User:Twas Now/List of interests

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Here is a non-comprehensive list of topics to which I would be interested in contributing.

Contents

[edit] Music

[edit] Canada

[edit] Local

Arrows • birdsacrosswater • Constantines(2) • Dead Love Triangles(2) • The Discount Orchestra(1)The D'Urbervilles(1) • HA • kitchens & bathrooms(1)Richard Laviolette(1) • Riding Life Down • ohbijou(2) • The Tacoma Hellfarm Tragedy(2)

[edit] Other

The AcornAlexisonfireApostle of Hustle(1) • The Approach • Arcade Fire(2)Attack in Black • The Remains of Brian BorcherdtBroken Social Scene(3)Buck 65(2)CaribouCity and ColourLeonard CohenCuff the Duke(3)d.b.s.The Dears(2)Death From Above 1979(1)Do Make Say Think(2)Julie Doiron(1)Eric's Trip(2)Feist(1)godspeed you! black emperorGreat Lake Swimmers(1)Handsome Furs(1)Hayden(2)HiretsukanHot Hot HeatIslandsk-os(1)The KilljoysThe Lovely FeathersThe Mark InsideMatthew GoodMetric(3)Moneen(3)The New PornographersPainted ThinPropagandhi(1)Rockets Red Glareset fire to flamesSIANspherica silver mt. zion(1) • Sinclaire • Sleeper Set Sail • SloanStars(1)The Stills(1) • Tangiers • Tegan and SaraTokyo Police ClubThe Unicorns(1)The Vermicious KnidPatrick WatsonThe Weakerthans(4)Wintersleep(3)Wolf Parade

[edit] United States

Against Me!(1)Akron/FamilyThe Album LeafTori Amos…And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead(1)Animal CollectiveAppleseed CastAt the Drive-InAtmosphereAzure RayBand of HorsesDevendra BanhartThe Beach BoysBeach HouseBeckBeirutBelongAndrew BirdThe Black Heart ProcessionThe Black KeysBlack Rebel Motorcycle ClubThe Books • Boy in Static • Bright Eyes(1)Tim BuckleyBuilt to SpillCary BrothersCalifoneBill Callahan / Smog • CocoRosie(1)Cold War KidsJohn ColtraneDanger MouseDANGERDOOMMiles DavisKimya DawsonDeath Cab for CutieThe DecemberistsAni DiFranco(1) • The Diggs • Division Day • DJ ShadowThe Dodos / Dodo Bird • Bob DylanElectric PresidentExplosions in the Sky(1)The Flaming LipsFruit BatsFugaziThe Get Up KidsGirl TalkGlassjawGrandaddyGrizzly BearGuided by VoicesHigh PlacesHot CrossInterpolIron & WineSkip JamesDaniel JohnstonJune of '44Damien JuradoLiarsMadvillainThe Magnetic FieldsThe Mars Volta(1)MenomenamewithoutYou(1)The Microphones/Mount EerieThe Moldy PeachesModest Mouse(2)Mos DefThe Mountain GoatsMurder By Death(1)The NationalNeutral Milk HotelJoanna NewsomOdawasof MontrealOkkervil RiverWill OldhamOperation IvyPage FranceDavid Pajo / Papa M • PavementPixies(1)The Postal ServicePretty Girls Make GravesQ and Not URainer Maria(1)Red Sparowes • Reed KD • RJD2RodanSaetiaSage FrancisSaves the DayShe Wants RevengeThe ShinsShipping NewsSilversun PickupsSimon & GarfunkelNina SimoneSleeping at LastSmashing PumpkinsElliott SmithSonic YouthSpartaRegina SpektorSpoonSufjan StevensThe StoogesSun Kil MoonSunny Day Real EstateTalking HeadsThievery CorporationThursdayTV on the RadioVampire WeekendThe Velvet UndergroundTom WaitsWeenThe White StripesWhy?WilcoXiu XiuYeah Yeah YeahsYeasayerZykos

[edit] International

[edit] British Isles

65daysofstaticAntony and the JohnsonsBat for LashesThe BeatlesBloc PartyBoards of CanadaBurialBushThe Cinematic OrchestraThe ClashDepeche ModeEditorsGod Is an AstronautHot ChipThe Jesus and Mary ChainJoy DivisionLed ZeppelinLemon JellyMassive AttackMogwaiNew OrderPink FloydRadioheadFionn ReganDamien RiceThe Rolling StonesCat StevensThe StreetsJamie TThe Twilight SadPatrick Wolf

