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Nick Hornby was joking when he wrote that an individual's tastes were more important than what sort of person he is, but let's face it – we judge people by their tastes all the time. In the gamer world, someone's preferences become a sort of shorthand into what kind of gamer they are – how “sophisticated” their game tastes are, if they have a sense of video game history, what side of the holy and eternal PC/console division they sit on, and whether they are Japanophile anime-watching aliens or upright American patriots.

This classification-by-preference is silly, reductive, over-simplistic, and oh so fun to do. So here are some of my personal favorites in gaming, literature, and music. I leave it to you to piece together what these choices might say about me. I've even put together some meaningless charts and graphs to help you do this.

Games – Fallout 2, Grim Fandango, Planescape: Torment, System Shock 2, Homeworld, Allegiance, Deus Ex, Guitar Hero, Dreamfall, Galactic Civilizations 2

Authors – David Foster Wallace, Michael Chabon, Dave Eggers, David Sedaris, George R. R. Martin, Lorrie Moore

Music – The Gotan Project, The Killers, The Real Tuesday Weld, Nick Cave, Nick Drake, Gorillaz