{"id":1165,"name":"Fran Ruiz","url":"","description":"Fran J. Ruiz is a freelance writer for The Escapist as well as other gaming, entertainment, and science websites, including VG247, Space, and LiveScience, with a strong focus on features, listicles, and opinion pieces. His wordsmith journey started with Star Wars News Net and its sister site, writing film, TV, and gaming news as a side gig. Once his bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degrees in English Studies (University of Malaga, Spain) were done, he started collaborating with more and more sites until he became a full-time freelancer on top of an occasional private tutor.\r\n\r\nThere\u2019s no film genre he\u2019s afraid of, but sci-fi and fantasy can win him over easily. Star Wars and Jurassic Park are his favorite stories ever. He also loves the entirety of Lost (yes, even the final season). When it comes to games, Spyro the Dragon and Warcraft III are his all-timers, but he\u2019s the opposite of tied to a few genres. Don\u2019t try to save him from his gargantuan backlog.","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/author\/franruiz\/","slug":"franruiz","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fran-j-ruiz-author.jpg?fit=24%2C24","48":"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fran-j-ruiz-author.jpg?fit=48%2C48","96":"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fran-j-ruiz-author.jpg?fit=96%2C96"},"meta":[],"yoast_head":"\nFran Ruiz, Author at The Escapist<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/author\/franruiz\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"profile\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fran Ruiz, Author at The Escapist\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/author\/franruiz\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Escapist\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fran-j-ruiz-author.jpg?w=500\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@EscapistMag\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"ProfilePage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/author\/franruiz\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/author\/franruiz\/\",\"name\":\"Fran Ruiz, Author at The Escapist\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/#website\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/author\/franruiz\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/\",\"name\":\"The Escapist\",\"description\":\"Everything fun\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Escapist\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/escapist2020_lightmode.png?fit=2084%2C593\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/escapist2020_lightmode.png?fit=2084%2C593\",\"width\":2084,\"height\":593,\"caption\":\"The Escapist\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EscapistMag\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/EscapistMag\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/TheEscapistMagazine\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/#\/schema\/person\/530c29589d84c7fff20d976ec44bf025\",\"name\":\"Fran Ruiz\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/fe16aafce1640d1c2abaed383c45879e\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fran-j-ruiz-author.jpg?fit=96%2C96\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fran-j-ruiz-author.jpg?fit=96%2C96\",\"caption\":\"Fran Ruiz\"},\"description\":\"Fran J. Ruiz is a freelance writer for The Escapist as well as other gaming, entertainment, and science websites, including VG247, Space, and LiveScience, with a strong focus on features, listicles, and opinion pieces. His wordsmith journey started with Star Wars News Net and its sister site, writing film, TV, and gaming news as a side gig. Once his bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degrees in English Studies (University of Malaga, Spain) were done, he started collaborating with more and more sites until he became a full-time freelancer on top of an occasional private tutor. There\u2019s no film genre he\u2019s afraid of, but sci-fi and fantasy can win him over easily. Star Wars and Jurassic Park are his favorite stories ever. He also loves the entirety of Lost (yes, even the final season). When it comes to games, Spyro the Dragon and Warcraft III are his all-timers, but he\u2019s the opposite of tied to a few genres. Don\u2019t try to save him from his gargantuan backlog.\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/author\/franruiz\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Fran Ruiz, Author at The Escapist","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/author\/franruiz\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"profile","og_title":"Fran Ruiz, Author at The Escapist","og_url":"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/author\/franruiz\/","og_site_name":"The Escapist","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fran-j-ruiz-author.jpg?w=500"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@EscapistMag","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"ProfilePage","@id":"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/author\/franruiz\/","url":"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/author\/franruiz\/","name":"Fran Ruiz, Author at The Escapist","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/#website"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/author\/franruiz\/"]}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/","name":"The Escapist","description":"Everything fun","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/#organization","name":"The Escapist","url":"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/escapist2020_lightmode.png?fit=2084%2C593","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/escapist2020_lightmode.png?fit=2084%2C593","width":2084,"height":593,"caption":"The Escapist"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EscapistMag\/","https:\/\/x.com\/EscapistMag","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/TheEscapistMagazine"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/#\/schema\/person\/530c29589d84c7fff20d976ec44bf025","name":"Fran Ruiz","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/fe16aafce1640d1c2abaed383c45879e","url":"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fran-j-ruiz-author.jpg?fit=96%2C96","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fran-j-ruiz-author.jpg?fit=96%2C96","caption":"Fran Ruiz"},"description":"Fran J. Ruiz is a freelance writer for The Escapist as well as other gaming, entertainment, and science websites, including VG247, Space, and LiveScience, with a strong focus on features, listicles, and opinion pieces. His wordsmith journey started with Star Wars News Net and its sister site, writing film, TV, and gaming news as a side gig. Once his bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degrees in English Studies (University of Malaga, Spain) were done, he started collaborating with more and more sites until he became a full-time freelancer on top of an occasional private tutor. There\u2019s no film genre he\u2019s afraid of, but sci-fi and fantasy can win him over easily. Star Wars and Jurassic Park are his favorite stories ever. He also loves the entirety of Lost (yes, even the final season). When it comes to games, Spyro the Dragon and Warcraft III are his all-timers, but he\u2019s the opposite of tied to a few genres. Don\u2019t try to save him from his gargantuan backlog.","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/author\/franruiz\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1165"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users"}]}}