Stir fried instant noodles with spam, eggs, peas and carrots.  Tossed in a carbon steel wok with soy sauce, garlic and ginger.

Absolutely not!  I think both the 80s and the 90s were awesome.  They were experimental, cheesy, and totally out there.  The early 2000s were great too, even with the cultural reset button of 9/11, the spirit of the 90s lasted a good two years after.

Animated movies were hand-drawn and CG movies didn't totally dominate the moviescape like they way they did in the 2000s.  Games of the time didn't rely on graphics as a crutch like so many do nowadays.  But that might be changing for the better.  Games of the 90s often relied on good storytelling, soundtracks and other atmospheric techniques to cope with the technical limitations of the SNES and Genesis.

Sometimes I wonder if I was meant to be born in 1981 rather than 1991.  Since many things that I feel good watching or playing come from 1980 through 2003.

I'm a major foodie, specializing in East Asian cuisine, specifically Chinese, Japanese and Korean.

I spent the 2011-2012 school year studying abroad in Japan.  Which was an amazing experience that I wish would never end...  I plan to return after graduating university through the JET program as an English teacher.

I'm saving money to build a fursuit... Scalysuit might be a better term.  xD

In a week I'll be going to my first ever furry convention.

I find this whole argument to be completely disgusting.  I remember when my kooky old grandpa started complaining about gun control, what was his first excuse?  Video games!  Seriously, if I hear one more old codger use video games as a scapegoat I'm going to scream...

It seems like no amount of explaining is going to convince these people.  They'll find a scapegoat rather than address an issue practically.  It's bad influences on parts of the parents and not the video games themselves!  I was taught at an early age to distinguish between fantasy and reality.  I play violent games all the time and even though my mom hates it, she knows that I won't go shoot up a school or jack somebody's car.  The biggest problem is these senile old folks think that just because they're "old" that they're right.  They're out of touch with the generations after them.  It's always been this way for decades if not centuries, becoming more prevalent starting with the rebellious teens of the 50s and violent comic books.  Older generations will never, I repeat, never have a full understanding of their grandkid's generation.  Ever.

Though X3i can't reveal it's name, though we suspect it's the Steam Box, they seem to work in correlation with Valve in marrying PC games with consoles.  This would allow people to play Steam games on their TV!

http://ces.cnet.com/8301-34439_1-57562655/...ston-gaming-pc/

As a console gamer, I am stoked.  A little device the size of an orange that I can hook up to my TV and play all the PC games I can't play on my mac.  It's perfect for people like me who are console gamers at heart and can't afford to build a dedicated PC.  Knowing Valve, I hope this will exceed the service provided by similar hardware such as OnLive.  Despite their delay of Half Life 3, they still haven't disappointed me yet.  I hope they don't start now.

My math final.  So glad it's finally over...

While I do have an interest in the Wii U, I think I'll wait a bit until there are more games I would like.  So far, Super Mario Bros U and two other titles are what I'm interested in.  Other then that, nothing much else.

At the latest I'll probably wait until the other two consoles are out from Sony and Microsoft.  I've already have Wii, 360, and PS3 in the same house.    I'll most likely do the same with the next gen as well.  Depending on whether or not I can buy used games on the next Xbox and Playstation.

Looks like GameStop isn't taking preorders even though it's only a month away from release.  I just hope Nintendo learned its lesson with the Wii by keeping more in stock than just five at a time.

The other night, was at a point where I was thoroughly convinced that where I am now is just a dream and I was really back in Japan, going about the routines I had over there.  Guess that's a calling to go back.  xD

Though this topic may spark a bit of controversy for some, but what video game settings do you think are overused?

Personally, I think it varies from genre to genre.  The biggest problem plaguing shooters for the last decade was WWII.  I'm happy that it's seen a die-down in the last couple of years.  Now it seems like modern military shooters, which sprung up after they caught on that people were tired of WWII games, seem to be suffering the same fate.  Every one of them is the same.  COD, Battlefield, and Medal of Honor to a lesser extent.  In some ways, interstellar wars are hardly a new topic either.  But these days, it seems like modern military shooters are the ones over-saturating the market.

In terms of RPGs and RTS games, bleeding into other types of games as well, I feel it's medieval fantasy.  Especially ones that use Tolkien-esque tropes.  Skyrim, Everquest, Warcraft, and the list goes on and on.  So many tropes of western fantasy are so overused in video games that it would take a hell of a miracle to come up with something original.  What I find even more annoying is the fanbase.  The never-ending, pushy, stuck-up fanbase stereotype that shuns and humiliates you if you make the simple statement that you "just don't like it".  Granted, that subject should be discussed in another topic.