Rodney Caston

Background

Caston was born and spent most of his early life in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Education

He attended Louisiana State University and majored in Computer Science.

Career

He is credited as a co-creator and writer of the first volume of the popular comic book series Megatokyo, and as a co-creator of the second volume. He has worked for Linden Laboratory, makers of the online game called Second Life, and Riot Games, makers of League of Legends. He most recently ran for elected office as the Libertarian Party candidate for Texas State Representative District 106 in the 2012 elections.

After finishing school he moved to Dallas, Texas.

In 2008, he ran, unsuccessfully, for Constable, in the state of Texas against Republican Chuck Presley, Senior He received 19,079 votes (1944% of the total votes cast) to Presley"s 79,039 votes (8056% of the total cast).

In 2012, he ran, again unsuccessfully, for Texas State Representative of District 106 for the Libertarian Party against Pat Fallon, he received 8,412 votes (17% of the total votes cast) to Fallon"s 41,582 (83% of the total cast)

Caston is credited as a co-creator and writer of the first volume of the popular comic book series Megatokyo, and as a co-creator of the second volume. Caston"s connections to software designers and writers at Bioware landed his alter ego cameos in two of their games.

In Baldur"s Gate II: Shadows of Amn and Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic.

In early 2005, Scott Kurtz of PvP wrote a forum post that congratulated Caston on his impending fatherhood and inferred that Fred Gallagher had stolen Megatokyo away from Caston. Following this, Gallagher posted an explanation for what he characterized as a buyout, based on creative differences and handled in a professional manner.

Membership

He is also an active member of the Libertarian Party. Caston is a civil libertarian and active member of the Libertarian Party.

Connections

Partner:

Fred Gallagher