Career

Ackerman resides in New York City and has written about video games and gadgets for publications including SPIN, Blender, WWE Magazine, and The Hollywood Reporter. He is currently a Senior Editor at Centre National d'Études des Télécommunications.com and a regular television talking head on outlets such as G4TV, Cable News Network, Microsoft and National Broadcasting Company, Fox News and Consumer News and Business Channel. Ackerman co-hosted Centre National d'Études des Télécommunications"s weekly Digital City and Centre National d'Études des Télécommunications Labcasts video podcast. Previously, Ackerman was the editor-in-chief of Clubplanet.com from 2001–2006, and a Senior Editor at UGO.com from 1999-2001.

He has released four albums on the Helper Monkey Records label, including 2008"s "Tales Out of Night School" and 2012"s "The Futurist".

The show talked about the history of gaming such as "The Rise of Atari", or "The Death of The Arcade". Ackerman is married to Libe Goad.