Welcome readers to another edition of the 22 Questions. This week I am excited to announce that I interviewed Ryan from the Official Xbox Magazine. While OXM has always been an amazing magazine for gamers, the rage these days is a URL someone can type into their browser. No need to fret, OXM delivers by hosting their own OXM Podcast each week as well as video podcasts as well. Make sure to drop by the site and have a listen. They cover all the goods that you are interested in: games, developers, and penny loafers. Ok, maybe a lied about the penny loafers, but with the built in player on the page, it makes it easy to open and listen to the podcast without having to load the whole thing up or download a huge file. It is time to cut to the chase. Here, finally, is the 22Qs with Ryan McCaffrey. Enjoy.

• Gamertag: Ryan OXM

• Pet Peeve: Whistling. When anyone does it, it annoys me. My written pet peeve is when people spell the word “lose” with two o’s. “Lose” and “loose” mean two very different things, people.

• Your Best Moment of Triumph: In gaming? Being the first person outside of Bungie/Microsoft to beat Halo 2. I got to the end about 2-3 hours quicker than then-OXM-Editor-in-Chief Rob Smith, who was also at Bungie to do OXM’s world exclusive review.

• Game That Was the Biggest Let Down: Perfect Dark Zero wasn’t so much bad as it was disappointingly mediocre.

• Closest You Have Come to Death: Fortunately, not very close .

• What Are You Better at Than Anyone You Know: Halo 2 Swords matches.

• Little Known Fact: I own a 1982 DeLorean, fully restored.

• Ideal Business: I’m very lucky to be able to say that I’m in it.

• First Game That Had You Hooked: Ever? The original Super Mario Bros.

• Mac or PC: PC. There’s no debate for me since I don’t do any graphics/art work.

• Song You Are Currently Listening to: Rage Against the Machine’s “Killing in the Name,” since it’s my favorite song in Guitar Hero II.

• Game/System You Are Looking Forward to the Most: Halo 3 and Grand Theft Auto IV. Mass Effect is right there, too.

• Supernatural Power of Choice: Being able to fly like Superman would be sweet.

• Most Expensive Thing You Ever Stole: Wouldn’t the authorities love to know the answer to that one! :-)

• Favorite Arcade Game: Too many to list, but how about Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom, X-Men (the 6-player version), and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (the Konami arcade version).

• Last Gadget Purchased: Nintendo Wii.

• Favorite Holiday: Christmas, as our family always gets together en masse that day.

• Current Trend You Least Understand: Wearing giant pants that are belted to the knees. You know I could grab your wallet and run away and you’d trip trying to catch me, right?

• Simon or Garfunkel: Don’t care.

• Historical Figure You Would Reanimate: Great question! If I reanimated them, though, would they be a zombie or would they have their full intellect? If the latter, I’m going with George Washington. I’d love to get his take on where the United States is today compared to the 18th century.

• Dogs, Cats, Birds or Wombats: Dogs. I have a four-month-old Boxer named Maggie who’s just awesome.

• Movie Quote: “Well whoop-dee-shit.” – Tom Servo from Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie.

• Fitbabits asks- Why do you think it is that cats have their shit together? I mean, they’re our masters, not the other way around. Can you think of any other animal which is so capable of utter love one minute and seeming contempt the next: I loathe cats. Of course, I am “teh b1ased” because I’m allergic to them, but they’re not loyal enough for me. I’m a dog person.

Thanks a lot Ryan for the interview. Keep up the awesome work on OXM. I love the writing and reviews in the magazine, not to mention the exclusive content on the discs. Nothing else compares. Readers remember to drop by the OXM Podcast site and lend an ear to some of their episodes. Even leave a comment if you have something to say afterward.

Stay tuned in coming weeks for some of the best interviews yet. As always, I am constantly looking for ways to improve the interviews and add new spin to them. If you have any suggestions then feel free to drop me a line. Send an email to tiedtheleaderblog@gmail.com and tell me about it. Stay tuned for more exciting things to come.

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