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Right then, we’ll start with games:
1) What’s the worst game you’ve ever bought?
2) What’s the first game you’ve ever bought?
3) How many game do you have on all formats?
4)What’s your favourite kind of game?
then on to books, being second to games (just)
5) What’s your favourite genre?
6) What books have you read this year?
7) Do you ever go into book-shops?
now a few interesting ones (perhaps)
8) What are your views on Marmite?
9)...and peanut butter. (apparently if you like one you don’t like the other)
10) What do you think of the Royal Family (NOT the TV programme, smart a***s)
11) Have you ever collected anything?
12) What’s the road where you live called?
13) What’s the most money you’ve ever had?
14) erm....... what computer have you got and where are you typing from?
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My answers are as follows
1) Probably Urban Chaos on PSX.
2) Super Mario and Duck Hunt combo on the NES.
3) 33-PSX. 6 PS2. and a few cheapo mac games
4) RPG (duh!)
5) Fantasy.
6) (deep breath)
The Hobbit (again)
LOTR (most of it again)
Northern Lights
The Subtle Knife
The Amber Spyglass
The Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy (all 5 books)
The Chronicles of Narnia (all 7 books)
The first 2 Redwall books
The last 2 Harry Potter books
4 or 5 Discworld’s
A couple of other fantasy books
And a partridge in a pear tree.
7) Yes, I’ll be hanging round the fantasy section.
8) Yum
9) Yuk
10) Get rid of them all. They are completely useless. Only keep for comedy purposes.
11) No
12) Westlands Grove
13) About 400 quid (just before I got my PS2)
14) An i-Mac (very first edition, very s-l-o-w.) From my dad’s study
That’s it, add more questions if you feel like a perpendicular lobster.
Cheers,
FFF
1) What’s the worst game you’ve ever bought?
theme park for an A500 (very limited options)
2) What’s the first game you’ve ever bought?
probably the legend of zelda: links awakening
3) How many game do you have on all formats?
about 35
4)What’s your favourite kind of game?
action/adventure
then on to books, being second to games (just)
5) What’s your favourite genre?
sci-fi/fantasy
6) What books have you read this year?
Discworld: Interesting times
Maskerade
Hogfather
Soul music
The 5th elephant (halfway through)
and a load of physics text books
7) Do you ever go into book-shops?
Whenever I am near a certain one.
now a few interesting ones (perhaps)
8) What are your views on Marmite?
skanky
9)...and peanut butter. (apparently if you like one you don’t like the other)
also skanky
10) What do you think of the Royal Family (NOT the TV programme, smart a***s)
don't mind them, as long as they don't do annoying stuff
11) Have you ever collected anything?
yep: teenage mutant hero turtles cards (2 complete sets)
some simpsons cards
1st edition comics
my music collection (feeble in size)
general "stuff"
12) What’s the road where you live called?
probably west circle drive or something like that
13) What’s the most money you’ve ever had?
probably 3000 ( most borrowed from the government)
14) erm....... what computer have you got and where are you typing from?
I don't own a computer, I'm using a mac in the student union building
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Yeah, big styly!
The simpsons cartoon studio (PC)
2) What’s the first game you’ve ever bought?
Sonic (Megadrive)
3)How many game do you have on all formats?
About 50
4)What’s your favourite kind of game?
Racing/extream sports
then on to books, being second to games (just)
5) What’s your favourite genre?
Don't really read many books, but probably joke books!!
6) What books have you read this year?
My school forced me to read Talking in Whispers.
7) Do you ever go into book-shops?
No
8) What are your views on Marmite?
HORRIBLE!!
9)...and peanut butter. (apparently if you like one you don’t like the other)
LOVELY!!
10) What do you think of the Royal Family (NOT the TV programme, smart a***s)
It makes the UK different to most other coutries, but I still don't like the idea of someone being so important just because they come from a certain family. GET RID OF THE ROYAL FAMILY!!
11) Have you ever collected anything?
Pogs
12)What’s the road where you live called?
Redwood Avenue
13) What’s the most money you’ve ever had?
About £300 in hand, £5500 in bank
14) erm....... what computer have you got and where are you typing from?
Typing from Dudley (W.Mids) Got a 700mhz PC, with 10 Gig hardrive, 32mb graphics, Wireless Keyboard and Mouse, surround sound speakers, and 19 inch monitor.
Right then, we’ll start with games:
What’s the worst game you’ve ever bought?
What’s the first game you’ve ever bought?
How many game do you have on all formats?
What’s your favourite kind of game?
then on to books, being second to games (just)
What’s your favourite genre?
What books have you read this year?
Do you ever go into book-shops?
now a few interesting ones (perhaps)
What are your views on Marmite? ...and peanut butter. (apparently if you like one you don’t like the other)
What do you think of the Royal Family (NOT the TV programme, smart a***s)
Have you ever collected anything?
What’s the road where you live called?
What’s the most money you’ve ever had?
erm....... what computer have you got and where are you typing from?
...
Look... if you get rid of the number, and put the questions into verse form... you've got the next Here'Say No.1 hit single!
:)
...
Anyway...
1)What’s the worst game you’ve ever bought?
2) What’s the first game you’ve ever bought?
First game I ever owned was Pong... though the first game I ever bought was '25 games on 1 cart', 'The Empire Strikes Back' and E.T. (yes, I was the only person in the world to buy the E.T. game) brought them both with Christmas money for the Atari 2600
3)How many game do you have on all formats?
