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What is the video game that you’ve sunk the most number of hours into?

  • Scott Filip

    Scott Filip

    3 years at UT

    Communications Specialist

    The video game that I've without a doubt sunk the most hours into was Halo 3. Growing up, Halo was the best game. From the campaign, to multiplayer, to forge and custom games, Halo 3 had it all! I was able to create countless memories with my friends and family over the years playing Halo.

  • Kirsten Cather

    Kirsten Cather

    20 years at UT

    Associate Professor, Asian Studies and Director, Center for East Asian Studies

    I'm an old school gamer (Coleco Vision, circa 1984) so I tend toward classics like Q*bert or Donkey Kong even today. Most recently, I've been playing Papers, Please (Nicolas Pope), as inspiration for my JapanLab team's game The Censor's Desk, and also Dot's Home (lead writer Evan Narcisse).

  • Stephennie Mulder

    Stephennie Mulder

    16 years at UT

    Associate Professor of Islamic Art, Architecture and Archaeology

    I'm a bit obsessed with Assassin's Creed: Mirage, set in medieval Baghdad. The power of digital games to bring the sights, sounds, textures, and humanity of past lives immersively into the present is unparalleled, and I'd love to see historians embrace gaming as part of teaching and scholarship.

  • Valeria Martin

    Valeria Martin

    7 years at UT

    Assistant Director for Basic Needs

    I don't play as many video games anymore, but as a kid I had a Nintendo DS and loved to play Cooking Mama. I spent hours trying to master the different recipes and completing the challenges. I also loved to play Animal Crossing, making friends in my town and fishing for the most unique fish.

  • Dan Cook

    Dan Cook

    3 years at UT

    Executive Director of Planning, Design & Construction

    Probably Mortal Combat because of the great times I shared with my brother imitating fight moves after either or us delivered a knock-out blow.

  • Courtney Young

    Courtney Young

    1 years at UT

    Chief Experience Officer

    I'm only good at the original 1985 Nintendo Super Mario Bros!

  • Elizabeth Scala

    Elizabeth Scala

    29 years at UT

    Professor of English

    Do you have me confused with someone else? These questions are BIZARRE.

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