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Copy Clerk
Posts: 83
Joined: 28 Nov 2007

Reading mainly, the odd bit of writing too, though I'm not working on anything at the moment.

Paperboy
Posts: 12
Joined: 28 Dec 2007

Cycling (though I broke a spoke this weekend - third one on the same wheel, but I don't have $300 for a new wheel set) doing massive, noncompetitive bike rides (60+ miles), reading good classic literature and modern, intelligent humor and scientific journals for the masses (Scientific American, Discovery, etc), as well as Electronic Gaming Monthly.
TV plays a pretty small role, maybe 1-2 hours per week but less than 5 (excluding video games). Dance Dance Revolution - even though it's game related - I've been looking at getting in better shape on bad weather days with my new Christmas-fresh DDR game. Spending time with my lovely girlfriend and having high-minded conversations with friends that vacillate wildly from the properties of supercooled helium to the calculus of toilet humor also rank highly on my list.
Writing occasionally and making (game) maps in the Hammer World Editor (Source engine).

Anonymous Source
Posts: 10
Joined: 1 Jan 2008

I like drawing, writing, playing guitar, paintball, (as my name applies :P) airsoft, soccer, and watching movies. :)

Paperboy
Posts: 21
Joined: 14 Dec 2007

I play guitar. No not guitar hero, real guitar.

Paperboy
Posts: 24
Joined: 2 Jan 2008

Surfing, making films, reading and football (soccer for my fellow yanks)

Paperboy
Posts: 33
Joined: 28 Dec 2007

I play guitar professionally... the only hobby i have time for is gaming (which im supposed to cut down on but its not happening any time soon)

Paperboy
Posts: 11
Joined: 2 Jan 2008

Watching sports, mostly soccer and reading a good book or two.

Paperboy
Posts: 45
Joined: 2 Jan 2008

Playing Bass (Yes, Bass, not guitar. Im so different) Music, Movies, me and my brother create Sci-Fi Stories
My Girlfriend just starting giving me copies of Cowboy Bebop Manga and i think thats gonna be with me for a while.

Reviewer
Posts: 93
Joined: 13 Feb 2007

Newspaper production/writing/editing. I also play electric and acoustic guitar. Love going to the cinema, which I do sometimes weekly. Swimming/seadooing/boating at the cottage in summer.

Plannning on getting a Digital SLR soon for a bunch of lenses I had handed down to me.

Paperboy
Posts: 14
Joined: 23 Nov 2007

Nothing like a good game of rugby and a few beers with mates while watching movies/cricket/rugby afterwards! ;)

Anonymous Source
Posts: 1
Joined: 2 Jan 2008

Baseball, reading, music, etc

Anonymous Source
Posts: 8
Joined: 8 Nov 2007

I'm an avid trumpeter, love Star Wars with an unhealthy passion, reading mostly sci-fi (about evenly spread between classics and new stuff), watching movies, directing movies, juggling :D, and possibly my favourite debating.

I find it fascinating how diverse people are connected so tightly by a single element like video games.

Gone Gonzo
Posts: 1710
Joined: 2 Jan 2008

I enjoy making highly intricate presentations on MS Power Point. You may laugh, but you would be surprised what someone with a holiday weekend and no place to go can accomplish with custom animation and autoshapes.

Me and my mates play some pretty hardcore games of Ultimate Frisbee. You may laugh, but these games are just as intense (perhaps more intense) as any football match. Plus, it's the only "sport" I don't suck muffins at.

I do some PbP Roleplaying on a Star Wars message board. You may laugh, but... well, you probably have the right to.

Gone Gonzo
Posts: 3368
Joined: 23 Oct 2007

Reading - I'm a voracious reader, when I have the time, devouring good stories of many genres, with a massive interest in automotive (anything from Jeremy Clarkson to full car mechanic textbooks), military or computing non-fiction.

Writing - I'm a writer of varying quality - some of my military and dystopian stories aren't bad (I've a mind to get a couple of them published at some time), while my science fiction stories are pure bilge - and occasionally, I'll find that I have the urge to push out several thousand words. I tend towards the verbose - average short story lengths of about three thousand words, average chapter lengths for the novellas/novels of about five thousand words.

Computer Programming: I don't really know that much about the area, only knowing BASIC well enough to write anything of use, but I'm trying to learn C/C++. I'll also be trying to learn Python as well soon.

Political Discussion: I'm not going to elaborate right now.

Some that will hopefully be big hobbies of the future:

Driving: As mentioned above, I have a huge interest in cars. Hopefully, I'll be able to afford a good set of cars in the future and I'll be taking them out for occasional thrashes at circuit events.

Flying: I also want to own an aeroplane when I'm older (ambitious, no?). A Cessna 172/182 would serve me well. Even if I can't afford the aeroplane, I still want to learn how to fly.

Gone Gonzo
Posts: 3231
Joined: 10 Nov 2007

Clubbing, Pubs, getting drunk, making a bit of a prat of myself on the dancefloor.

Anonymous Source
Posts: 5
Joined: 5 Jan 2008

Toys, toys, toys! I am a little bit of a fan of figurines, gadgets & small toys to make the room look a lot cooler. I adopted this fascination when I was living in Japan and trailing through Akihabra's many MANY stores full of glass cabinets and geeky fans.