[edit] Continental Europe

Ludwig van BeethovenCamilleCanManu ChaoM83The NotwistMax RichterErik SatieAntonio VivaldiYann Tiersen

[edit] Scandinavia

The FieldJosé GonzálezThe (International) Noise ConspiracyJaga JazzistThe Knife • People Press Play • Peter Bjorn and JohnSeabearSigur Rós

[edit] Australia

Clann Zú(1) (and Irish) • SilverchairWolfmother

[edit] Brazil

Amon Tobin

[edit] Mexico

Rodrigo y Gabriela

[edit] Record labels

Alien8 Recordings (Montréal) • Arts & Crafts (Toronto) • Burnt Oak Records (Guelph, ON) • Constellation Records (Montréal) • Dependent Music (Yarmouth, NS) • The Ford Plant Recording Co. (Brantford, ON) • G7 Welcoming Committee Records (Winnipeg) • Hardwood Records (Toronto) • Jagjaguwar (Bloomington, IN) • K Records (Olympia, WA) • Kranky (Chicago) • Matador Records (New York) • Morr Music (Berlin) • Murderecords (Toronto) • Out of Sound Records (Guelph, ON) • Saddle Creek Records (Omaha) • Secretly Canadian (Bloomington, IN) • Sonic Unyon (Hamilton, ON) • Southern Records (London) • Sub Pop (Seattle)

