Gamer Spotlight:

Trixie360 Interviews the last CUJO

Published May 8, 2008

He's a wanderer, doodler, and gamer in Long Beach California, who hates food that begins with the letter "O." Meet trixie360's latest crush, the last CUJO.

trixie360: What's the story behind your Gamertag?

the last CUJO: "The last" because I like to sound dramatic, Cujo is a contraction of my first and middle name. But I have been mistaken for a snarling dog.

trixie360: Where do you live?

the last CUJO: Long Beach, Cali … home to another Dog, Snoop!

trixie360: What do you do when you're not gaming?

the last CUJO: Generally I wander the earth like in Kung Fu, but I have been known to dabble in online currency trading, and drawing doodles.

the last CUJO has a nice graphic style.

trixie360: What's the worst or weirdest job you've ever had?

the last CUJO: No question, pouring concrete for basement slabs.  It was like hell, sans the charismatic guy with a pitchfork.

trixie360: How long have you been on Xbox LIVE®?

the last CUJO: 10 months, give or take.

trixie360: Do you have an archenemy on Xbox LIVE?

the last CUJO: The knee jerk answer is HitmanNY and MOJO M1KE, because honestly deep down, who doesn't want to smite their own family? Usually I can be found playing Gears, and my archenemy on there is PsychoTAK because of his oppressive sniping, and when we face each other, we are usually the last two on the board. Mad respect to all three of them.

trixie360: What's your Xbox set-up like?

the last CUJO: A Sony big screen and 5.1 surround, but I still get snuck up on. What's up with that?

trixie360: You need to hone your Spidey senses. What's the best feature of Xbox LIVE?

the last CUJO: Friend accessibility, the daily news, demos … it's all good.

Another example of CUJO's work.

trixie360: What do you think is the best game of all time?

the last CUJO: Resident Evil 2 for its multi-layered replayability, or Super Tecmo Bowl … but Gears of War® is creeping up there.

trixie360: What do you think is the best album of all time?

the last CUJO: Trabajo MixTape. Download it now! DJ Stonerokk and Funke at the top of their craft.

trixie360: What's the funniest thing you've ever heard on Xbox LIVE?

the last CUJO: Any number of people getting so incensed about losing they can't even form cogent statements. I've been there … good times.

trixie360: What is your greatest Xbox LIVE moment?

the last CUJO: Insert random blind hammer of dawn drops, or pistol head pops on Gears of War—nothing like getting lucky to lift your spirits.

trixie360: Who is your inner rock star?

the last CUJO: The Gorillaz because they are all about music, shunning the spotlight.

trixie360: If they made a movie about your life, who should play you?

the last CUJO: Harry Connick Jr., because people always say I look like him.

Yeah, he does look a little like Harry Connick, Jr. (the guy on the right, that is).

trixie360: I LOVE Harry. What superpower would you like to have?

the last CUJO: Time travel. No problem it can't solve.

trixie360: If you could trade places with anyone for one day, who would it be?

the last CUJO: A National Geographic photographer, being paid to photograph the world no one else sees.

trixie360: Wasn't that Jimmy Stewart's job in Rear Window? What celebrity would be the worst roommate?

the last CUJO: Steven Seagal or Gary Busey … both seem to be teetering on the brink, and Seagal's quick movements frighten me.

trixie360: I think the brink is getting quite crowded with celebrity trainwrecks—Paris, Lindsay, Brit-Brit, nasty dude who used to date Kate Moss. Hot celeb you'd like to be stranded on a desert island with?

the last CUJO: Olivia Munn (co-host on G4TV). Her on-screen persona is a bit egocentric and I bet she is a handful, but she has that "thing" you can't quantify. What's a word that means the opposite of dull? Yo, Olivia, hit me up with a friend request!

trixie360: If you could be any videogame character, who would it be?

the last CUJO: Hunk from Resident Evil. Like Hunk, I don't need to be a main character to make an impression.

The Ultimate Cracker achievement in Rez HD was one of the last CUJO's toughest to get.

trixie360: What's the worst food you've ever eaten?

the last CUJO: Probably okra, or oysters.

trixie360: Both nasty. I challenged KP to find a yummy food that begins with "O" and he came back immediately with Oreos. Damn whippersnapper. What's the last book you read?

the last CUJO: The God Delusion. Heavy lifting.

trixie360: Richard Dawkins pwns. Check out Christopher Hitchens' God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, too. If you could go on tour with any band, which would it be?

the last CUJO: I'd use that time travel power and tour with the most notorious party band of all time, Mötley Crüe.

trixie360: Can I come with? I wouldn't say no to 30 minutes of Tommy Time. What do you predict will be the "next big thing" in gaming?

the last CUJO: Two things I think should be implemented soon. The first: A name your own achievement contest. Reward the gamers! I'm rife with clever achievement ideas. The second is to add a heart-rate monitor on the controller ala treadmills. Your hands are attached to the controller, so it could measure your heart rate and if your heart is racing, it makes it difficult to aim, or causes your player to tire quickly. And on shooters, there could be a stat average to show you who is chill under pressure. There are tons of applications. Go ahead and patent that for yourself TriXie, and live like a queen :)

trixie360: Oooh, thanks! What do you think is the best thing about Xbox 360®?

the last CUJO: The live menu, user friendliness and MOSTLY achievements. What a great idea.

trixie360: Thanks, I totally thought them up all by myself. What's the Xbox 360 Achievement that was hardest to get?

the last CUJO: The one most arduous to get was Ultimate Cracker in Rez HD. We are talking over six hours of redundancy for a 15 point achievement.

trixie360: What would you like to be doing in ten years?

the last CUJO: Drawing comics or writing my own TV show … and listening to the sound of waves crash on the beach.

trixie360: I want to write a graphic novel—maybe we should team up!

Interview by Trixie