CDG: What attracts you to music games?

Laura: There are other games? WHAT ELSE HAVE YOU BEEN HIDING FROM ME? What games? Where? No more secret games, ok?

CDG: What attracts you to music games?

Laura: I like to party. I like to get down.

CDG: Favorite game?

Laura: Chutes and Ladders…maybe 90’s edition Trivial Pursuit if and only if I get to be Kurt Cobain.Oh, did you mean like, video games? I’m having a difficult time with the ambiguity of this questionnaire. I don’t really see what the focus is…

CDG: What do you think of the perception that video gaming is a guy’s thing?

Laura: I love those dudes who post Craigslist ads seeking girl gamers. ISO my Night Elf…Be my Emerald Dream Come True!!!

CDG: Do you play to win or play for fun?

Laura: Winning is fun!

CDG: How often do you play?

Laura: Not very often since music games are much more fun played with other people, especially the inebriated second cousins of your schoolmate’s ex-mother-in-law. So when I try to play Guitar Hero by myself I get sad and cry. Who the hell turned “Iron Man” into an emo-ballad? That’s right, this girl…

CDG: Do you enjoy playing alone or with other people?

Laura: *See above question* I think this is why I’m not very good, and I hear guys only want girls with skills, rather skilllzzz.

CDG: Who do you play with?

Laura: Will you be my gamer friend? *or* Will you be my friend, gamer? I’ll take whatever I can get.

CDG: Are there other games you are looking forward to playing?

Laura: I’m pretty stoked about Rock Band …I just need to find a band. I’m holding auditions now. Let’s make one thing explicit: It’s my band, ok? I will not be fought for creative control.

CDG: What console do you play on?

Laura: PS2

CDG: Do you play portable games? (e.g. Nintendo ds or psp)

Laura: No

CDG: What games do you own?

Laura: Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero II, DDR Extreme, DDR Supernova

CDG: Do you play any online games?

Laura: The internets were invented so YouTube could come to fruition.

CDG: What other kind of leisure activities do you enjoy?

Laura: Currently: Flight of the Conchords, RedEye crossword puzzles, Kashi cereal, Harry Potter audiobooks, my new Teavana tea press, brunch with Sarah S.