And more interviews (of the friendly variety)

[jethrien]

From edgehopper:

1. What was your first gaming experience?
Actually, my first experience was a bad D&D knock-off called "Dragonquest" or something that my brother got for Christmas one year. It was very much hack-and-slash, and came with a terrible, terrible introductory video. My family tried to play a game or two. No one quite knew what they were doing. It played like a very awkward dungeon crawl. We eventually abandoned it in slight bewilderment and disgust.

My first actually pleasant experience was a lovely Mage game chuckro ran, in which we were tracking a pair of vampires through Princeton. I played an antisocial kung fu artist with a spirit tiger who had been orphaned and raised by a crazy Chinese monk living in the Andes. He was a very confused monk. My character was also rather confused. It was mad fun.

2. What was your favorite class at Princeton, and why?
I've had a couple of favorites. Hi Tech Entrepreneurship was really interesting - run like a business school class, and about all the different aspects of starting a business. I also loved Mechanical Design, for similar reasons; it was a lot of fairly high level coverage of all the issues that go into product design, from patentability to safety concerns to marketing to business models to focus groups. And I loved my English class with Nunokawa because he was just an amazing lecturer, and my class on early Christian thought with Pagels, because it was fascinating and she was also a fantastic lecturer. And watching the musical Buffy episode in my musicals class was a hoot.

3. Favorite non-grasshopper drink?
Hmm. I'm rather fond of amaretto sours.

4. Favorite vacation spot?
Not sure about that. I've been on a lot of really great vacations. Possibly Hawaii. The scenery's gorgeous, the food's good, and there are a million interesting things to do.

5. There will be a trip to Great Adventure next year, right? Right??
I have no idea. We'll see.

Comments

[edgehopper.livejournal.com]

Actually, a 6th question came to mind (much better than the 5th one I asked): Will you and Chuckro encourage your kids to game, and when will they start? :)

[chuckro.livejournal.com]

I expect my kids will start on the road to gaming the same way I did: With a trunk full of costumes and props and a lot of imagination. In terms of real gaming, well, wasn't there an age 6-12 LARP at I-Con?

Seriously, I expect my kids will get into gaming the same way I got into comic books; it's something that's always around, so you phase in the age-appropriate versions whenever they want to be like their parents. I read Disney comics, then superhero books aimed at kids and Archie comics, then normal superhero comics, and finally Vertigos and other "mature" books. RPGs can follow the same progression.

[jethrien.livejournal.com]

Oh, there will be costumes. So many costumes. My dress-ups were the best toy I had. Immediately followed by blocks.

[ivy03.livejournal.com]

I believe I've told you about my talk with Peter David's wife where she was describing the trouble of having a toddler in their house.

"These are Mommy and Daddy's action figures. You can't play with these."

[ivy03.livejournal.com]

There. I commented. Ask me questions!

[jethrien.livejournal.com]

1. If you were only allowed to write fic for one fandom for the rest of your life, which would it be?
2. What's your favorite piece you've ever performed?
3. Best Princeton memory?
4. What piece of advice would you give your 13 year old self?
5. Who would you want to be stuck on a desert island with?

[jethrien.livejournal.com]

Absolutely. When they seem old enough to handle the rules (probably a basic, stripped down version).

[edgehopper.livejournal.com]

One of you needs to learn the rules for and run Toon, I think :) Or I will. I can write games that aren't dark and deceptive, honest!

[chuckro.livejournal.com]

I own TOON, I've run TOON, and yes, it's a great deal of fun.

[hyouneko.livejournal.com]

Questions for teh stan

[jethrien.livejournal.com]

1. If you were only allowed to play with one operating system ever again, which would it be?
2. Favorite Princeton memory?
3. First impression of me?
4. Favorite band song?
5. Where is the best place on earth?