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1. What was the first video game you have ever played?
The Legend of Zelda (NES)
2. What was your first console?
NES
3. Have you ever visited a video game arcade?
Yes! Back when we lived in College Station (and in other places, too; just can't remember the cities), we'd go to a certain arcade every week. There was...nothing else to do in that city, I'm afraid. XD Occasionally my brother and I will pay Aladdin's Castle in Padre Staples Mall a visit and play a little Zombie Revenge.Or he'll play DDR and I'll just stand back and laugh~
4. What was your first handheld?
The original Game Boy.
5. What was the first game you've beaten/cleared completely? (Got to the last level/got 100%/beat high score, etc.)
Hmm...it was probably a Super Mario game.
6. Games based off of real sports: Yay or Nay?
I initially answered this with a 'NO. WAY.', but then I remembered that I really enjoy Wii Sports and Sega Tennis. So really, it depends on the sport, I guess. Although I will say that football, soccer, hockey, basketball, and baseball type games are all ones I dislike immensely.
7. Online games: Yay or nay?
No; I have no interest in online gaming.
8. Do you play any Massively Multiplayer Online RPG games? (MMORPGs?)
Nope. Randomly, seeing "RPG games" makes me cringe. Saying 'games' is not necessary! AHHHHHH, I'M IRRITATED BY THE STRANGEST THINGS.
9. Do you play any virtual pet games? (Neopets, Teripets, Aftermathzone, etc.)
No, I don't. But sometimes I'll stare at Nintendogs in the DS section of Target, wondering if I should buy it or not.
10. Puzzle games and Strategy games: Yay or Nay?
Very much yay.
11. Do you play any RPGs?
Of course. ♥
12. Do you play any Platformer games?
Sometimes.
13. What was the first game/console/handheld of yours that stopped working?
I'm pretty sure they all still work.
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CHARACTERS/PLOT
14. Do you actually care if a game has a plot or do you just play games for the gameplay?
While I value plot more, I prefer that happy medium of good plot and good gameplay.
15. Name a few video game characters that are your favorites.
Amaterasu (Okami)
Vincent Valentine (FF7)
Link (Legend of Zelda series)
Kyle Hyde (Hotel Dusk)
Django and Sabata (Boktai series)
Godot (Phoenix Wright: Trials And Tribulations)
Sly Cooper (Sly Cooper series)
Alucard/Genya Arikado (Castlevania series)
16. Name a few series that are your favorites
Final Fantasy, Lunar, Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Sly Cooper, Boktai, Metal Gear, Shin Megami Tensei, Castlevania. Too many others...
17. Has a video game ever made you cry?
Okami made me cry~ so much. That game touched me in such an incredible way. Other games that have brought tears to my eyes: Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, MGS3.
18. Has a video game character annoyed you so much that you wanted him removed from the game?
YES. Mewt and Donad from Final Fantasy Tactics Advance annoyed me so much that, even though they are a major part of the storyline, I wanted to BANISH THEM FOREVER.
There are others, but those two really stuck out to me.
19. Do you "pair" or "ship" characters up with one another? (make/create/write romance involving them)
All the goddamn time.
20. Do you write video game fanfiction?
Of course not, whatever gave you that idea. [shifts eyes aside] Don't ask to see anything, it sucks.
21. Do you draw video game fanart?
Yup. Link seems to be my favorite to draw. He's sooooo dreamy. XD
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.
...Sometimes. When I'm in, you know, not a lazy mood.
23. Are you a "fanboy" or "fangirl" of any character?
AHAHAHA. Yes.
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BOSS BATTLES/VILLAINS
24. Hardest Boss Battle
The final boss (whose name I can't even recall since its been years since I've touched the game) in Lunar 2: Eternal Blue. FUCK. I made the mistake of plowing through the dungeon he's in (read: fleeing most of the random enemy battles), which mean that, while my party is strong enough to take away, like, three-fourths of his health, he just wipes me out with his strong final attacks.
25. Most Frustrating Boss Battle
The Spider lady (?) in the Tsuta Ruins (Okami). This wasn't even a difficult boss or anything, I just had a helluva time (it took me 45 minutes!) using the Vine brush technique to defeat this boss. ARGH, I sucked at using brush techniques in the beginning.
26. Most Rewarding Boss Battle
I don't know, any boss battle I complete?
27. Funnest Boss Battle
Clockwerk in Sly 2.
28. Most Boring Boss Battle
Any boss battle in The World Ends With You. Fun game, but boy do I hate the battle system.
