Music
I am a big fan of music and listen to pretty much everything...except country. not a big fan of the genre. there definitely some artists i like, e.g. Johnny Cash, but overall it definitely is not my cup or tea.
some of my favorite bands-in no particular order-
Brit Rock Bands: Gomez, Radiohead, Muse, Coldplay, Queen, Peter Gabriel, Beatles, Spacehog, Elastica, Portishead
Ska and Punk: The Aquabats, Save Ferris, Dance Hall Crashers, Rancid, Operation Ivy, No Use For a Name, The Donnas, Reel Big Fish, Sublime
Rock: Audioslave, Beck, Chris Cornell, The Cranberries, Death From Above 1979, The Doors, Elvis, Faith No More, Foo Fighters, Franz Ferndinand, Garbage, Gorillaz, Green Day, Guns N Roses, The Hives, Led Zeppelin, Lenny Kravitz, Linkin Park, Live, Liz Phair, Luscious Jackson, Metallica, Modest Mouse, Mr Bungle, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, No Doubt, PJ Harvey, Pearl Jam, The Pixies, Presidents of the United States, Queens of the Stone Age, Rage Against the Machine, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, The Rentals, Rob Zombie, Rocket From the Crypt, Santana, Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden, The Strokes, System of a Down, Temple of the Dog, TENACIOUS D, The Vines, Violent Femmes, Weezer, The White Stripes, White Zombie, Zwan
Blues: John Lee Hooker, Buddy Guy, Blues Traveler, Taj Mahal,
Other: 8 1/2 Souveiers, Tori Amos, Aimee Mann, Beth Orton, Bjork, The Cardigans, Fiona Apple, The Mermen, Dido, Deee-Lite, Frente!, Freedy Johnson, Jas Mathus, Katherine Whalen, Liam Lynch, Poe, Squirrel Nut Zippers,
Rap: Mos Def, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Outkast, Beastie Boys, Bad Credit, Black Eye Peas, Eminem, MC Chris
Video Games
I grew up at the right time for gaming. I had an Atari 2600 and have fond memories of playing pong, combat, and topping my neighborhood in pac man tournaments. Some of my best childhood memories were playing Super Mario Bros. with my dad and little bro in the heyday of mid-80s on the original 8-bit Nintendo.
Since then I have amassed a Super Nintendo, N64, Gamecube, Gameboy [which was stolen :( ]. Gameboy Advance, Gameboy Micro, Nintendo DS, Nintendo DS Lite, and now a Wii- holy cow i am a Nintendo fan boy :)
No fear I satisfy my hardcore gamer side over the years with a PS One and PS2. Lately I have been digging my Xbox 360. If you want to hook up and game on Xbox live, message me there-my gamertag is the same as my name here fighterofevil.
I recently beat Gears of War for the 360 [yeah it was on the easy setting but a win is a win] and Hotel Dusk on the DS. Hotel Dusk is a great game if you are into the detective noir style.
The games I play the most nowadays is Guitar Hero 1 and 2- I don't think there has been a game made that is as fun and frustrating as these games. I have also been playing ALOT of Texas Hold 'Em on the 360.
I love playing the Final Fantasy series and I am working on getting around to playing the all. But I gotta say, the Zelda Franchise are the best games around.
Console gaming asides, I do a little PC gaming but not as much over the last few years as I used to [Commander Keen, Wolfenstein, Doom, Dune 2, Command and Conquer, Rainbow Six, Warcraft and Starcraft anyone over the ol' battle.net?] e.g. i have not gotten into/suck into WoW...maybe that is a good thing?
