Erik A

Nerdbooks.com is a great site for all your development book needs. Sorry for the plug, but it's true. I love the place. Their main warehouse is here in Richardson, and it's like a huge dork library - with a soda machine, lounge and everything.

Kung Fu on my friend's Nintendo. Played it once, and I was instantly hooked. 18 years later, and the addiction is as strong as it ever was.

Skies of Arcadia for the DC by Sega’s Sonic Team and Overworks. In the time where RPGs just kept getting more and more complex, here came along a streamlined, polished, simple RPG with tons of character, story, and a fully explorable world. It was supposed to hold us DC fans over until Grandia 2, but ended up surpassing it. Greatness. It’s also on the GC if you no-Dreamcast-owning heathens would like to give it a try.

Well, I can't say I do much. Compared to games, not much holds my attention very well. In true nerd fashion, I like to get in on Pen & Paper RPGs when I find them. Unfortunately, I haven't found a solid group to join since high school. I read comics, but don't collect them like some people. Is that still a hobby?

Get Up Kids/New Amsterdams, Saves the Day, Bright Eyes, Decemberists, Weakerthans, Less Than Jake, Reel Big Fish, Bosstones, NoFx, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Ataris, Audio Karate, Murder by Death, System of a Down, Perfect Circle/Tool, and just recently Streetlight Manifesto

The Sword of Truth novels from Terry Goodkind, the Song of Ice and Fire novels by George R.R. Martin, the Dexter novels by Jeff Lindsay, Rainbow Six by Tom Clancy and the Bourne novels from Robert Ludlum.

Dexter, Battlestar Galactica, The Dresden Files, The Stewart/Colbert Hour, The Office US, The Venture Bros, Family Guy, Aqua Teen, Harvey Birdman

Super Troopers, Spaceballs, Harold and Kumar, High Fidelity, Ghostbusters, The Monty Python trio, Sin City, 300, Spiderman, Batman Begins, Godfather 1 & 2, Layer Cake and anything directed by Martin Scorsese, Guy Ritchie, Quentin Tarantino, Christopher Nolan, or Darren Aronofsky.

"I used to consider every morning I woke up and didn't gargle a round from a revolver to be a victory - but it's little golden moments like these that make me ask, 'A victory for whom?'" - Davan, www.somethingpositive.net