29. Boss Battle that dragged out for a long, long time
The Spider lady I mentioned above. Or the final boss in Lunar 2.
30. Boss Battle with the coolest music
Any regular boss battle in FF7. Oh! And all the Jenova battles.
31. Most Surprising Boss Battle
Not sure. [shrugs]
32. What's your all time favorite villain?
Clockwerk from the Sly Cooper series.
33. What's your all time least favorite villain?
Nyx Avatar in Persona 3. God how I longed for that battle to end faster.
34. Do you ever feel sorry for the villains?
It depends.
35. Are there any villains that seem like they should be playing for the good guys, but aren't?
Seifer (FF8), um...you know, I could probably think or more but I have a major headache right now. D:
36. Most malicious villain?
Hel, the Queen of Darkness from Boktai. I guess? Or maybe the DomZ Priest from Beyond Good and Evil.
37. Most surprising villain?
Ghaleon from Lunar: Silver Star Story
38. What is your all-time favorite 2D Game?
Oh man, this is hard. [decides] Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past!
39. What's your favorite 3D game? (PS1/N64 generation)
I'm going with Okami for the PS2. [ignores the PS1/N64 part of question]
40. What's your favorite arcade game?
Any of the King of Fighters games or Samurai Shodown.
41. What's your favorite next-gen game? (Gamecube/PS2/X-Box)
Lol, how old is this meme? I'm just gonna go with the next-gen systems I have/my brother has:
DS: Any of the Phoenix Wright games
PSP: Patapon
Wii: Twilight Princess
XBox 360: Dead Rising
42. Sequels/long series: Yay or nay?
I do loves me some sequels. But really, it depends on the series.
43. What's your favorite Online Game?
I don't play online games.
44. What's your favorite console?
Currently? My Nintendo DS.
45.What's your favorite handheld?
Although I've been playing my PSP quite a bit lately, I really love my DS.
46. Have you ever got yourself involved in a "console war"? (arguing that a console is better than another console)
I try not to. Unless I'm bothering my brother.
47. Have you ever defended a character/game/console you liked in an argument? Which one?
I tend to stay away from those sorts of things.
48. Name a game that you like but everyone else seems to hate.
The Sly Cooper series. I guess playing as an anthropomorphic raccoon throws people off. :\
Also, the Boktai series. Go out into the sun, people!
49. Name a character that you like but everyone else seems to hate.
Raiden from MGS2. I love him intensely. *_*
50. Name a game that you hate but everyone else seems to like.
Halo. Well, I don't hate it, I just couldn't get into it.
51. Name a character that you hate but everyone else seems to love.
Man, I can't think of anybody right now.
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MISCELLANEOUS
52. Have you ever stopped before you finished a game because it was too frustrating to go on?
Yeah, but I usually try to get back into it a fewyears weeks later. If I haven't already gotten myself into another game, that is.
53. Will you stop at NOTHING to get 100% in a video game?
It depends. There are certain games I like to get 100% my first play-through, and then there are other games I don't care if I get 100% at all.
54. Have you ever injured yourself at a video game? (Space Invader wrist and Mario Party 1 blister victims may answer yes)
Nope. My brother and his friends got the Mario Party injury though. It made me laugh and laugh and laugh.
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?
Although I can only play survival horror games in small intervals (I'm a wimp!), I really, really enjoy them. I haven't had nightmares, but I have had dreams where I did anagrams with James Sunderland. Very weird, I know.
56. Have you ever thrown a controller/disc/cartridge in a fit of frustration?
Yeah, I'm embarrassed to admit. Once I was playing FF7 for several hours without saving, and when I went to save the game froze! It made me fling my controller to the floor. Actually, I thought the game had froze; in actuality, my controller had be pulled out just slightly from its port. Boy, was I pissed when I found out. D:
57. Do you need to blow/clean certain games to get them to play?
My brother is the one with the old-school games (i.e. the ones you have to blow on). I keep real good care of my own games so I don't have to clean them to play.
58. Have you ever played a game for so long that you missed sleep over it?
The day before the start of the fall semester I stayed up late to beat Beyond Good and Evil. I went to school incredibly tired.
59. Were you ever involved in the Pokemon craze?
Beyond Pokemon Snap! I actually didn't get into the video game craze, which is really surprising to me. Although I was/am major into the anime/manga. I can sing the PokeRAP for you if you'd like. XDDD [has the 2.B.A. Master Pokemon soundtrack]
60. Last but not least: Do you picture yourself playing video games 10, 20, or 30 years from now?
'TIL THE DAY I DIE~. Hahahahaha.
