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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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Video Game Pet Peeves wanderingpixel | 8:42 AM on 08.24.2009 3 comments

The difference between a good game and a great game can come down to the smallest details. Some of those seemingly “inconsequential” things that games do can be the deciding factor in my purchasing decisions. Here are a few… Slow Running Speeds – Maybe I’m just impatient, but if it takes a half-hour to get from point A to point B, then there is something wrong. Inaccurate Aiming Reticules – See that dot? That’s where the bullet is supposed to go. Do it. Poor Lip Syncing – When I played The Chronicles of Narnia the game, I thought I was playing the video game adaptation of Children of the Corn. No Subtitles – Dear Bungie; WTF is the Arbiter saying!? Looonnnggg Cut Scenes – Your not Hideo Kojima, get over it. Annoying Kids Online – The mute button. Gods way of saying STFU! Interactive Cut Scenes – Wow. I had no idea that Lavess was Kit’s fath- OH SHIT! ‘A’ BUTTON! ‘A’ BUTTON! Internet Speak – r u going 2 teh prty fri??? I ws ask by jul 2 go LOL!!!:D [Sighs]. Crappy D-Pads – [Stares angrily at Xbox]. ‘Rubbber’ Rag Doll Physics – Dead bodies shouldn’t do summersaults. Not Seeing My Lower Body In First Person – Alright then, let me see if there is any ammo on the floor… HOLY SHIT! Where are my legs!? QTEs – A, B, X, DAMN! A, B, Y, A, DAMN! A, B, Y, B, X, DAMN! A, B, Y, B, A, A, DAMN! A, B, Y, B, A, X, Y, DAMN! Drab Color Palette – Killzone 2’s battlefield makes the city in Seven look like Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory. Microsoft’s Point System – 1200 MP = 19.99. 800 MP = 9.99. 6000 MP = 99.99. Huh? Motion Control – I only perform repetitive motions with my hand once or twice a day, and it’s not for games. Long Ending Credit Sequences – What the hell does a video game “ second unit prop handler” do anyway?