Gamer Girl February
Name: Andy
Age: 30
Occupation: Game Designer (currently Level Designer)
What made you choose this setup?
The very first FPS I have played was Duke Nukem 3D. It was so different from the previous 2D versions and different from the adventures I used to play at that time. Soon I became interested in more FPS and when Unreal Tournament came out I was hooked. Back then I was one of the founding members of a UT-focused clan, that consisted of a group of people who enjoyed playing it for fun. Fun was the main principle of the clan. We got together on a regular basis to have fun together while playing UT and always made sure that our focus on ”having fun” was made as clear as possible.
I do enjoy playing all sorts of games – strategy, RPGs, casual but FPS still rank very high on my favorite games list.
What games do you play?
A few days ago I finally installed WoW and am using the trial version to get into the game. What I have neglected shamefully the last few months is Half Life Ep.2, which only needs a few hours invested and then I am done. Portals also needs more attention, as well as Bioshock.
Favorites over the years: Monkey Island, Maniac Mansion, Duke Nukem (2d&3d), Jill of the Jungle, Xenon, Diablo I&II, Dungeon Keeper (esp. 2), Oblivion, Half Life, Wolfenstein 3D, Unreal (and the Tournament Versions)…and the list goes on…
What do you find interesting about it?
As I have mentioned above, Duke Nukem 3D was my first contact with 3D shooters. I was fascinated about the fact that I could actually walk through the levels, be in the middle of the game, experience everything as if I am actually the main character. Later, when I was part of the clan I especially enjoyed the team player modi. CTF (=Capture the Flag) was one of my favorite game modi, because it involved strategy, tactics, communication and teamplay, compared to the aimless running around in the PvP modus.
What I liked as well was the fact that it reminded me of a more adult version of playing tag. Running around and trying to catch others. Granted, guns are involved and mindless killing, which becomes abstracted by the fact that the tagged/killed player respawns a few seconds after being caught/killed. And still, it never reminded me of war zones and the things that are happening in our neighbor countries right now. As a pacifist, a realistic game that captured the horrors of war, torture and cruelty directed at innocent bystanders and victims would trigger lots of reactions – except being excited about it. Most FPS I have played are far from being truly realistic. Otherwise they would not be able to work as some stress relief. 
Photographer: Cliff Kapatais
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Amazingly beautiful and also… well, I guess my english fails me a bit when trying to express how the sight makes me feel. But I’ll try. Breathtakingly sexy of course, mischievous and perky – while these terms don’t really seem to fit, since there is an air of enjoyed evilness in your expression, too; very strong, self-secure and self-reliant as well. Breathtaking. Your expression here adds up with the accesoire; I guess, there still is some slight feeling of threat or fear in it for most males, even nowadays, when a beautiful girl is packing a gun. Why? Since you overturn stereotypes here, and male fantasies. Here’s somebody attractive, yet heck, she can blast your butt off if you try anything she doesn’t care about. I guess since most males are used to see pin-ups with women offering themselves to them, this is some hit right into their machismo. Maybe, though, it also has something to do with yearning – the gun draws a line making the distance between the desirable woman and oneself quite clearly feelable, symbolizes it, so to speak. I don’t want to make too much fuss about the thing, though – it adds to what your face and pose express, however; taking all together, your pose, outfit, and, most of all, expression depict you as a self-determined, self-ruled woman thus even more beautiful than just by your looks .
I really guess this one proves your point about the calendar; it shows your inner strength, beauty, personality (and beauty thereof) perfectly well, with a charisma, or aura if you wish, resulting from both looks and personality, which one can almost touch. I’ll stop here, or I’ll get into a rant about how wonderful you are (and again, this proves your point about what you want with the calendar – also in terms of the fun thing, which comes through as well).