I have been a composer since age 12. I love Nobuo Uematsu's works. The picture above is (of course) not that of me, but (minus the clothing) the actual face is very similar to that of mine. Final Fantsy VIII itself is my favorite game of all time, principally because of its standing compared to the rest of the FF series. The game displayed characters that possessed their own unique personal traits, harboring the impression that these such characters were just like real people.
As far as games go, I still miss the good old SNES days.
I like to produce my own video games; I am working on finishing my third one soon, and it is a rpg that has a span of thirty to fifty hours, not counting the major hidden quests that have been embedded within it.