Q. What do your characters and avatars usually look like? (Answer!)
A. Like me as much as possible..Except when I'm evil then I try to be as intimidating as possible.
Q. What are your thoughts on roleplaying in games? (Answer!)
A. There needs to be more incentive to actively role play. I think that it brings a whole new type of experience when people have to think about how their characters would behave in a particular situation.
Q. Have you ever had a romantic encounter with someone you met in a game? (Answer!)
Q. What experience do you have beta-testing games? (Answer!)
A. Enough to say that developers need to integrate a better user interface for beta players within the game.
Q. If you could cancel any online game, which would it be? (Answer!)
A. None. Taking peoples jobs and good times away doesn't cause innovation. That's like saying, "Erase every show on television and we'll get some real gems when they have to start from scratch again."
Q. If you made your own game, what would it be like? (Answer!)
A. Definitely an MMO. I feel with this genre the current market is only scratching the surface.
Q. If you could meet any game developer, who would it be? (Answer!)
A. There's a few so here goes. Richard Garriot cause he definitely seems to have a grasp of innovation and the tolerances of current technology (least that's how the media makes him come off). Next would be Jeff Hickman and Paul Barnett, the latter just cause he has an interesting point of view on things. I don't know there names but a meet up with the guys in charge of Star Trek Online might be interesting too.
Q. Where did you get your gaming names from? (Answer!)
A. My first gaming name Izium was a letter change from the can of Ozium air freshener I had sitting by me. The rest of my game names have been characters from the book series The Runelords.
Q. What sort of players annoy you the most? (Answer!)
A. Arrogant ones that love to tell you how great they are over and over and over and over....
Q. If you could bring any book, movie or comic to life in a game, which would you choose? (Answer!)
Q. Do your quiz results on GamerDNA reflect your personality, and if not, what did it get wrong? (Answer!)
A. No not at all. Not everyone's personality's are set in stone. One month I'd say I lean more towards a particular style of play the next I'll be into something else.
Q. In real life, are you male or female? (Answer!)
Q. How do you feel about playing characters of the opposite sex? (Answer!)
A. It doesn't feel right when you're playing a mmorpg just cause I've always seen the in game avatar as a reflection of ones self...and myself is a dude.
Q. What is your first computer or video gaming memory? (Answer!)
A. Playing the Nintendo all day with my brothers to beat Rygar cause there was no save game option!
Q. What sort of tools (calculators, builders, spreadsheets, etc.) do you use to plan your characters? (Answer!)
A. The less I need the better the game is.
Q. Are you interested in working within the game industry? (Answer!)
A. Yes, but not in programming I'd be more into content design.
Q. What is a feature you would like added to GamerDNA? (Answer!)
A. Yes, and I have a microphone
Q. What do you love or hate about PVP? (Answer!)
A. I love conflict because it adds to any story. I hate it when it has no reason for being there.
Q. Other than your console or PC, what is the piece of hardware you can't live without? (Answer!)
Q. What are your most memorable achievements in a game? (Answer!)
A. Defeating Nefarion in Black Wing Lair for the first time with my buddies in Proximo!
A. In WoW? Omen threat meter, Auctioneer, Titan panel to name a few.
Q. Do you feel relationships within games are meaningful? (Answer!)
A. They can be but I'm not one to chase after friendship in any reality it takes two to tango.
Q. What are the specs on your gaming rig? (Answer!)
A. there's a chip and a board and 2 video cards OoOOOOoooo it's not that special.
A. I prefer to rise above such debates
Q. How do you feel about selling virtual items for real money? (Do NOT advertise RMT services!) (Answer!)
A. I hate them. I'll add though if you charge a subscription fee it dang well better be to add new content and not to finish development.
Q. What are the proper uses of tank guns and bubblegum? (Answer!)
Q. What is the most memorable flamewar you can remember? (Answer!)
A. I don't remember any sorry.
Q. What are your favorite tabletop (RPG, board, miniatures, etc.) games? (Answer!)
Q. Beside GamerDNA, what are your favorite websites? (Answer!)
A. Myspace even though no one ever replies to me.
Q. Why do you join guilds or clans? (Answer!)
A. To gain access to the stuff I can't do alone. Ya need a team!
Q. What are your thoughts on player-made mods/addons for games? (Answer!)
A. I think they're awesome. Just as long as they don't allow you to press a button and go watch TV while you're mod does all the work.
Q. What is the most overlooked or misunderstood game? (Answer!)
A. Earth and Beyond. Yeaaa that was a cool one that no one played.
Q. Have you ever had a memorable real-life meeting with other gamers? (Answer!)
A. An ex girlfriend who I'm still very good friends with today.
Q. What question would you add to the Attitudes system? (Answer!)
A. Nerd girls or sporty chicks?
Q. When you are not playing games, what do you do for fun? (Answer!)
A. Write and draw my own web comic www.mattbooks.net and play the drums in rock band!
Q. How many hours a week do you play? (Answer!)
Q. What music do you like to play games to? (Answer!)
A. The Postal Service channel on Pandora.com
Q. When do you play, including timezone? (Answer!)