So yeah, I don't have a huge collection but enougth to keep me happy :-)

Anonymous Source
Posts: 5
Joined: 5 Jan 2008

Toys, toys, toys! I am a little bit of a fan of figurines, gadgets & small toys to make the room look a lot cooler. I adopted this fascination when I was living in Japan and trailing through Akihabra's many MANY stores full of glass cabinets and geeky fans.

So yeah, I don't have a huge collection but enough to keep me happy :-)

Copy Clerk
Posts: 125
Joined: 5 Jan 2008

non game hobbies..WTF! i play WoW, there is nothing else in my life...but i guess id have to say when im not on my mage i am leveling my tailoring or enchanting...that counts right?

Gone Gonzo
Posts: 1225
Joined: 13 Dec 2007

Reading, jogging, driving a sea-doo (like a snowmobile except on water for those of you who don't know), various sports, and I'm looking to get into a kickboxing school.

Paperboy
Posts: 29
Joined: 4 Jan 2008

Repairing Computers, It is my living after all, and I also Play Guitar, Bass and Drums.

Gone Gonzo
Posts: 2079
Joined: 1 Jan 2008

My job doesn't count considering i work at target and i slack off and play games all the time (shhhh!!)

Mostly writing things: I've written a couple novels of varying quality and some poetry
Other than that painting Warhammer miniatures and sometimes playing battles with them against the guys at GW.

Paperboy
Posts: 14
Joined: 11 Dec 2007

Writing, Sketching, 3D Modeling... are those Hobbies? =)

Paperboy
Posts: 26
Joined: 6 Jan 2008

I try to play hockey as often as I can... it's hard to get enough people for a game, but I'm not above suiting up and playing in goal for the kids in my neighbourhood that are 10 years younger than I am.

Muckraker
Posts: 245
Joined: 27 Dec 2007

I enjoy eating, a nice glass of sake, fighting in general,taekwondo,(Im a black belt) films, sex, hanging with my friends, stand up routines, writing occasionally, going out places with my buds, videogames of course, spending time with my dog, listening to music and staying up late contemplating things.

Gone Gonzo
Posts: 2275
Joined: 13 Sep 2007

What you're doing right now.

Paperboy
Posts: 43
Joined: 2 Jan 2008

Attempting, so far, to learn how to play the electric guitar, as well as a few other secret things.

Anonymous Source
Posts: 5
Joined: 27 Feb 2008

reading (you rarely see me with out a book in my hand), writing (stories and I also enter a lot of essay contests) Manga/anime, and watching movies with friends. most activites that require coordination ushually end up in me (and those around me) getting severly injured. And when I try to cook things tend to blow up/catch fire so I try to avoid those kinds of activities, or at lest get them on tape.

Gone Gonzo
Posts: 1374
Joined: 12 Sep 2007

Reading, fishing, and collecting native fish for our aquaria.

Gone Gonzo
Posts: 1566
Joined: 5 Dec 2007

I guess i like walking, reading and bike-riding like everyone else. But chess is also a favorite, not very good att it but i am learning. I also mean to start Badmiton and fishing.

Red Guard
Posts: 2671
Joined: 16 Dec 2007

Electronic music composition and experimentation, acoustic (folk) guitar, model craft, puzzles, writing, water color, pastel, sketching, reading (Classics and Non-fiction), and pretty much anything that helps me be creative. As you can tell I have a lot of free time on my hands.

On the Record
Posts: 6111
Joined: 25 Jan 2008

Reading: Forgotten Realms, Battletech, Shadowrun, Dragonlance, Ravenloft, Greyhawk, Spelljammer, Darksun, Planescape, Halo, Aliens, Predator, Aliens vs Predator, Resident Evil, RA Heinlein, HP Lovecraft, Terry Brooks, Terry Goodkind, various other scifi-fantasy or fiction works...

Tabletop Strategy / Pen-n-Paper RPG games: Battletech, Shadowrun, Heavy Gear, Babylon 5, D&D, Exalted, other/selfcreated...

I collect (and repeatedly watch) DVDs, TV or Movie... Currently just bought the last three seasons of DS9, and am starting on Voyager this payday.

Porn: Hardcore, Softcore, BDS&M, Yuri, Hentai, etc...

Other activities? I occasionally yell at the microwave.

Press Junketeer
Posts: 459
Joined: 21 Nov 2007

Free time? What's that?

Most of my hobbies are in the "I have to get back into them" phase at the moment. I used to be into origami, paintball, reading books/comics, graphic design, and taking hikes with my dog but those have mostly been abandoned in the last couple years.

About all I do these days is work, do homework, go to class, play some CS, and read. After daylight savings time I'll take the dog out for hikes/running around the park but I don't see me picking up any of the rest any time in the next five years...

BANNED
Posts: 502
Joined: 3 Jan 2008

Guitar

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Press Junketeer
Posts: 378
Joined: 8 Jan 2008

Speaking with penpal, walking, reading, movies, math/physics, and finding a girlfriend.

Gone Gonzo
Posts: 2302
Joined: 20 Feb 2008

Well in the little time off I have between cleaning up after my family and work, I am now building a game review portfolio. Aside from that if I can manage it I like to work out a bit, watch some anime, and of course forum posting.

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