Favorite visual artist Jacques-Louis David, Caspar David Friedrich Favorite movies Casablanca, Hemingway and Gelhorn, The Big Lebowski Favorite TV shows The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, Battlestar Galactica, QI Favorite bands / musical artists Beatles, CCR, Tom Wayts, Dire Straits Favorite books Foucault's Pendulum, The Secret History, The Cider House Rules, Haroun and the Sea of Stories, The Lord of the Rings, A Song of Ice and Fire, The Old Man and the Sea, For Whom the Bell Tolls Favorite writers John Irving, Ernest Hemingway, J.R.R. Tolkien, Salman Rushdie, H.P. Lovecraft, Arthur Conan Doyle Favorite games Call of Cthulhu RPG, Pathfinder RPG, Werewolf: the Apocalypse, Star Wars d6, Arkham Horror Favorite gaming platform Tabletop Other Interests Archaeology, Historical Warfare, Colonialism, Literature and Politics