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[Shin GenX]

I enjoy watching movies just as much as I play games.
I think I spend more time playing games though but I movies are right there next to games on my hobbies list.

My favorite movie being The Gladiator and Incredibles.

What else are you guys really into and anything you guys recommend?

[Kezins]

Right now, I'd say I enjoy video games more than anything else. 2nd place would be watching movies and 3rd place would be photography. I don't get to do the things I like as often as I'd prefer, but hopefully I'll have more time in the near future. One thing I really wish I did more was travel, but with the cost of gas these days, that really becomes an expensive thing. I miss the days when gas was $1/gallon and I could just drive anywhere on a whim.

My favorite video games are JRPGs and my all-time favorite movie series is Star Wars. I have watched the original trilogy probably at least 300+ times.

[DarkCobra86]

I love to play videogames ever since I was small and got my first system which was the SNES. But aside from that, I love to watch movies, watch tv, and read books. Outside of that though, I am a huge sports guy. I would watch sportscenter for 4 hours straight back then before they went live for every hour. Back then the one at 9am was new and then the next 3 hours were rerun and I still would watch it. Of course, I love to play sports. I got a crew in school and we try to ball it up every thursday. I'm not the best there mainly because I'm too short, can't hang with some of those giants. Pretty much if there is a sport game to be played I'll be down for it. I also like card games and board games. Recently my friends and are have gotten into a game of thrones card games and I'll need to buy some cards sooner or later to make my own deck.

[Kezins]

I love to play videogames ever since I was small and got my first system which was the SNES. But aside from that, I love to watch movies, watch tv, and read books. Outside of that though, I am a huge sports guy. I would watch sportscenter for 4 hours straight back then before they went live for every hour. Back then the one at 9am was new and then the next 3 hours were rerun and I still would watch it. Of course, I love to play sports. I got a crew in school and we try to ball it up every thursday. I'm not the best there mainly because I'm too short, can't hang with some of those giants. Pretty much if there is a sport game to be played I'll be down for it. I also like card games and board games. Recently my friends and are have gotten into a game of thrones card games and I'll need to buy some cards sooner or later to make my own deck.

I forgot to mention sports. I'm out of shape now, but trying to get back into sports a little. The house we just bought has a basketball court, so I plan to use it as much as possible.

[DarkCobra86]

I forgot to mention sports. I'm out of shape now, but trying to get back into sports a little. The house we just bought has a basketball court, so I plan to use it as much as possible.

That's awesome. I want to have a full in door court where I can get my friends together and we can run full court. It just isn't the same unless you run 5 v 5. I don't even want to play 4's or 3's after I already played 5's.

[Marcus Estrada]

Gaming is my number one love but movies and politics come in second. Unfortunately it's hard to find people to talk about the latter with because a lot of this generation is either turned off by all the grossness of "playing politics" or is vehemently for or against things and that makes for some loud conversation sometimes.

Anyway, movies are quickly catching up to games although I don't think I'll ever have such a vast knowledge of them. Games I've put tons of time into studying and thinking about whereas movies I just sit there and enjoy them. I don't know who many actors are, what they've been in, and what directors have done. I've also managed to miss out on tons of classic films because they don't fall into my preferred movie-watching genres (horror, foreign, experimental). So, if you ask me if I've seen a specific action, sci-fi, or fantasy film chances are I have not . One day, though!

[barrel]

I've flip flopped between a lot of hobbies; like comic-junkie, anime/manga-junkie, music junkie (played piano/acoustic, I'm rusty at both now, but I can still play piano decent), card games (mainly magic, though pokemon/digimon had their time), acrylics/pottery, bookworm, sports (did lots of swimming and basketball, although I won't touch a basketball nowadays, I still enjoy swimming) but I still think videogames are easily the highest for me and have been for a long time.

Although, as passive interests I've been dabbling with different languages (Chinese Mandarin, Japanese, and very recently Sign Language. *I tried French/Spanish but lost interest early in* Though, I should just stick to one and master it 1st, then move onto another....) and Public Speaking.

