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1. What was the first video game you have ever played?
Tough to recall. I remember playing the original Pitfall on the Atari; I think the original Donkey Kong on Colecovision may have been first.
2. What was your first console?
Console gaming? Atari 2600
3. Have you ever visited a video game arcade?
Dear God, yes. WHoever invented heroin also invented NBA Jam.
4. What was your first handheld?
I've never actually owned my own hand-held.
5. What was the first game you've beaten/cleared completely? (Got to the last level/got 100%/beat high score, etc.)
I remember breaking Galaga in the Arcade, to the point where enemies can't shoot back. Apart from that, probably Mario Brothers.
6. Games based off of real sports: Yay or Nay?
It's what they invented video games for, after all. Don't let anyone tell you different.
7. Online games: Yay or nay?
A ton of fun, especially first-person shooters. Nothing like sneaking up behind your buddy and shooting them in the @ss with an RPG.
8. Do you play any Massively Multiplayer Online RPG games? (MMORPGs?)
Nyet.
9. Do you play any virtual pet games? (Neopets, Teripets, Aftermathzone, etc.)
Nope.
10. Puzzle games and Strategy games: Yay or Nay?
Like 'em both.
11. Do you play any RPGs?
Some. I really like BioWare RPGS.
12. Do you play any Platformer games?
Not really.
13. What was the first game/console/handheld of yours that stopped working?
Completely? Probably the 2600.
Characters/Plot
14. Do you actually care if a game has a plot or do you just play games for the gameplay?
It's all about gameplay.
15. Name a few video game characters that are your favorites.
Custom characters in sports games. My son, for example, is a Hall of Fame Hockey player, who won 4 NCAA basketball and football national titles, and who is currently the reigning American League MVP after the first .400 season in the American League in 60ish years-- and won the Triple Crown. He's absolutely dominant.
16. Name a few series that are your favorites.
MLB the Show. NCAA Football. Call of Duty
17. Has a video game ever made you cry?
I once dropped an N64 on my pinky toe, from a shelf above my head so, yes.
18. Has a video game character annoyed you so much that you wanted him removed from the game?
Yeah. One of my favorite tactics is from a computer video game called X-Com. It gives you soldiers, some better than others-- the bad ones, I turn into human suicide missions, and rename them in the game for people I dislike.
19. Do you "pair" or "ship" characters up with one another? (make/create/write romance involving them)
WTF? No.
20. Do you write video game fanfiction?
No.
21. Do you draw video game fanart?
>-->o That's my stick figure of the guy I just shot on MAG. Does that count?
22. Do you come up with theories on how a character came to be/what he or she would do in a situation/why he or she is moody/etc.
Nyet.
23. Are you a "fanboy" or "fangirl" of any character?
Nope.
Boss Battles/Villains
24. Hardest Boss Battle: Mike Tyson's Punch Out wins, over a couple of others, Fontaine and Zeus among them.
25. Most Frustrating Boss Battle: Probably something from the Megaman series. Several of those games simply begged you to cheat, because you weren't going to progress by playing fair.
26. Most Rewarding Boss Battle: Eroo?
27. Fun-est Boss Battle: I loved beating the snot out of Piston Honda.
28. Most Boring Boss Battle: Again, something from Megaman, no doubt.
29. Boss Battle that dragged out for a long, long time: Dunno.
30. Boss Battle with the coolest music: I don't listen to video game music, really.
31. Most Surprising Boss Battle: Sephiroth in FF VII
32. What's your all time favorite villain? I really don't have one.
33. What's your all time least favorite villain? I really don't have one.
34. Do you ever feel sorry for the villains? Nope
35. Are there any villains that seem like they should be playing for the good guys, but aren't?
I'm not into that kind of deep analysis.
36. Most malicious villain? See above
37. Most suprising villain? See above
38. What is your all-time favorite 2D Game? RBI Baseball III
39. What's your favorite 3D game? (PS1/N64 generation)
FF VII
40. What's your favorite arcade game?
NBA JAM!
41. What's your favorite last gen game (Gamecube/PS2/X-Box)?
NCAA 2006
42. Sequels/long series: Yay or nay?
Yay. Especially if they tinker with continuous improvements.
43. What's your favorite Online Game?
Mafia Wars :)
44. What's your favorite console?
PS3
45.What's your favorite handheld?
Dunno. I probably played a gameboy more than any other, so it by default.
46. Have you ever got yourself involved in a "console war"? (arguing that a console is better than another console)
More about the hardware than anything else.
47. Have you ever defended a character/game/console you liked in an argument? Which one?
Yeah. Mostly against people who don't understand how much better The Show is than any other baseball game ever made.
48. Name a game that you like but everyone else seems to hate.
Friday the 13th for NES
49. Name a character that you like but everyone else seems to hate.
King Hippo
50. Name a game that you hate but everyone else seems to like.
Resistance: Fall of Man
51. Name a character that you hate but everyone else seems to love: Don't pay attention to it
52. Have you ever stopped before you finished a game because it was too frustrating to go on?
Yep.
53. Will you stop at NOTHING to get 100% in a video game?
Nope.
54. Have you ever injured yourself at a video game? (Space Invader wrist and Mario Party 1 blister victims may answer yes)
Oh yes. Many, many times.
55. Has a horror/survival genre video game scared you to the point that you refused to finish the game? Did you get nightmares from said game?
No. They tend to be on par with, and be as predicable as slasher movies.
56. Have you ever thrown a controller/disc/cartridge in a fit of frustration?
I've broken more controllers than I care to remember.
57. Do you need to blow/clean certain games to get them to play?
Duh. NES!
58. Have you ever played a game for so long that you missed sleep over it?
Yeah
59. Were you ever involved in the Pokemon craze?
F NO.
60. Last but not least: Do you picture yourself playing video games 10, 20, or 30 years from now?
Yep. I plan on beating my son @ video games for decades to come.