#8. Favorite appearance of RPGs in the Media. I'm not 100% sure what is meant by this. If it's referring to something like the kids playing D&D in E.T., well, stuff like that doesn't really do much for me. I'll have to punt and say that the movement of RPGs directly into other media; i.e. tie-in fiction novels, is my favorite. Granted; I don't like very many tie-in fiction novels, but I really like the idea of them, and some of them do manage to actually be pretty good. Some of the earliest D&D tie-in fiction (first few Salvatore and Weiss/Hickman novels, I suppose qualify) are kinda classics, and there's some great Black Library material. It's arguable to what extent Black Library qualifies as RPG (vs. miniature wargame) fiction, but most of the stuff I've read feels more like WFRP than it does WHFB.
#9. Favorite Media you wish was an RPG. Honestly, I don't wish for conversions of media into RPG for various reasons. And if I do, I just whip up some conversion of some system I already like anyway (i.e., my m20 Star Wars.) And in many cases, the media I wish was an RPG is an RPG... although not necessarily one that I like or really want to play, because I'm not interested in its system. So this is a harder question to answer than it sounds like it should be. What I guess I really would like to see is a good Middle-earth game that feels less like swashbuckling sword & sorcery and more like the actual writings of Tolkien. I've been intrigued yet ultimately dissatisfied with both Iron Crown and Decipher's offerings in this field, and I've never even looked at Cubicle 7's current game... although given that my requirements in this regard are very particular, most likely it's not what I want either.
#10. Favorite RPG Publisher. Paizo, I suppose. They've kinda lost their way (or to be more accurate; I've gradually lost interest in various of the directions that they're going) but I still think I'm more likely to be interested in something that they're doing rather than anyone else. Part of the problem with this question (and many of these lines of questions in this #RPGaDay survey overall) is that I'm fundamentally too much of a DIY gamer with a system that I already like and can hack with ease, rather than the kind of guy who is interested in really buying a bunch of pre-fabbed gaming. So some products catch my eye because they offer me something interesting... but my tastes are fairly eclectic.
#11. Favorite RPG Writer. Oh, good heavens, I don't know. I've liked a lot of stuff by Wolfgang Baur, Doug Seacat, and Rob Schwalb before.
#12. Favorite RPG Illustration. My favorite illustration of all time for any RPG ever? Ooof. That's too tall an order. I can't pick that. A handful of my favorites, then—the final Dungeon Magazine cover by Paizo by Wayne Reynolds with Demogorgon kicking the iconic characters' butts (granted; that was a very strange collection of iconics at the time.) The original Player's Handbook cover art; with the statue of the efreet and the guys trying to steal its gemstone eyes. Almost anything published by Privateer Press. Most of the cover art from Freeport, Eberron or Pathfinder by Wayne Reynolds. The BECMI boxes cover art by Larry Elmore; especially the Expert and Companion ones.
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