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About Me

I am also a contributer on Damnlag dot com. You can read my column, Broken Pixels and check out all the other great stuff we've got going on there. Just remember to wear pants.

Anyway, about me...

My name is Jack Ninivaggi AKA Wandering Pixel, and I'm here to rock your world! Or at least cause some sort of tremor.

I live over on the east coast in New Jersey. My favorite types of games are those that have great writing. I'm going to college right now and plan on majoring in either communications or literature. When I'm not playing games I'm either reading a book or comic, watching a movie or sleeping. I'm a huge fan of animation and my favorite thing to do is watch old animated films, I'm also a theater geek, and frequently make trips to New York to watch the latest musicals and plays on Broadway. one day I plan on making a living by writing, though I haven't yet decided what kind of writing I want to do. Anyway, this is my blog. Enjoy!

You can contact me at jackninivaggi@yahoo.com

I also have a Facebook you can check out here.

This is my interview, which was conducted by the oh so sexy LawofThermalDynamics.

My Idols:
Stanley Kubrick
Alan Moore
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Philip K. Dick
Steven Spielberg
Hiro Miyazaki
Brad Bird

Here are some lists of my favorite things in no particular order.

Games:
1.) Half-Life 2
2.) Bioshock
3.) Spyro the Dragon
4.) Sonic CD
5.) Shadow of the Colossus

Movies:
1.) Blade Runner
2.) Ratatouille
3.) The Third Man
4.) Spirited Away
5.) Up

TV Shows:
1.) Lost
2.) Big Love
3.) Futurama
4.) Avatar: The Last Airbender
5.) Invader Zim

Anime:
1.) Neon Genesis Evangelion
2.) Cowboy Bebop
3.) Akira
4.) Anything by Miyazaki
5.) Or anything with cool robots

Musicians:
1.) John Lennon
2.) Bob Dylan
3.) John Hiatt
4.) Idina Menzel
5.) Utada Hikari

Books
1.) Harry Potter
2.) His Dark Materials
3.) The Great Gatsby
4.) Biographies
5.) World War Z

Graphic Novels
1.) Watchmen
2.) The Killing Joke
3.) The Long Halloween
4.) Ghost World
5.) From Hell

Comics
1.) Runaways
2.) Batman
3.) Hell Boy
4.) The Umbrella Academy
5.) X-Men

Musicals:
1.) Rent
2.) Wicked
3.) Little Shop of Horrors
4.) Avenue Q
5.) Sweeney Todd

Plays:
1.) Speed the Plow
2.) Hamlet
3.) A Streetcar Named Desire
4.) Our Town
5.) Macbeth

Magazines/Newspapers:
1.) The New Yorker
2.) EGM
3.) Entertainment Weekly
4.) Game Informer
5.) The New York Times

Articles from the front page:
I, the Author: Midnight Run
Nothing is Sacred: Getting into Character
Video Game Characters Solve the Oil Spill Crisis

Motivational Poster Series
Destructoid Editors
Destructoid Community Members

Wandering Pixel's Guide to Amazing Games
Warpath: Jurassic Park

Useless Lists
Things to Do While Waiting for Your PS3 Game to Install
State Sex Moves(NSFW)
Present Tools of Destruction, The Top Ten Guns of All Time
5 Reasons Why I Want To Buy A PS3, But...
5 Of The Most Annoying Dicks In Gaming

Gamer Profile

3DS friend code:
Steam: wanderingpixel
Battle:
PSN:
Mii: I'm not memorizing another set of numbers
Gamertag: Pixel Jack

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Destructoids Official Unofficial Hardcore Gamer Quiz Vol. 1 [Update] wanderingpixel | 5:01 PM on 10.22.2009 7 comments

1.) In what game did the world famous “Konami Code” first appear? A.) Gradius (NES) B.) Contra C.) Metal Gear D.) Gradius (Arcade) E.) None of the above 2.) Which of the following is NOT the color of one of the original Pac-Man ghosts? A.) Red B.) Yellow C.) Cyan D.) Orange E.) Pink 3.) How many coins do you need to collect before gaining an extra life in Mario Bros.? A.) 50 B.) 99 C.) 100 D.) You earn one extra every time you accumulated 100,000 points. E.) You don’t have lives. 4.) Which robot could you play as in Sonic Adventure for the Dreamcast? A.) E-101 Gamma B.) E-110 Beta C.) E-102 Gamma D.) E-105 Beta E.) E-109 Zeta 5.) Speaking of Dreamcast; which of these games was NOT avaliable for its 1999 launch? A.) Power Stone B.) Crazy Taxi C.) Sonic Adventure D.) Soul Caliber E.) Hydro Thunder 6.) The Wii wasn’t the first console come with a free game straight out of the box. Which of these games came bundled with the granddaddy of consoles, the Atari 2600? A.) Adventure B.) Pitfall C.) Combat D.) Kaboom! E.) The Atari 2600 didn’t come with a free game. 7.) In what year does the original Mass Effect take place A.) 2183 B.) 2236 C.) 2524 D.) 2386 E.) It doesn’t say what year the game takes place. 8.) What is the name of the setting that Final Fantasy III (VI in Japan) take place in? A.) Earth B.) Ivalice C.) Palamecia D.) Gaia E.) The name is never mentioned. 9.) Which one of these video game franchises has sold more copies worldwide? A.) The Legend of Zelda B.) Need for Speed C.) Final Fantasy D.) FIFA E.) Grand Theft Auto 10.) What game is this screenshot from? A.) Project Snowblind B.) Time Splitters 3: Future Perfect C.) Rogue Trooper D.) Red Faction II E.) Deus Ex Invisible War Bonus Question – How many licks does it take to get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop? A.) 1 B.) 2 C.) 3 D.) 1029 E.) What the lobster milkshake does this have to do with video games? Thanks for playing! Check back tomorrow for the answers. Update Answers: 1.) A 2.) B 3.) E 4.) C 5.) B 6.) C 7.) A 8.) E 9.) B 10.) A Bonus.) D or E