Its a bit of a cheat because I still have all my old consoles.computers and stuff stuck in my parents loft... but, I know its over 2000 (I had over 1500 for the speccy alone)
4)What’s your favourite kind of game?
Graphic Adventures... I used to be a HUGE text adventure fan as a kid... and they were the next logical step... its just a shame they never really developed after 1993 (although the Grim Fandango+ games did push the interface a little further?)
then on to books, being second to games (just)
5) What’s your favourite genre?
Comedy... especially with a Sci-Fi/Fantasy bent
6) What books have you read this year?
Shining - Steven King
Re-Read Hitch Hickers Guide series- Douglas Adams
Hard Times -
Thief of Time - Terry PRatchett
The Truth - Terry Pratchett
Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Caroll
Alice Throught The Looking Glass - Lewis Caroll
The Sprouts of Wrath - Robert Rankin
High Fidelity - Nick Hornby
The Catcher in the Rye - J.D.Salinger
The Brentford Chainstore Massacre - Robert Rankin
(actually theres been quite a few rankin, so I'll not list them all)
The Science of DiscWorld - Terry PRatchet et al.
The Laws - Plato
7) Do you ever go into book-shops?
Sometimes... though I tend to browse and oorder my books over the web these days... kind of a shame really?
now a few interesting ones (perhaps)
8) What are your views on Marmite?
Its better than Vegimite
9)...and peanut butter. (apparently if you like one
> you don’t like the other)
Give you cancer apprently...
(I like both!)
10) What do you think of the Royal Family (NOT the
TV programme, smart a***s)
Dont care... keep them, get rid of them... my life stays the same :)
11) Have you ever collected anything?
yes... Pannini's Return of the Jedi sticker album
(actually, I've collected a lot of things... but thats one of the only Ive actually managed to grab the whole set.
12) What’s the road where you live called?
Burnside
13) What’s the most money you’ve ever had?
lol... dunno... at one time? ... about 30-35k I think?
14) erm....... what computer have you got and where are you typing from?
DELL P2 450 ... Yes I know!... but from what I hear on these forums, its the only machine in the country that doesnt crash at least once a day... so, yay! :)
I am feeling very relaxed though. I have just been meditating you see. :-D
Mario is Missing for the SNES. Pure c**p.
2) What’s the first game you’ve ever bought?
Umm... Super Metroid for the SNES (wow I love that game!)
3) How many game do you have on all formats?
About 40-50
4)What’s your favourite kind of game?
Probably racing or shoot 'em up.
5) What’s your favourite genre?
I like Fantasy novels and any decent literature type thing, maybe I should read Tolkiens stuff?
6) What books have you read this year?
To Kill a Mockingbird. Brought a tear to my eye :')
7) Do you ever go into book-shops?
Not really, I tend to go to the library
8) What are your views on Marmite?
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEUCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHH!
(Ewww... Sorry, I can't stand it)
9)...and peanut butter. (apparently if you like one
you don't like the other)
I LOVE peanut butter! But preferably crunchy :)
10) What do you think of the Royal Family (NOT the TV programme, smart a***s)
I like the way that we have a monarchy but think we'd be better run under Presidency. The Royal family is a part of England and I don't think we should lose it for now.
11) Have you ever collected anything?
Don't laugh...
Beanie babies.
*Looks around and runs out of room*
12) What’s the road where you live called?
North Street. Not facing in a northerly direction BTW.
13) What’s the most money you’ve ever had?
In hand about £200. In my account about £5,000.
14) erm....... what computer have you got and where are you typing from?
A c**p one and I'm typing at home in Somerset!
Right then, we’ll start with games:
1) What’s the worst game you’ve ever bought?
2) What’s the first game you’ve ever bought?
3) How many game do you have on all formats?
4)What’s your favourite kind of game?
then on to books, being second to games (just)
5) What’s your favourite genre?
6) What books have you read this year?
7) Do you ever go into book-shops?
now a few interesting ones (perhaps)
8) What are your views on Marmite?
9)...and peanut butter. (apparently if you like one you don’t like the other)
10) What do you think of the Royal Family (NOT the TV programme, smart a***s)
11) Have you ever collected anything?
12) What’s the road where you live called?
13) What’s the most money you’ve ever had?
14) erm....... what computer have you got and where are you typing from?
*********************
My answers are as follows
1) Probably Urban Chaos on PSX.
2) Super Mario and Duck Hunt combo on the NES.
3) 33-PSX. 6 PS2. and a few cheapo mac games
4) RPG (duh!)
5) Fantasy.
6) (deep breath)
The Hobbit (again)
LOTR (most of it again)
Northern Lights
The Subtle Knife
The Amber Spyglass
The Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy (all 5 books)
The Chronicles of Narnia (all 7 books)
The first 2 Redwall books
The last 2 Harry Potter books
4 or 5 Discworld’s
A couple of other fantasy books
And a partridge in a pear tree.
7) Yes, I’ll be hanging round the fantasy section.
8) Yum
9) Yuk
10) Get rid of them all. They are completely useless. Only keep for comedy purposes.
11) No
12) Westlands Grove
13) About 400 quid (just before I got my PS2)
14) An i-Mac (very first edition, very s-l-o-w.) From my dad’s study
That’s it, add more questions if you feel like a perpendicular lobster.
Cheers,
FFF