Well, DBO sure blew up for a bit there, didn't it? (Destiny)

by Kermit , Raleigh, NC, Friday, July 31, 2015, 15:15 (3406 days ago) @ Avateur
edited by Kermit, Friday, July 31, 2015, 15:41

So let's try to bridge gaps and get to know each other a bit better. Let's try to create some understanding with one another. I know, this might seem a bit laughable coming from me, but why not?

First, how about your likes? I'll start.

Bungie, Flannery O'Connor, Indian food. (Three things never listed together in the history of the universe.)

Big Bungie fan since Marathon. They've been the center of my gaming universe for 20 years! Have branched out in the latter half of that time period. The Last of Us is my favorite game of all time simply because it's the first one that pulled off what I've been hoping to see in a game since forever--fully realized characters that develop in the same way that characters develop in great fiction. I've said a lot lately about what I like about Destiny so I won't rehash, but there's something about the way Bungie games look and how they control. No one does it better.

Theater mode. I want to make another comic, and it's the only way I know how.

Kind of a film buff, too. Today BRAZIL is my favorite movie (because that's what popped into my head). Ask me tomorrow and I'll probably have a different answer.

Wrote a lot when I was younger, and I'm always trying to get back to it. Can't say that gaming has helped in that regard.

Bungie fan gatherings.

So, how about dislikes?

Arrogance and pretension (on guard for it in myself, too). Mindreaders who tell you what you're thinking (several ex-girlfriends on that list). Mob hysteria (on the internet these days).

Bad service. (Worked retail for 11 years myself. Have no patience for it.)

Effing arthritis. It's a mutha effin sonofa B.

Pimento cheese.

What's your favorite video gaming console or handheld device of all time?

All I had as a kid was pong, so do I feel at a disadvantage here. The 360, probably for similar reasons why Mig chose the Xbox. I never forget the first glimmers of friendship with people I didn't know online. A few from the Halo 2 & 3 days, but in the community, Mazz, Hedge, bluerunner, bones, paddy--I shouldn't have started listing people, but if you played co-op night Reach edition, you know who you are.

Cake or pie?

Neither. I'm in training for PAX.

Whose posts do you always find yourself clicking on?

I don't always read everything. If the topic is interesting, I probably do what most do, and click on the posts by people I know first to get a feel for the thread. I try not to comment unless I've read all other comments in the thread. I've started to think I comment too much, so if someone's already covered my viewpoint, I'll try to not post, even when there's a turn of phrase I'm dying to get out there. Plus ones are fine in my book.

I try to read all posts by admins. And Mig, to see if I'm a bad person yet. I tease, I tease. (too soon?)