What are your other hobbies besides gaming?

Since we're all gamers, I was wondering if anyone has other interesting hobbies? Personally, I home brew beer, play guitar and am in the process of learning ukulele.

I weight lift and run a lot, and have been really into game development the last 6 months. I'm in college for programming now so game development was kind of a natural progression I guess.

Anime, movies, comics, animation and music.

Pretty standard stuff.

Working with electronics/circuits (mostly just to repair/improve the electronics I own, like RGB mods for older consoles and such) and casual web/graphic design.

Sometimes I scratch my balls.

If they're itchy.

Literally trying to keep ahead of my ailments, and going outdoors when it's below 100 degrees. So, mostly gaming.

Comics and papercraft are probably my two biggest hobbies other than gamming.

I workout at my local gym and I'm addicted to watching sports, that's pretty much it. I also love listening to music a hell of a lot, but I wouldn't really call that a hobby.

rapping and such

Writing and local theatre.

@SarjuTheRapper said:

rapping and such

Rapist.

I play a few musical instruments, I'm always trying to learn new ones and familiarize myself with new technology and production software but money is an obstacle when you consider that even just a guitar pedal/stompbox you want could cost you upwards of £300. Much less a French Connection/Ondes Martenot. Also I need a space for this shit, I was actually looking at a fucking Marimba the other day and thinking "OH I REALLY NEED ONE OF THESE" before I shook out of it.

@Rohok said:

@SarjuTheRapper said:

rapping and such

Rapist.

its pronounced rappist

Anime/manga, reading, watching movies, board games, etc.

Playing guitar and going to the gym

Music is both my source of income as well as my number one hobby. An "actual" hobby kind of within that would probably be repairing old junk guitars I come across. It's a hobby because I'll likely never be good enough at that stuff to make money on it.

But yeah, other than that. The normal kind of stuff. Reading, cooking, watching the occasional tv series/movie, board games here and there.

I generally look at pornography when not playing Shogun 2. Usually simulated rape. Russia has alot of that stuff. Japan has it too but I prefer European woman.

I also enjoy watching bad action movies from the 80's and early 90's. Chuck Norris movies such as "delta force"/"missing in action"/"missing in action 2: The Beginning" and the Death Wish movies when they became less realistic and more action based is highly entertaining. If you haven't seen it, Death Wish 3 is worth looking up. It's basically just old people shooting young people for being massive assholes.

Internetting.

I learn Japanese and teach my gf and her sister English. I guess those are kind of hobbies.

Besides gaming I play paintball on weekends.

I have been Cross-country cycling (XC) for about five years now, and it pretty much takes all of my spare time in the summer. Occasionally i run,but not so much lately and just renewed my gym card after some time away. Can't seem to do it for a long stretches of time, but this time will be different....i swear.

I also watch a metric shit-ton of movies and listen almost as much music.

@hinderk: Nice work.

Reading, and watching movies.

Comic books, training/exercising, playing board games, watching ice hockey, listening to heavy metal, going out with friends and hanging with my girlfriend is basically all I do except video games.

Guitar, Flute, Piano and just music in general.

Porn.

Reading, writing, cycling (cyclocross, road), movies ofc, watching plays, photography, going to art galleries, fishing, hiking, gardening, pen and paper rpgs, stupid stuff.

I watch movies and I watch anime.

Long boarding, playing guitar, lifting weights

Eat food

Really into movies and psychology. My biggest in life, however, is music. Listening to it (primarily rock, alternative, punk, and metal, but I'm open to almost anything), playing it (bass, guitar, vocals), studying its history, analyzing it, you name it. In fact, if it weren't for my academic success and the resulting expectations for me, I would dive into music as a career right away.

Reading, listening to music, spending time with my girlfriend and our daughter. Basic stuff.

Is the internet in general a hobby? No? An obsessive disorder? oh...

Recently got the R/C car bug. Fallen deep down the rabbit hole with this one. Currently running a Slash VXL 2WD.

@ztiworoh said:

Since we're all gamers, I was wondering if anyone has other interesting hobbies? Personally, I home brew beer, play guitar and am in the process of learning ukulele.

Is the ukulele difficult to learn? Thought about learning a thing or two with a ukulele. I have an unhealthy obsession with television, manga and movies, but I'm studying ethical hacking (yeah, they actually teach that) at University so I guess those interests are pretty stereotypical among the guys in my class.

Freestyling in my free time

Movies, music, books (never as many of those as I'd like however, as I'm a slow reader when I read for pleasure, and I'm impatient about it), sports (watching mostly), television, gambling (poker), generally any and every unproductive manner of time killing.

Does writing about video games count?

work, a lot of work somewhere between 60-84 hours a week. other then that i also run around to friends right now helping them rebuild there house. love listening to music and making it. also do some boxing when i get the time.

Staying motionless on the couch.

@SarjuTheRapper said:

@Rohok said:

@SarjuTheRapper said:

rapping and such

Rapist.

its pronounced rappist

You guys talking about South Park Mexican?

Coding, playing music and clubbing.. mostly seals

I read proper books for grown-ups.

I read a lot, especially manga these days, watch lots of TV series, movies and anime, spend a lot of time looking for new music, I play the piano, I love to do pottery (though I don't get the chance as often as I'd like), I'm working on learning to cook, and I try to work out/do something active (even if it's just a short walk with the dog) every day.

I don't have a job these days and haven't for some time, so I've had to come up with a lot of creative ways to kill time, though I generally do all of these things when I'm working as well.

Gaming is actually my second biggest hobby nowadays. What I spend most of my time with (when I'm not with friends) is reading. I love reading, I finish 1-2 books a week. Other then that I enjoy watching sports on TV. I mostly watch soccer and MMA with some NHL thrown in now and then.

@Humanoid said:

@ztiworoh said:

Since we're all gamers, I was wondering if anyone has other interesting hobbies? Personally, I home brew beer, play guitar and am in the process of learning ukulele.

Is the ukulele difficult to learn? Thought about learning a thing or two with a ukulele. I have an unhealthy obsession with television, manga and movies, but I'm studying ethical hacking (yeah, they actually teach that) at University so I guess those interests are pretty stereotypical among the guys in my class.

If you have a background in other instruments, especially guitar-like instruments, it's not bad at all. Hardest part I think is getting used to the much smaller fret board. That, and overriding muscle memory when I'm playing - having played guitar for 15+ years now, when I know I need an open G chord, my fingers just do it without me thinking, but the shapes are completely different on Uke, so you kind of have to be cognizant of that.

But it's a fun little instrument to play, and it doesn't just have to be for Hawaiian sounding music - there's some great jazz arrangements for Ukulele and played right it can sound like a classical harp if you want it to. It's a fun little thing and you can get a decent beginner's model to noodle around with for less than $100.

Listening to music, watching sports, and reading books.

Hiking, watching movies, listening to music, basketball, reading, and riding my bike.

Computers/troubleshooting, Star Wars, Basketball, and rap music.