Name: Valarie Myers
Hometown: Denton, North Carolina
Year: Junior
Major: Film Studies, minor in Digital Arts
Involvements on campus: President of UNCW’s Gaming Club, SIGGRAPH
Relationship status: Single
Orientation: Bisexual
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When she’s not making cool animations on the computer, she’s robbing jewelry stores and fleeing from the police on her copy of “Grand Theft Auto V”! Ladies and gentlemen, read on about this gamer girl to learn how to score her Gamertag!
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Hobbies? Video games! Playing on Twitch, cosplay, making movies and attending anime conventions.
First video game? “Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time,” for Nintendo 64
What’s your dream job? To work for Achievement Hunter or Rooster Teeth. They’re both a group of people that make video game videos all day, edit them and then put their games on YouTube.
What qualities do you look for in a guy or girl? They have to be passionate about video games and like the same directors and films as I do, then that’s an instant A+. Have fun, play pranks and joke around with me.
Describe your ideal date: If we can make a lot of food at home like pancakes and watch Wes Anderson movies and play a lot of versus and Co-Op games. Oh, and hot cocoa.
What kind of advice would you give to a guy or girl that wants to get your digits or Gamertag? My advice would be to approach me bluntly, make a dumb joke and ask for it. I will most likely always say yes.
What is your most embarrassing moment? I had two cups of coffee in my arms one time and was walking down the stairs and I like tripped on my own damn feet… and spilled coffee all over myself. And ten people just watched me fall and didn’t do anything.
Favorite place at UNCW? Digital Arts lab. We have a bunch of video games installed on the computer and I love everybody in there.