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name: W. Thomas Grové トーマス・グロヴェイ
current location: San Francisco, CA
home towns: Columbus, OH; Evanston, IL; San Francisco, CA
other places I've lived: Bermingham, MI; Colombo, Sri Lanka; Singapore
member: Lotek, Acid, Studio Interrupt, Mu Mei Ji
aliases: Lion-Gv, Lion Lotek, Grover, Lithium Ion, D-Tao
other given names: Thabonyana (Sesotho language)
date of birth: March 16, 1979
photo of lion-gv by Aaron Shinn, 2000 |
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Misc: zen (practice, historical figures, and aesthetics),
kung fu, kendo, scuba diving, skiing, rock climbing, reading |
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Design: graphic/sound/architecture/fashion/infrastructure/game |
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Japanese animation: especially by Studio Ghibli,
Production I.G., Sunrise, Gainax, Madhouse. I particularily like Monster and Gundam. |
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Films directed by: Takeshi Kitano, Oshii
Mamaru, Stephan Chow, Wong Kar Wai, Terry Gilliam, the Coen brothers,
Jim Jarmusch, Shinichiro Watanabe |
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Music styles: drum and bass, detroit techno, minimal
and atmospheric techno, west london (new jazz, broken beat), electro, italla
disco, hip hop |
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Composers: Hisashi Joe, Kanno Yoko, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Richard D.
James, 4 Hero, Maurizio, Teebee, Adam F, J Majik, Burial |
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Philosophers: Ken Wilber, Lao Tsu, Nagarjuna, Takuan Soho, Brook Ziporyn, Menchious |
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Computers: their culture, structure, and application |
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Authors: William Gibson, Neal Stephenson, Masamune
Shirow, Ursula K. Leguin, Katsuhiro Otomo, Eiji Yoshikawa, see philosophers
above |
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Games with lots of replay value: Action Quake II (PC), Armored Core 2 (PS2), Super Street Fighter II HD Remix (XBLA, PSN), Virtua Fighter/Dead or Alive, Way of the Samurai |
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Games with less replay value: Resident Evil 4 (Game Cube), Dreamfall: The Longest Journey, Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, Fire Emblem (GBA), God of War (PS2), Ico (PS2), Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner (PS2), Lost Winds (Wii), Okami (Game Cube) |
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Games that might have replay value, depending on your personality: Ghost In The Shell (PS1), Bit Generations: Orbital (GBA), Parrappa Rapper (PS1), Rez (PS2), Gitaroo Man (PS2/PSP) |
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Nostalgia: Blue Blink (PC Engine), Cadash (PC Engine), Metal Stoker (PC Engine), Super Mario Bros (NES), Quake 1 (PC), Doom (PC), Wolfenstein 3D (PC), Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (PC), Under A Killing Moon (PC), Alone in the Dark (the first one, PC), Skyfox (Apple II) |