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[Soleil]

oooh layton games are marvelous too! i want to play alan wake!!! ugh, but my laptop just doesn't support videogames. at all.

I'm not much a movie buff. For instance, I haven't seen jurrassic park. >//< but i do own a couple of zombie movies and i've seen all of serenity/firefly, and i love the princess bride! and, uh, other miscellaneous movies just like evryone else but find few worth mentioning. i feel like the crowd here would appreciate shutter island? i also loved pan's labyrinth.

OH! Comic books!!! I lovelovelove comic books. Have been a fan of comics before the superhero movies started coming out. I'm trying to collect Sandman (by neil gaiman), but yeah i've read a good many comics, some popular some more obscure, but mostly older ones (read my dad's collection when i lived at home- he even ahd the very first printed ironman!!! i wasn't allowed to read that one because no one was allowed to take it out of the cover - and yeah most people irl don't peg me as a comic person, but i figure here it's easier to tell what a geek i am lol).

books to read.hm. Spell for Chameleon (very good writing and plot, definite reread value). 'Man of His Word'/'Magic Casement' Series (very very good if you like fantasy, has interesting ideas about magic). As for SciFi, Orson Scott Card for sure. He's just amazing. Uh, 'Seventh Column'/'The Day After Tomorrow' (was published under two names, is a sort of sc-fi book written in the wwII/cold war era, as if america had been taken over by japan, and some semblance of the militry, mostly crazy scientists, must find a way to save america; emphasis on the blurring of magic and technology if technology is advanced enough).
Lovecraft has already been suggested, and I'm sure you've already read poe. I'm afraid I don't know too many horror books.
i haven't read much stephen king, but he's been exhalted a million times over.

[Ouroborus]

I just got a Wii.


Would I be inviting trouble if I made a Slenderman Mii?

[KamenZero]

[Mira]

[grieck]

Nerd Credentials incoming:

I used to read manga, watch anime (outgrew it, hence the no specifics). I read comics: Mostly notable stuff like Watchmen, Long Halloween, Killing Joke, BatGirl Year One, Batman Year One, Dark Knight Returns, Transmetropolitan, Preacher, Whatever Happened To The Caped Crusader, Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow, GL Rebirth&Sinestro Corps War, The Man Who Laughs, Gotham By Gaslight, Hush, A Serious House On Serious Earth, 52, Identity Crisis, Crisis on Infinite Earths, Kingdom Come, Red Son, Emperor Joker, Marvels (note the S), Marvel 1602, bits of Spider-Girl, Atomic Robo, and League of Extraordinary Gentleman.

I have played most Zelda, Mario, and Metroids. Final Fantasy (especially the Tactics spin offs), StarFox, Pokemon, the first 2 Fables, Mass Effect, KotOR, etc. Obviously the Modern Warfare games and COD Black Ops. I also love indie and freeware. From the Chzo Mythos to (my personal Fav) Spelunky. Transformice is also good (though it's online).


And that's before books, troperish, my intense knowledge of pop-culture and shit, my burning desire to play a tabletop rpg (no one here that's into that that much) And that's also factoring out my musical tastes. From HP Lovecraft to video game re-orchestrations I am 100% nerd.

[Adah]

[TheWorld]

^God of War is awesome. It fulfills my need for gaming and to show off my geeky knowledge of ancient deities.

[Mira]

[Adah]

Sandman and Watchmen and Hark! a vagrant are all fantastic. I read a bit of The Walking Dead and then lost the files (I am poor and cannot afford to buy the actual comics don't judge me). But it seemed really good, and I've heard it's really good from other people.

[Dixie_Wolf]

@Soleil - I've been wanting to play Alan Wake, too. My brother swears it's the greatest game ever made. I'm gonna go visit him over the holiday break, and he promised he'd let me play.
Also, Pan's Labyrinth is fantastic. Definitely in my top 10.

I'm adding books to the list as they're suggested; thanks to everyone who's provided input!

@grieck - I was keeping up with a couple manga/anime series (Hellsing & Death Note), but they both ended. I haven't really bothered with anything since then.
Sadly, the only comics I've read have been Watchmen & The Amory Wars.

@Mira - The Walking Dead is another one I need to check out. The TV series is absolutely fantastic. I was thoroughly pleased to see Norman Reedus in tonight's episode.

[grieck]

I've read the first arc of Sandman, amazing stuff. Comics was the easiest to list off ass I have a list of what's read on my laptop. Make no mistake though, Vidya Games and other things also contribute. Musicals, webcomics (xkcd, gunnerkrigg court, menage a 3, oots, and darths and droids being the big uns, with 8-bit theater also up there), I could go on. And as soon as I get a half decent mouse I'll be playing Bioshock 1 for the first time, on my laptop (no 360 here at college, and no money, but I found a new copy of 1 on sale at target for pc for $5..so I bought it, as my girl is obsessed with Bioshock and might wanna play)

Take note, the above is likely the only time you'll see me spell Theatre as I did.

[HarleyQuinnofHate]

Bioshock 1 is in my top 3 favorite games, third against Silent Hill 2 and Batman Arkham Asylum. I really think you will like it,

[FlyingWarhorse]

So this is going to be one massive reply because I had to sleep for work, which is where I currently am.

[Soleil]

@ flyingwarhorse: why apologize for walls of text? haha, anythign concerning cool geekstuff should be as long as possible, obv. I bet your novel/game will be amazing, you'll have to keep us posted! It will be my first time DMing a game, but not my first tiem playing. I didn't learn from anyone epic like you did, just my dad, whom I've grown suspiciously un-fond of over more recent years. If I were you I'd carry the d20 around as well, practically a holy relic, it is.

Ah, I do love the earlier batman series! They have made Joker one of my fav. villains of all time! And Watchmen and League of Extraordinary Gentleman were very good. I particularly enjoy comics with a less mainstream plasticy kind of look (don't get me wrong I still read JSA and all), such as Hellboy, LoEG, Sandman, etc
Gunnerkrigg Court, Hark! A Vagrant? Now I know I'm in the right crowd. Hanna Is Not A Boys Name, anybody? Some a you more artsy or philosophy types read A Softer World, I'll bet; or Buttercup festival. Romantically Apocalyptic, right?
I haven't done any cosplay yet, but I'm working on putting together a few(Zoey from l4d, Heavy from tf2, ellis from l4d2, adelaide from HINABN).

[SickSlickMan]