Gamer Spotlight: trixie360 interviews Lou Draws

He’s a Tech Director for the Boys and Girls Club in Santa Monica CA, and a huge LA Galaxy fan. Say hello to Lou Draws!

trixie360: What’s the story behind your gamertag?
Lou Draws: My gamtertag is an an homage to the great Lou Rawls.

trixie360: Where do you live?

Lou Draws: I live in sunny Los Angeles, California.

trixie360: What do you do when you’re not playing games?
Lou Draws: I'm usually working, playing soccer, grabbing a drink with friends or doing freelance work on websites.

trixie360: What’s the worst or weirdest job you’ve ever had?
Lou Draws: I worked at a grocery store as a bag boy for 2 weeks. I hated it SO much.

trixie360: How long have you been on Xbox LIVE?
Lou Draws: About 3 years.

trixie360: Do you have an archenemy on Xbox LIVE, and if so, who?
Lou Draws: My archenemy is anyone who uses Sagat on Super Street Fighter IV.

trixie360: What’s your Xbox setup like? Big-screen TV? Dolby sound?
Lou Draws: I have a 42-inch TV, no surround sound system. I'm old school.

trixie360: What’s the best feature of Xbox LIVE?
Lou Draws: Party chat, so many amazing conversations happen in them.

trixie360: What is your favorite multiplayer Xbox game?
Lou Draws: Battlefield: Bad Company 2.

trixie360: What is your favorite single player Xbox game?
Lou Draws: Red Dead Redemption.

trixie360: What is your favorite Xbox LIVE Arcade game?
Lou Draws: Avatar Golf.

trixie360: What do you think is the best game of all time?
Lou Draws: That's a hard question, but I'd have to say I've had the most fun with Mass Effect 2.

trixie360: What do you think is the best film of all time?
Lou Draws: City of God.

trixie360: What do you think is the best comic book of all time?
Lou Draws: Batman: Rules of Engagement.

trixie360: What do you think is the best album of all time?
Lou Draws: Common's Resurrection.

trixie360: Rock Band or Guitar Hero?
Lou Draws: Rock Band hands down! Nothing is better than having that one friend who can't sing grab the mic and try to perform "The Hand That Feeds".

trixie360: What is your greatest Xbox LIVE moment?
Lou Draws: Me and my friends were playing the Call of Duty: World At War beta and my friend threw a stick grenade and it bounced off someone stuck him and all you heard was him screaming in his headset "IS THAT GUY COVERED IN OIL?! SERIOUSLY! THESE GRENADES ARE STUPID" and he turns off his Xbox... We've never laughed so hard before.

trixie360: What’s your favorite TV show?
Lou Draws: 30 Rock. Tina Fey is my secret obsession.

trixie360: Not any more! Who is your inner rock star?
Lou Draws: Lenny Kravtiz.

trixie360: If they made a movie about your life, who should play you?
Lou Draws: The guy from the Old Spice commercials that was on a horse.

trixie360: Now he’s on a boat. What’s your karaoke song?
Lou Draws: "The Beautiful Ones" by Prince.

trixie360: Favorite cartoon character?
Lou Draws: Daffy Duck.

trixie360: Me too!! Favorite movie quote?
Lou Draws: "The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness. For he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know I am the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon you..."

trixie360: If you could trade places with anyone for one day, who would it be?
Lou Draws: I'd want to trade places with Bill Gates, just so I could fill a pool with money and then swim in it.

trixie360: Two words: Paper. Cuts. What celebrity would be the worst roommate?
Lou Draws: Amy Winehouse ... she looks like she smells.

trixie360: How many people are on your Friends List?
Lou Draws: 98 people.

trixie360: Who's your favorite superhero?
Lou Draws: Aquaman.

trixie360: Hot celeb you’d like to be stranded on a desert island with?
Lou Draws: Gabrielle Union.

trixie360: If you could be any video game character, who would it be?
Lou Draws: Commander Shepard, he's a interstellar playa.

trixie360: What’s the worst food you’ve ever eaten?
Lou Draws: It was a really spicy ramen dish from Orochon, I literally felt sick and almost passed out.

trixie360: What’s the first video game you ever played?
Lou Draws: Super Mario Bros.

trixie360: What’s the last book you read?
Lou Draws: Killing Yourself to Live by Chuck Klosterman.

trixie360: Complete this sentence: “People of Earth, ….”
Lou Draws: Where is your nearest restoom?! You have NO idea how long that trip was!

trixie360: If you could go on tour with any band --past or present-- which would it be?
Lou Draws: Parliament ... they looked like they partied hard.

trixie360: Most awesome place you’ve ever been?
Lou Draws: Belize in Central America.

trixie360: Most awesome place you haven’t been yet?
Lou Draws: New Zealand.

trixie360: What do you predict will be the "next big thing" in gaming?
Lou Draws: Digital Distribution with all consoles as a standard.

trixie360: What do you think is the best thing about Xbox 360? 
Lou Draws: Xbox LIVE, it's just the complete online gaming experience.

trixie360: What is the Xbox 360 Achievement that was hardest to get?
Lou Draws: Sith Warrior on Force Unleashed.

trixie360: What would you like to be doing in ten years?
Lou Draws: Working at a marketing firm, maybe have my own video game store business on the side.

Comments

• Anonymous
  July 05, 2010
  i wanna start a video game business to

• Anonymous
  July 08, 2010
  That was an interesting conversation. It was as if I was really near you both in a small chat group. The internet is strange sometimes, but in an awesome way. Nice!

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  July 12, 2010
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