Joe Laurino (is the Cult of Personality)

I'd like to meet:

These beautiful women are people I would most definitely enjoy meeting:

In terms of idols and heroes - Roll over to find out more about them! -

Other people I would like to have a drink and a chat with- Hugh Laurie (one of my fucking heroes & favorite actors) Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Al Pacino, and Ray Liotta Marlon Brando The Rat Pack Any of the Beatles John Cleese Jimi Hendrix Christopher Walken Clint Eastwood Steve Martin Dane Cook Kimbo Slice (I know he has an intellectual side) Scott Scurlock You Your mom

One of my favorite GDC moments (other than meeting the guy).

SPIDERMIFICATION

The engineer is the shit.

BEEEEEEESSS! BEEEEEES!!!!

Music:

Favorite Genres Classic Rock Funk & Motown Progressive Rock Jazz (All styles) Big BandFavorite Musicians/Singers: Paul McCartney Ian Anderson Stevie Wonder Bob Dylan Geddy Lee Neil Peart Edgar Winter John Lennon James Brown John Legend Frank Sinatra Billy Joel Donovan Jimi Hendrix Jack Black and Kyle Gass Van MorrisonFavorite Bands: Led Zeppelin Rush The Rolling Stones Jethro Tull The Who The Edgar Winter Group Cream The Beatles Pink Floyd The Seatbelts The Allman Brothers Band Tenacious D Gnarls BarkleyIf it's got a good melody, a lot of soul, or if it's funky, I'll like it. I'm finding the older I get the more and more I fucking hate rap, aside from a select few that even now are starting to get on my nerves. My ultimate list ; The Beatles, Billy Joel, Billy Preston, Black Eyed Peas, The Black Mages, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Carlos Santana, Cee-lo, Chicago, Coldplay, Common, Cream, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Curtis Mayfield, Daft Punk, the Dave Brubeck Quartet, David Bowie, Dean Martin, DJ DangerMouse, Donovan, The Doors, The Doobie Brothers, Earth Wind and Fire, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Fatboy Slim, Frank Sinatra, Franz Ferdinand, George Clinton & The Parliament, Gil Scott-Heron, Gnarls Barkley, Gorillaz, Herbie Hancock, Isley Brothers, James Brown, James Blunt, James Jamerson, Jamie Foxx, Jamiroquai, Jay-Z, Jethro Tull, Jimi Hendrix, John Coltrane, John Legend, Kayne West, The Kinks, Koji Kondo, Kool & The Gang, Led Zeppelin, Lionel Hampton, Liquid Tension Experiment, Los Lobos, Los Lonely Boys, Louie Prima, Ludacris, Lynard Skynard, Marvin Gaye, Mandrill, Nestor Torres, Next, Nickelback, Nobuo Uematsu, Offspring, Oscar Peterson, Outkast, Peter Frampton, The Pillows, The Police, Procul Harum, Rage Against the Machine, Ray Charles, The Rolling Stones, The Roots, Rush, Sammy Davis Jr, Scapegoat Wax, Seal, Seals and Crofts, The Seatbelts, Snoop Dogg, Snow Patrol, The Spinners, St. Germaine, Steppenwolf, Stevie Wonder, Sting, TENACIOUS D, Thelonious Monk, The Rat Pack(even though I named them all individually), Tito Puente, Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra, Tower of Power, Traffic, Twista, U2, Vince Guaraldi, War, The White Stripes, Yes, Yoko Kanno, and ZZTop. And probably many more.

Movies:

The Goodfellas.
Fight Club.
The Godfather Trilogy.
The Departed.
300.
Snatch.
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children.
The Spider-Man Trilogy.
Scarface.
Kill Bill.
Reservoir Dogs.
Sin City.
The Boondock Saints.
Once Upon a Time in Mexico.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
Star Wars.
Pirates of the Caribbean + Dead Man's Chest.
Superman. (All of them.)
The Warriors.
Napoleon Dynamite.
Anchorman.
Wedding Crashers.
Waiting.
Zoolander.
Dodgeball. The Incredibles.
Hero.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
And Many More.

My favorite directors are Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez. I have other favorite directors, such as Martin Scorsese, but none produce hits as consistently as those two. Also, If Yun Wo Ping was the choreographer for the fight scenes in it, I probably love it.

Television:

House Scrubs Curb Your Enthusiasm Nip.Tuck American Idol (the bad auditions) Planet Earth All nature documentaries Iron Chef Mythbusters Good Eats Adult Swim Freakazoid!

Books:

I used to be an avid reader, and still like reading, although I don't do it nearly as much as I should nowadays. I read everything from graphic novels and comic books to paperback novels and design books (technical or art). My favorites include Life on Earth: A Natural History by David Attenborough, The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins, The Phantom Tollbooth by Alfred A. Knopf, The Giver by Lois Lowry, The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown, Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, Through the Ice by Piers Anthony, Brian Jacques' Redwall Series (The Long Patrol, The Bellmaker, and Martin the Warrior specifically). As far as mangas go, I'm not a reader of any series other than Lupin III, which I own the entire series of (all fifteen volumes). Great art and amazing humor. It's a great read for any manga or comic fans out there.

Heroes:

In the Game Industry (I've met ones in bold): Shigeru Miyamoto, Hideo Kojima, Koji Kondo, Hayao Miyazaki, Peter Molyneux, Tetsuya Nomura, Nobuo Uematsu, Koichi Sugiyama, and Hironobu Sakaguchi.
Other people I look up to outside of the industry:: David Attenborough, Hugh Laurie, John Lennon, my parents, Richard Dawkins, and Vito Corleone.