Childhood Games
A block-based game where I filled labyrinthian structures with pigs.
What is Minecraft?
This book featured a boy finding a dragon egg and fleeing the grasp of King Galbatorix.
What is Eragon?
My favorite visual art medium.
Acrylic paints.
The band that I obsessed over in middle school.
What is Gorillaz?
A platform of user-made games where I frequently worked at a pizza place.
What is Roblox?
I first got this collection of Arabian folktales and myths from my mom's best friend.
What are Tales from the Arabian Nights?
My favorite group of animals-probably my favorite group of living things
What are birds?
The first concert I went to. There were four acts, I will accept any of them.
Spoon, Wild Belle, Cage the Elephant, and Beck
My first Pokemon game.
What is Pokemon Yellow?
This Argentinian author wrote classics like The Library of Babel.
Who is Jorge Luis Borges?
My favorite format to write in.
What are short stories?
I have a lot of favorite musicians/bands. Name (at least) three
(Up to the presenter (me))
This motion-controlled game included fishing, finding look-alikes, and even driving tanks, but my imagination made it into regular daily activities.
What is WiiPlay?
Robert W. Chambers wrote this collection that would later inspire H. P. Lovecraft.
What is The King in Yellow?
This people-centered subject was a close second when I was deciding what to go to college for.
What is anthropology?
A recent favorite, the former frontman of Talking Heads.
Who is David Byrne?
A Simulation game where I decorated homes, built up a town, and made all the trees grow scrap metal.
What is MySims?
One of my favorite books, this is the record of a family's decline over a 100 years.
What is 100 Years of Solitude?
This interest in an area of art and design was inspired by a blocky childhood game.
What is architecture?
My favorite blues singer who was frequently barred for her song "Strange Fruit"
Who is Billie Holiday?