Q. What do your characters and avatars usually look like? (Answer!)
A. I like to associate the look of my avatar with my game-play. It helps me identify with the player more - allowing me to become more immersed in the gaming experience.
Q. When do you play, including timezone? (Answer!)
A. Mostly in the evenings - sometimes into the early morning (EST).
Q. What is your first computer or video gaming memory? (Answer!)
A. Pong - seriously. As a Christmas gift my father sent my brother, sister and myself what we thought was a small black and white TV. In the box were 2 joy-sticks (we had never seen anything like it). We plugged in the monitor, figured out how to hook the joysticks in, flipped the switch and bingo - PONG!
Q. What music do you like to play games to? (Answer!)
A. I mostly play FPS story-line driven games. The music for these games in the past few years has become such a part of the experience that I just leave the music up to the game. I can remember though - in the old Quake days - throwing on some Foo Fighters and going to town!
Q. Do you feel relationships within games are meaningful? (Answer!)
A. Absolutely. Shared experience based on common interest is a great bonding mechanism.
Q. How do you feel about selling virtual items for real money? (Do NOT advertise RMT services!) (Answer!)
A. I find it valid. People find value in all sorts of things. And - sometimes virtual items take quite a bit of effort to achieve.
Q. If you could meet any game developer, who would it be? (Answer!)
A. I've met Warren Spector. He explained to me the details of Deus Ex at e3 back in 1999. He was a very warm, intelligent, enthusiastic guy. I hope they're all like that.
Q. When you are not playing games, what do you do for fun? (Answer!)
A. Draw & paint, play guitar, various outdoor activities, play with my son, read, and surf that Web thingy.
Q. What sort of players annoy you the most? (Answer!)
A. Players with poor sportsmanship. You know who you are.
Q. Other than your console or PC, what is the piece of hardware you can't live without? (Answer!)
A. My buttery headphones. Theres nothing like crisp clear audio to get you immersed in the game.
Q. How many hours a week do you play? (Answer!)
Q. In real life, are you male or female? (Answer!)
A. Yes, but only when absolutely needed
Q. What experience do you have beta-testing games? (Answer!)
Q. What are the specs on your gaming rig? (Answer!)
A. 24" iMac. You hate me... I know. But I can tell you that I use BootCamp to run Windows and I've played many PC games so far with zero glitches. Crysis, for example, plays without a single hitch.
Q. Beside GamerDNA, what are your favorite websites? (Answer!)
A. Wired, Last.fm, coulorlovers.com, conceptart.org, behance.com - and a number of obscure design-oriented sites/blogs I visit on a regular basis.
Q. What is a feature you would like added to GamerDNA? (Answer!)
A. A community section that promotes all its amazing members... and I'll tell you - it's on the drawing board. Can't wait to launch it!
Q. Why do you join guilds or clans? (Answer!)
A. Because there's power in numbers!