If you could live anywhere, tell us where your dream home would be?
This is an interesting question, because I don’t think I could live in any one place for a long time. I think the perfect situation would be having a home both in Alaska and in New York City. I’d love to live in Alaska because it just looks absolutely beautiful, and offers the soothing peace of nature. New York, on the other hand, is probably the capital of the world, and definitely the place to be in order to be aware of all the aspects of society. I know this because it’s where I currently live and I enjoy it very much. However, I think the balance between the natural aspects of Alaska and the societal aspects of New York would be the perfect fit. I’d have a place where I can rise up the competitive ladder, and a place to retire to when I want to get away from it all.
In the movie version of your life, who plays you?
Honestly, I would want it to be me. I believe my life is something unique that nobody else could ever understand or capture. And while the same could have been said for some already established iconic roles, like Denzel Washington as Malcolm X or Ben Kingsley as Gandhi, I feel that I am the only person that could tell my story correctly. But living with a drama major and a film major for two years has showed me how hard acting really is and that I’m not really cut out for it. Besides that, I don’t think the person that would play me is even known yet. A movie version of my life would probably be made when I’m dead, or at least very old, and the movie would probably depict me in my prime. Therefore, the actor probably isn’t even born yet. He’d probably also have to be brown. Not Kal Penn though.
Have any tattoos or piercings? Do you want any (more)?
No, not only do I not have any tattoos or piercings, but I don’t want any, because I find them revolting. And since I’ve answered the question in one sentence, I suppose I’ll spend the rest of this answer talking about why I have this opinion. I suppose piercings are alright if you don’t get any more than two and they are in somewhat reasonable places. Anything else is just attention whoring. Tattoos I have a problem with, because I just don’t like the thought of doing something that permanent to my body. I know I’ll regret it somewhere down the line.
Top five games in your opinion and in no particular order. Go go go.
Super Mario 64 – This is probably the best 3D game of all time. In fact, I think it’s a major reason why 95% of games are in 3D to this day. The level design was just superb. It was like they knew exactly what advantages 3D had and, capitalized on all of them. Plus it’s a fucking Mario game.
Super Mario Bros. 3 – This is probably the best 2D game of all time. Although some will argue that Super Mario World is a better game, I think this one is superior because the actual gameplay was almost exactly like Super Mario Bros., except everything was just infinitely more awesome. Oh, and it was revealed in The Wizard.
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 – Another candidate for best 2D game. I may be a bit biased here, because this was a Genesis pack-in, but I felt that the Casino Night Zone alone made it better than the other Sonics. It may have been less deep than Mario, but that didn’t matter, because the sense of speed was incredible and the platforming was top of the line.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – Again, I might be biased here because I played Vice City before 3, but I find this to be superior to every other GTA. It did everything that GTA 3 did and more, without trying to do too much like San Andreas. The map was perfect, the soundtrack might be the best ever, and it added a lot of polish and shine to the revolutionary framework of GTA 3. All of the GTAs are sandbox done right. Vice City is sandbox done perfectly.
Mortal Kombat II – OK, this one is the odd one out. While series’ like Street Fighter and countless others may be objectively better than MK2, it has a special place in my heart because it was the second game I ever played. The combat system might not be deep, but I liked the fact that it didn’t put that much emphasis on combos, and focused everything on special attacks. That’s why when I played Super Street Fighter 2: Champion Super Turbo Extreme Radical Awesome Love Edition, I just couldn’t get into it because it just wasn’t interesting enough. And for all the flak MK gets for its mindless violence and gameplay, I think it’s under appreciated in the sense that it didn’t take itself seriously and was actually very funny. Does no one else find it hilarious that, depending on the situation, Johnny Cage can either rip your torso off or give you a signed autograph?
If you had to identify a comic book character most like yourself, who would it be? Who would you want it to be?
It’s hard to pick, because most comic book characters have some special super unique abilities, and I can’t do shit, so I can’t relate that well to any. But I think that Superman and Batman are a good dynamic, because one’s a noble boy scout with godlike powers and the other’s a cunning motherfucker with godlike intelligence. I think I’d fall somewhere in between those two, which Wikipedia says is Martian Manhunter. And he’s got some pretty kickass powers, so I’d be fine with that. But who I’d want to be is Iron Man. He’s a cocky son of a bitch that doesn’t give a shit, cause he could buy the world and fuck any woman he wants. And then he as that sweet suit which can be customized for all sorts of different powers. He’s straight up awesome as hell.