Justin Hall is the publisher of Links.net, a long-running site that was part of the first wave of personal web publishing. From 2007-2009, Hall was CEO of GameLayers, Inc. as they made a social game out of surfing the web. Prior to GameLayers, Hall worked as a Tokyo-based freelance journalist covering digital games and online culture. Hall recieved an MFA in Interactive Media from USC and a BA from Swarthmore College. Today Hall works as the Director of Culture & Communications at ngmoco:) / DeNA, a mobile entertainment company.