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ukefied:1. What was the first video game you have ever played?
The Legend of Zelda (NES)
2. What was your first console?
NES
3. Have you ever visited a video game arcade?
Yes! Back when we lived in College Station (and in other places, too; just can't remember the cities), we'd go to a certain arcade every week. There was...nothing else to do in that city, I'm afraid. XD Occasionally my brother and I will pay Aladdin's Castle in Padre Staples Mall a visit and play a little Zombie Revenge.
4. What was your first handheld?
The original Game Boy.
5. What was the first game you've beaten/cleared completely? (Got to the last level/got 100%/beat high score, etc.)
Hmm...it was probably a Super Mario game.
6. Games based off of real sports: Yay or Nay?
I initially answered this with a 'NO. WAY.', but then I remembered that I really enjoy Wii Sports and Sega Tennis. So really, it depends on the sport, I guess. Although I will say that football, soccer, hockey, basketball, and baseball type games are all ones I dislike immensely.
7. Online games: Yay or nay?
No; I have no interest in online gaming.
8. Do you play any Massively Multiplayer Online RPG games? (MMORPGs?)
Nope. Randomly, seeing "RPG games" makes me cringe. Saying 'games' is not necessary! AHHHHHH, I'M IRRITATED BY THE STRANGEST THINGS.
9. Do you play any virtual pet games? (Neopets, Teripets, Aftermathzone, etc.)
No, I don't. But sometimes I'll stare at Nintendogs in the DS section of Target, wondering if I should buy it or not.
10. Puzzle games and Strategy games: Yay or Nay?
Very much yay.
11. Do you play any RPGs?
Of course. ♥
12. Do you play any Platformer games?
Sometimes.
13. What was the first game/console/handheld of yours that stopped working?
I'm pretty sure they all still work.
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CHARACTERS/PLOT
14. Do you actually care if a game has a plot or do you just play games for the gameplay?
While I value plot more, I prefer that happy medium of good plot and good gameplay.
15. Name a few video game characters that are your favorites.
Amaterasu (Okami)
Vincent Valentine (FF7)
Link (Legend of Zelda series)
Kyle Hyde (Hotel Dusk)
Django and Sabata (Boktai series)
Godot (Phoenix Wright: Trials And Tribulations)
Sly Cooper (Sly Cooper series)
Alucard/Genya Arikado (Castlevania series)
16. Name a few series that are your favorites
Final Fantasy, Lunar, Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Sly Cooper, Boktai, Metal Gear, Shin Megami Tensei, Castlevania. Too many others...
17. Has a video game ever made you cry?
Okami made me cry~ so much. That game touched me in such an incredible way. Other games that have brought tears to my eyes: Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, MGS3.
18. Has a video game character annoyed you so much that you wanted him removed from the game?
YES. Mewt and Donad from Final Fantasy Tactics Advance annoyed me so much that, even though they are a major part of the storyline, I wanted to BANISH THEM FOREVER.
There are others, but those two really stuck out to me.
19. Do you "pair" or "ship" characters up with one another? (make/create/write romance involving them)
All the goddamn time.
20. Do you write video game fanfiction?
Of course not, whatever gave you that idea. [shifts eyes aside] Don't ask to see anything, it sucks.
21. Do you draw video game fanart?
Yup. Link seems to be my favorite to draw. He's sooooo dreamy. XD
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.
...Sometimes. When I'm in, you know, not a lazy mood.
23. Are you a "fanboy" or "fangirl" of any character?
AHAHAHA. Yes.
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BOSS BATTLES/VILLAINS
24. Hardest Boss Battle
The final boss (whose name I can't even recall since its been years since I've touched the game) in Lunar 2: Eternal Blue. FUCK. I made the mistake of plowing through the dungeon he's in (read: fleeing most of the random enemy battles), which mean that, while my party is strong enough to take away, like, three-fourths of his health, he just wipes me out with his strong final attacks.
25. Most Frustrating Boss Battle
The Spider lady (?) in the Tsuta Ruins (Okami). This wasn't even a difficult boss or anything, I just had a helluva time (it took me 45 minutes!) using the Vine brush technique to defeat this boss. ARGH, I sucked at using brush techniques in the beginning.
26. Most Rewarding Boss Battle
I don't know, any boss battle I complete?
27. Funnest Boss Battle
Clockwerk in Sly 2.
28. Most Boring Boss Battle
Any boss battle in The World Ends With You. Fun game, but boy do I hate the battle system.