[edit] Music festivals

Hillside Festival(6), Guelph • Olympic Island Festival(1), Toronto


[edit] Video games

Game title Release year Lead designer(s) Game developer(s) Executive producer(s) Game publisher(s) Reference
Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings 1999 Ensemble Studios Microsoft Games [1]
Assassin's Creed 2007 Ubisoft Montreal Ubisoft
Baldur's Gate 1998 James Ohlen BioWare Ray Muzyka Black Isle Studios
Interplay
[2]
Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast 1999 James Ohlen BioWare Black Isle Studios
Interplay
[3]
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn 2000 Kevin Martens
James Ohlen
BioWare Ray Muzyka
Greg Zeschuk
Black Isle Studios
Interplay
[4]
Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal 2001 Kevin Martens
James Ohlen
BioWare Ray Muzyka
Greg Zeschuk
Interplay [5]
BioShock 2007 Ken Levine 2K Boston/2K Australia 2K Games [6]
Black & White 2001 Peter Molyneux Lionhead Studios EA Games [7]
Command & Conquer 1995 Erik Yeo Westwood Studios Brett Sperry Virgin Interactive [8]
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 1996 Adam P. Isgreen
Michael Lightner
Erik Yeo
Westwood Studios Brett Sperry Virgin Interactive
EA Games
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun 1999 Adam P. Isgreen
Brett Sperry
Erik Yeo
Westwood Studios Brett Sperry EA Games
Deus Ex 2000 Harvey Smith Ion Storm Warren Spector Eidos Interactive
Diablo 1996 David Brevik
Erich Schaefer
Blizzard North Allen Adham Blizzard
Diablo II 2000 David Brevik
Erich Schaefer
Max Schaefer
Blizzard North Michael Morhaime Blizzard [9]
Diablo II: Lord of Destruction 2001 Peter Brevik Blizzard North Michael Morhaime
Max Schaefer
Blizzard
Donkey Kong Country 1994 Tim Stamper Rareware Nintendo
Fable 2004 Peter Molyneux Lionhead Studios Mark Webley Microsoft Game Studios
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind 2002 Ken Rolston Bethesda Softworks Todd Howard Bethesda Softworks
The Elder Scrolls III: Tribunal 2002 Ken Rolston Bethesda Softworks Todd Howard Bethesda Softworks
The Elder Scrolls III: Bloodmoon 2003 Brian Chapin
Mark E. Nelson
Emil Pagliarulo
Bethesda Softworks Ashley Cheng Bethesda Softworks
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion 2006 Ken Rolston Bethesda Softworks Todd Howard 2K Games
Fallout 1997 Christopher Taylor Black Isle Studios Timothy Cain Interplay
Fallout 2 1999 Matthew J. Norton
Feargus Urquhart
Black Isle Studios Eric DeMilt
Feargus Urquhart
Interplay
Final Fantasy VI 1994 Yoshinori Kitase
Hiroyuki Itō
Square Soft Hironobu Sakaguchi Square Co.
Gears of War 2006 Cliff Bleszinski Epic Games Michael V. Capps Microsoft Game Studios
Grand Theft Auto 2 1999 DMA Design
Tarantula Studios
Sam Houser
David Jones
Rockstar Games
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City 2002 Rockstar North Sam Houser Rockstar Games
Grim Fandango 1998 Tim Schafer LucasArts LucasArts
Half-Life 1998 Valve Corporation Sierra On-Line
Valve Corporation
Half-Life: Opposing Force 1999 Randy Pitchford Gearbox Software Randy Pitchford Sierra Studios
Valve Corporation
Half-Life: Blue Shift 2001 Gearbox Software Randy Pitchford Sierra Studios
Valve Corporation
Half-Life 2 2004 Valve Corporation Vivendi Universal Games
Valve Corporation
Half-Life 2: Episode One 2006 Valve Corporation Valve Corporation
Halo: Combat Evolved 2001 Jason Jones
John Howard
Bungie Studios Alexander Seropian Microsoft Game Studios
Halo 2 2004 Jason Jones
Paul Bertone
Jaime Griesemer
Bungie Studios Peter Parsons Microsoft Game Studios
Halo 3 2007 Jaime Griesemer
Paul Bertone
Rob Stokes
Bungie Studios Jonty Barnes Microsoft Game Studios
Jade Empire 2005 Kevin Martens BioWare Ray Muzyka
Greg Zeschuk
Microsoft Game Studios
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past 1991 Shigeru Miyamoto
Takashi Tezuka
Nintendo Hiroshi Yamauchi Nintendo
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 1998 Shigeru Miyamoto
Eiji Aonuma
Nintendo EAD Hiroshi Yamauchi Nintendo
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 2000 Shigeru Miyamoto
Eiji Aonuma
Nintendo EAD Hiroshi Yamauchi Nintendo
The Longest Journey 1999 Didrik Tollefsen
Ragnar Tørnquist
Funcom Ragnar Tørnquist
Mass Effect 2007 Preston Watamaniuk BioWare Ray Muzyka
Greg Zeschuk
Microsoft Game Studios
Metal Gear Solid 1998 Hideo Kojima KCEJ West Kazumi Kitaue
Akihiko Nagata
Konami
The Secret of Monkey Island 1990 Ron Gilbert Lucasfilm Games Gregory D. Hammond Lucasfilm Games
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge 1991 Ron Gilbert LucasArts Shelley Day LucasArts
Neverwinter Nights 2002 Brent Knowles
James Ohlen
BioWare Ray Muzyka
Greg Zeschuk
Infogrames/Atari Games
Planescape: Torment 1999 Chris Avellone Black Isle Studios Guido Henkel
Kenneth Lee
Interplay
Super Mario Bros. 1985 Shigeru Miyamoto Nintendo Hiroshi Yamauchi Nintendo
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels 1986 Shigeru Miyamoto Nintendo Hiroshi Yamauchi Nintendo
Super Mario Bros. 3 1988 Shigeru Miyamoto
Takashi Tezuka
Nintendo R&D2 Hiroshi Yamauchi Nintendo of America
Super Mario World 1990 Shigeru Miyamoto
Takashi Tezuka
Nintendo Hiroshi Yamauchi Nintendo
Super Mario All-Stars 1993 Shigeru Miyamoto
Takashi Tezuka
Nintendo Hiroshi Yamauchi Nintendo
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island 1995 Takashi Tezuka
Toshihiko Nakago
Shigefumi Hino
Hideki Konno
Nintendo Hiroshi Yamauchi Nintendo
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell 2002 Nathan Wolff Ubisoft Montreal Mathieu Ferland
Reid Schneider
Ubisoft
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow 2004 Yann Masson
Jean-Marc Geffroy
Ubisoft Shanghai Julien Barès Ubisoft
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory 2005 Clint Hocking
Pierre Rivest
Ubisoft Montreal Mathieu Ferland Ubisoft
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1999 Neversoft Joel Jewett Activision [10]
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 2000 Neversoft David Stohl Activision [11]
Tribes Aerial Assault 2002 Inevitable Entertainment Sierra Entertainment [12]
Warcraft: Orcs & Humans 1994 Blizzard Entertainment Allen Adham Blizzard Entertainment [13]
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos 2002 Robert Pardo Blizzard Entertainment Michael Morhaime Blizzard Entertainment [14]

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