsu-Gami [NuR]
Metal Gear Rising [No Dodge VH NuR]
Metal Gear Rising [No Parry REV NuR]
Metal Gear Rising [Pole Only NuR]
Metal Gear Rising [VH NuR]
Nioh [Way of the Blade]
Prey2016 [NuR+]
Resident Evil 5 [Fresh Pro]
World Record/ World Only
Astral Chain [NuR]
Evil Within 2 [Knife Only]
Evil Within 2 [True Survivor]
Metal Gear Rising [Way of the Blade]
Vanquish [LC Only GH]
Vanquish [No Cover GH]
Vanquish [Shotgun Only GH]
Warrior Within [No Sands Hard]
ZoE2 [No subweapon Damaged Jehuty Extreme]
ZoE2 [No subweapon Extreme]
Various other Challenge Runs
Baten Kaitos [No ClassUp]
Bayonetta 2 [NuR]
Bayonetta 2 [Parry Only NuR]
Dante’s Inferno [NuR]
Dark Souls [SL1]
Demon’s Souls [SL1, low brightness]
Devil May Cry 1 [Fresh SSB DMD]
Devil May Cry 1 [NuR DMD]
Devil May Cry 3 [NuR DMD]
Doom 2016 [NuR]
Doom Eternal [NuR]
Doom Eternal [Shotgun Only]
Doom The Dark Ages [NuR]
Genma Onimusha [Fresh Max Rank]
Genma Onimusha [NuR]
God Hand [KMS Hard]
God of War 1 [NuR]
God of War 1 [PAIN+]
God of War 2018 [Level-1 Run]
Golden Sun [No Armour No Summon]
Halo CE [No Pistols Heroic]
Hitman Blood Money [Sniper only]
Killer is Dead [NuR]
Kingdom Hearts 1 [level 1 proud]
Kingdom Hearts 2 [level 1 crit]
Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time [3 heart challenge]
Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess [3 heart challenge]
Legend of Zelda Wind Waker [3 heart challenge]
Metroid Dread [100% save file]
Metroid Fusion [Hard 0% run]
Metroid Prime [Low% Hard]
Ninja Gaiden 2 [Claw Only]
Ninja Gaiden 2 [Dragon Sword Only Fresh OLB NN]
Ninja Gaiden 2 [Dual Katana Only]
Ninja Gaiden 2 [NuR]
Ninja Gaiden 2 [OLB+NN]
Ninja Gaiden Black [Dabi only]
Ninja Gaiden Black [Hammer only]
Ninja Gaiden Black [Kitetsu only]
Ninja Gaiden Black [NuR]
Ninja Gaiden Black [OLB+NN VH]
Ninja Gaiden Sigma [Dual Katana Only]
Ninja Gaiden Black 2
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 [Claws Only]
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 [Dragon Sword Only]
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 [Dual Katana Only]
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 [Enma Only]
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 [Kusarigama Only]
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 [Lunar Only]
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 [Scythe Only]
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 [Tonfa Only]
Ninja Gaiden 3 [UN Dragon Sword Only]
Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge [Dragon Sword Only UN]
Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge [Claw Only UN]
Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge [Kusarigama Only UN]
Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge [Dual Katana Only UN]
Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge [NuR UN]
Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge [Ayane NuR UN]
P.N.03 [Papillon]
Panzer Dragoon Orta [Low Level Hard]
Pokemon SoulSilver [Low Level]
Resident Evil 4 [Knife Only]
Resident Evil 4 [No Merchant]
Resident Evil 4 [Pistol only]
Resident Evil 4 [TMP only]
Sekiro [Bell+charmless+NuR]
Sifu [age 20]
Sifu [Grandmaster]
Sifu [Max Age]
Sifu [NuR]
SMT3 [True Demon Ending Hard]
SMTV [low level Hard]
Splinter Cell 1 [No Nothing Run]
Splinter Cell Blacklist [No Nothing Run]
Splinter Cell Chaos Theory [No Nothing Run]
Super Mario World [No Walk/Run]
Super Metroid [Low Level]
Stranger of Paradise [Lufenia, NoGear Mod, 80rift, no potion, no party, recovering HP enemies and perma damage]
Tales of Symphonia [Fresh Mania MinHP HalfEXP]
The Last of Us [Grounded Pistol Only]
Yakuza Kiwami [NuR (partial)]
Shinobi PS2 [Hard Joe]
Shinobi PS2 [Hard No Kunai No Ninpo]
Other Team Members
Vincent Hiemstra
Copy Editor
Old friend of Hasker, together they’ve shared many adventures, both in real life and online. An avid fan of Warcraft, he could tell you the series fabled history in exquisite detail and has done his share of writing on the subject.
Thanks to his good knowledge of English, in part due to one day dreaming to move abroad, he helps out at Stinger making sure that the articles are up to snuff.
Milan Lefferts
Content Editor
Independent game developer and writer based in Amsterdam. Storytelling is at the heart of everything he does. He creates worlds and experiences, both digital and analogue. One word, one piece of code at a time.
Outside of that he uses his knowledge of the craft to edit all articles on Stinger Magazine before they are published, because as he says: “every good writer needs an editor“. Want to see more of his own work, please visit his website.
Johan de Wild
Developer
Not the hero Stinger deserves, but the one it needed. Johan singlehandedly saved the site from damnation by rebuilding it from scratch in less than 3 hours. Now he helps with changes to the design and keeping the site up to date.
During the day he’s an avid gamer and owner of WildIT – a Salesforce agency that helps to configure and develop Salesforce platforms.
Tai Tsurugi
Guest Writer
Passionate about videogames since he was a child. Fell in love with action games thanks to Freedom Unite and DMC, always ready to discuss game desing has a soft spot for challenging games. Has a podcast called Izuna Talk focused on action and singleplayer games.