29. Boss Battle that dragged out for a long, long time
The Spider lady I mentioned above. Or the final boss in Lunar 2.
30. Boss Battle with the coolest music
Any regular boss battle in FF7. Oh! And all the Jenova battles.
31. Most Surprising Boss Battle
Not sure. [shrugs]
32. What's your all time favorite villain?
Clockwerk from the Sly Cooper series.
33. What's your all time least favorite villain?
Nyx Avatar in Persona 3. God how I longed for that battle to end faster.
34. Do you ever feel sorry for the villains?
It depends.
35. Are there any villains that seem like they should be playing for the good guys, but aren't?
Seifer (FF8), um...you know, I could probably think or more but I have a major headache right now. D:
36. Most malicious villain?
Hel, the Queen of Darkness from Boktai. I guess? Or maybe the DomZ Priest from Beyond Good and Evil.
37. Most surprising villain?
Ghaleon from Lunar: Silver Star Story
38. What is your all-time favorite 2D Game?
Oh man, this is hard. [decides] Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past!
39. What's your favorite 3D game? (PS1/N64 generation)
I'm going with Okami for the PS2. [ignores the PS1/N64 part of question]
40. What's your favorite arcade game?
Any of the King of Fighters games or Samurai Shodown.
41. What's your favorite next-gen game? (Gamecube/PS2/X-Box)
Lol, how old is this meme? I'm just gonna go with the next-gen systems I have/my brother has:
DS: Any of the Phoenix Wright games
PSP: Patapon
Wii: Twilight Princess
XBox 360: Dead Rising
42. Sequels/long series: Yay or nay?
I do loves me some sequels. But really, it depends on the series.
43. What's your favorite Online Game?
I don't play online games.
44. What's your favorite console?
Currently? My Nintendo DS.
45.What's your favorite handheld?
Although I've been playing my PSP quite a bit lately, I really love my DS.
46. Have you ever got yourself involved in a "console war"? (arguing that a console is better than another console)
I try not to. Unless I'm bothering my brother.
47. Have you ever defended a character/game/console you liked in an argument? Which one?
I tend to stay away from those sorts of things.
48. Name a game that you like but everyone else seems to hate.
The Sly Cooper series. I guess playing as an anthropomorphic raccoon throws people off. :\
Also, the Boktai series. Go out into the sun, people!
49. Name a character that you like but everyone else seems to hate.
Raiden from MGS2. I love him intensely. *_*
50. Name a game that you hate but everyone else seems to like.
Halo. Well, I don't hate it, I just couldn't get into it.
51. Name a character that you hate but everyone else seems to love.
Man, I can't think of anybody right now.
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MISCELLANEOUS
52. Have you ever stopped before you finished a game because it was too frustrating to go on?
Yeah, but I usually try to get back into it a few
53. Will you stop at NOTHING to get 100% in a video game?
It depends. There are certain games I like to get 100% my first play-through, and then there are other games I don't care if I get 100% at all.
54. Have you ever injured yourself at a video game? (Space Invader wrist and Mario Party 1 blister victims may answer yes)
Nope. My brother and his friends got the Mario Party injury though. It made me laugh and laugh and laugh.
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?
Although I can only play survival horror games in small intervals (I'm a wimp!), I really, really enjoy them. I haven't had nightmares, but I have had dreams where I did anagrams with James Sunderland. Very weird, I know.
56. Have you ever thrown a controller/disc/cartridge in a fit of frustration?
Yeah, I'm embarrassed to admit. Once I was playing FF7 for several hours without saving, and when I went to save the game froze! It made me fling my controller to the floor. Actually, I thought the game had froze; in actuality, my controller had be pulled out just slightly from its port. Boy, was I pissed when I found out. D:
57. Do you need to blow/clean certain games to get them to play?
My brother is the one with the old-school games (i.e. the ones you have to blow on). I keep real good care of my own games so I don't have to clean them to play.
58. Have you ever played a game for so long that you missed sleep over it?
The day before the start of the fall semester I stayed up late to beat Beyond Good and Evil. I went to school incredibly tired.
59. Were you ever involved in the Pokemon craze?
Beyond Pokemon Snap! I actually didn't get into the video game craze, which is really surprising to me. Although I was/am major into the anime/manga. I can sing the PokeRAP for you if you'd like. XDDD [has the 2.B.A. Master Pokemon soundtrack]
60. Last but not least: Do you picture yourself playing video games 10, 20, or 30 years from now?
'TIL THE DAY I DIE~. Hahahahaha.
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