[bink]

Right now gaming for me seems to be the most convenient hobby that allows me some relaxation time and interaction with friends whom I can not see normally because they live elsewhere. Right up there with gaming however are movies which I greatly enjoy, as others have said. I do believe that if I wasn't so stressed and busy with life though, I would definitely be doing more art. Creating art for me however can sometimes be a slighly strenuous, lengthy, and involved process, so lately I haven't had the enegy to throw myself into the realm of my imagination nor have I had the time to allow myself to get lost in it.

[Shin GenX]

Oh yeah recently I have been getting more into boardgames. I highly recommend Dominion and another newer game called Dixit. Two very different games but two very creative and fun games.

Dominion is better for those who like TCG's and Dixit is for those who don't mind using their creativity ^^

[DarkCobra86]

I've flip flopped between a lot of hobbies; like comic-junkie, anime/manga-junkie, music junkie (played piano/acoustic, I'm rusty at both now, but I can still play piano decent), card games (mainly magic, though pokemon/digimon had their time), acrylics/pottery, bookworm, sports (did lots of swimming and basketball, although I won't touch a basketball nowadays, I still enjoy swimming) but I still think videogames are easily the highest for me and have been for a long time.

Although, as passive interests I've been dabbling with different languages (Chinese Mandarin, Japanese, and very recently Sign Language. *I tried French/Spanish but lost interest early in* Though, I should just stick to one and master it 1st, then move onto another....) and Public Speaking.

That reminds me, anime/manga is another enjoyable hobby that I find. I haven't watched any anime lately though but I do keep up with my manga weekly (naruto, bleach, gamaran).

How come you haven't touched a basketball in so long? Lost interest?

[Shin GenX]

Actually sign language is something that I would like to get into. Recently one of our good friends found out that their child is hard of hearing. I kinda wish that I paid more attention in the 1 sign language class I took in college ^^

[caitlinA7X]

Gaming is probably number 2 for me. Number 1 is music and number 3 is my sports teams I'm a fan of.

[barrel]

How come you haven't touched a basketball in so long? Lost interest?

Basically, that and Basketball requires a bit more commitment than something like swimming I think, like after a certain point in high school I felt like I reached a talent wall and the only way to get over it is to genuinely be passionate about the game (which I realized I wasn't), so I moved on and and simply lost interest really. Plus, I got into water polo/competitive swimming shortly after (and apparently was fairly good at it), and while I don't do it competitive anymore (I'm too nerdy to be focused on excelling at any sport) I find swimming is an easy way to stay in shape since I can always find an excuse to enjoy it or go out of my way to do it at a gym or something and go at my pace, unlike basketball where unless you just enjoy shooting hoops it's a competitive game at heart, and I'm too lazy to deal with it.

[Ludono]

It flip flops between anime and gaming but those have been my 2 biggest hobbies for years. I also love traveling but it gets a bit pricey. Really want to go to Japan again, been twice but feel like I haven't seen anything yet.

[DarkCobra86]

Basically, that and Basketball requires a bit more commitment than something like swimming I think, like after a certain point in high school I felt like I reached a talent wall and the only way to get over it is to genuinely be passionate about the game (which I realized I wasn't), so I moved on and and simply lost interest really. Plus, I got into water polo/competitive swimming shortly after (and apparently was fairly good at it), and while I don't do it competitive anymore (I'm too nerdy to be focused on excelling at any sport) I find swimming is an easy way to stay in shape since I can always find an excuse to enjoy it or go out of my way to do it at a gym or something and go at my pace, unlike basketball where unless you just enjoy shooting hoops it's a competitive game at heart, and I'm too lazy to deal with it.

Oh yes you are right. I hate losing and when I'm on a team with people that don't know how to play the game, it just pisses me off. I love that I can get my team, win and stay on and keep on playing. I pretty much try to play until I cramp up or to the point where I know I would, then I would quit. Right now, bball is really my own way to stay in shape outside of hitting the gym. But it is a great cardio workout for me so I love it.

I think swimming is great. I took lessons when I was younger. I'm not good at swimming. I wish I was better at it because it is probably one of the best way to stay in shape while still having fun. Plus, hitting the pool during spring and summer time are so good. Fun in the sun and well you get to see girls in bathing suit . Can't complain there.

[TKtheknight]

I actually have more manga and anime than my games so I think that's like my biggest hobby. Most of the time in my spare time is watching anime or surfing the net If I don't play games. Recently been watching a lot of Toonami Aftermath. I hope [Adult Swim] brings it back.