Q. Where did you get your gaming names from? (Answer!)
A. I study Japanese as a second major of study in college. So... my gamertag is my name in Japanese (romanized) not that big of a deal.
Q. When do you play, including timezone? (Answer!)
A. Usually Pacific Time (US) early in the morning, or late at night. Mid-day I'm usually either at work, or at school.
Q. In real life, are you male or female? (Answer!)
Q. What sort of tools (calculators, builders, spreadsheets, etc.) do you use to plan your characters? (Answer!)
A. NONE. I might, at most, scour the message boards, or consult a guide.
Q. What are your thoughts on player-made mods/addons for games? (Answer!)
A. They are awesome, i'm currently on a team working on a source mod.
Q. What do you love or hate about PVP? (Answer!)
A. Being a bully and being bullied, respectively.
Q. If you could bring any book, movie or comic to life in a game, which would you choose? (Answer!)
A. Heroes the tv series. It would be awesome to see that as a sort-of Sims/City of Heroes crossover game.
Q. What is your first computer or video gaming memory? (Answer!)
A. I was 3 years old playing duck hunt on the NES, from then on I was hooked.
Q. What do your characters and avatars usually look like? (Answer!)
A. Dark and Scary. I like very dark looking colors. If possible I like to don them with blacks and grays.
Q. What are your most memorable achievements in a game? (Answer!)
A. Beating Battle of Olympus on an original NES with the original controller one summer a year or two ago. That was so damn frustrating. NO SAVE POINTS! You had to write down a password that was about 30 characters long, every single time you wanted to save your progress.
Q. What music do you like to play games to? (Answer!)
A. Metal music. Music that is fast and hard, it gets me pumped and motivated to play the game.
Q. What sort of players annoy you the most? (Answer!)
A. I HATE BEGGARS! Especially the ones that beg excessively to no end.
Q. Do your quiz results on GamerDNA reflect your personality, and if not, what did it get wrong? (Answer!)
A. Yeah pretty much I guess. They do seem too MMO oriented though.
Q. Other than your console or PC, what is the piece of hardware you can't live without? (Answer!)
A. My phone. I take it everywhere.
Q. What is the most overlooked or misunderstood game? (Answer!)
A. Probably psychonauts. It didn't get rave reviews. I was quite easy to misunderstand the game, as it was very twisted. Though it was a gem, and overlooked by many.
Q. If you could meet any game developer, who would it be? (Answer!)
A. Cliff Blezinski. That guy's a badass. Or, Miyamoto. Him and Mario revived the game industry in America in the 80's. We owe a lot to him.
Q. If you could cancel any online game, which would it be? (Answer!)
A. FFXI. Just kill it already. How many people actually play that game?
Q. What are the specs on your gaming rig? (Answer!)
A. OLD.
2.6 GHZ Dual Core x64 AMD
2 Gigs DDR RAM
Nvidia XFX 7900GT
150GB Raptor HD
On-Board sound
Shitty old speakers
22 in wide screen flat panel monitor
Q. Why do you join guilds or clans? (Answer!)
A. Guilds on MMOs
Clans on FPS
Q. How many hours a week do you play? (Answer!)
Q. Have you ever had a memorable real-life meeting with other gamers? (Answer!)
A. Yeah, I'm the president of the video game design club at my college. We're all gamers.
Q. Do you feel relationships within games are meaningful? (Answer!)
Q. When you are not playing games, what do you do for fun? (Answer!)
A. Program. Make games. Watch TV/Movies. This.
A. Yes, but only when absolutely needed
Q. Beside GamerDNA, what are your favorite websites? (Answer!)
Q. How do you feel about selling virtual items for real money? (Do NOT advertise RMT services!) (Answer!)
A. It works. You spent the time to get the items (in real man hours). Why not reap the rewards?
Q. What is a feature you would like added to GamerDNA? (Answer!)
A. Competitive web games, maybe flash based.
Q. Are you interested in working within the game industry? (Answer!)
A. Yes, very. I'm currently working as a game programmer intern at a small development company called quicksilver in irvine, ca.
Q. How do you feel about playing characters of the opposite sex? (Answer!)
A. I usually don't have a problem with this. Sometimes its actually fun to do, when you're playing an MMO and taking advantage of other guys because they think you're a girl.
Q. What are the proper uses of tank guns and bubblegum? (Answer!)
A. Tank guns are for kicking ass, and bubble gum is for chewing. I like kicking ass and chewing bubble gum, and i'm all out of bubble gum. Tank guns please.
Q. What experience do you have beta-testing games? (Answer!)
A. I beta-tested the Korea based Ragnarok Online for a time before it launched as a monthly pay-as-you-play in high school.
A. I like playing with various counterstrike mods such as the gun game, all the zombie mods, the specialists, etc.
Q. Have you ever had a romantic encounter with someone you met in a game? (Answer!)
Q. What is the most memorable flamewar you can remember? (Answer!)
A. Probably a flame war I witnessed on the forums for a private server implementation of ragnarok online that I was playing quite frequently for a while.