I'm 26, female, and a longtime tech and outdoors geek and a gamer, originally focused on computer games.

Now I've moved on to consoles, primarily 360, PS2 and Wii... and newly the PS3.

I'm in the medical field, and I'm studying history and linguistics.

I am an expert cook, I love the outdoors and I'm quite comfortable hiking, backpacking, canoeing, kayaking, fishing, and camping... especially if I get to use sharp pointy things, light fires and build shelters... I think I was a boy scout in a previous life. I own and am quite knowledgeable about various breeds of parrots... hmm... and I read a huge variety of modern and classic literature.

On the tech side, I'm fairly knowledgeable about building and fixing PCs (I love my Frankenputer), both hardware and software and I'm good at creating, encoding and playing around with video, audio and subtitles.

I like action adventure (I miss the old days of LucasArts), RPGs, sandbox, strategy, really.. anything with an interesting plot and good writing and characterization, or original game play. The only genre I tend to stay away from is FPS, although Ive been lured in a few times with story and atmosphere (damn you Bioshock / Fallout 3!!)

Some of my all time favorite games are the Space Quest series, the Tex Murphy series, *anything* from the classic Lucasarts adventures (especially Monkey Island), God of War, FFX, the Star Wars: Knights series, and the Fallout series. Ooh.. and Planescape: Torment.

Current favorites are Fallout 3, Mass Effect, Super Mario Galaxy, Oblivion (still!), and Saints Row 2, just for being so fun.

Evenings, from about 9 pm to 1 pm Pacific time.

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Der Himmel Uber Berlin (Wings of Desire), Victor/Victoria, the Lord of the Rings trilogy, She Done Him Wrong, Arsenic and Old Lace, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, Little Miss Sunshine, V for Vendetta, Better Than Chocolate, A Touch of Pink

The Tragically Hip, ELO, Scissor Sisters, anything composed by Vivaldi or Chopin, and anything from Sondheim.