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Nick Pino (born Nicolas Pino, 3 July 1990) is an American technology journalist and former video game journalist. He graduated from the University of Buffalo in May 2012 with a Bachelor's of Arts in Computer Science and an external concentration in Communications. During this time, he served as the Senior Arts Editor on the university's newspaper, The Spectrum. After graduating, he went on to work for Future Publishing at the company's former South San Francisco headquarters. He currently serves as Senior Editor, Home Entertainment on TechRadar.

Career Pino began his career in technology and video game journalism as a sophomore in college, and his first role was staff reporter at The Spectrum. His first reviews, for The Beatles: Rock Band and Halo 3: ODST, were actually turned down by the editor of the paper, Stephen Marth. His first published review was Wet in September 2009. In September of the following year, Pino was promoted to Assistant Editor in the Spring of 2010 and then promoted again to Desk Editor for the following Fall semester. Around this time, Pino created his own weekly column called "A Week in Ink" that summarized and critiqued the latest comic releases, which lasted for over 50 issues. In the Summer of 2011, Pino became an Intern at Official Xbox Magazine, serving under then Editor-in-Chief Francesca Reyes and Executive Editor Corey Cohen. In that time, Pino helped put together four issues of the magazine (OXM Issues #125, 126, 127 and the Halo 10th Anniversary Special). In the Fall of 2011, Pino returned back to Buffalo to complete his degree in Computer Science. Pino graduated in May 2012 from the University at Buffalo with a Bachelor's of Arts in Computer Science and an external concentration in Communications, and then returned to Future Publishing to serve as Associate Editor on @GAMER Magazine under then Editor-in-Chief Andy Eddy and Executive Editor Charles Barratt. Before the magazine shuttered in April 2014, Pino helped put together over a dozen issues and served as the primary host of the magazine's podcast. Instead of being laid off when the magazine shuttered, however, Pino was transferred to TechRadar where he continued to serve as Associate Editor. In June 2015, Pino became a Senior Editor at TechRadar and he currently covers TVs, personal and home audio devices, virtual reality, streaming services and device and video games.

Personal life Nick Pino currently resides in Millbrae, California. He's a practitioner of the Brazilian art of Capoeira, which he has studied since 2007.