(1/12) What was the very first video game you ever played? Have you beaten it yet (preferably 100%, but not necessarily)? What was the last time you played the game?

I think the honest answer is some cruddy puzzle game on my brothers Gameboy. I don't remember it very well and I don't have a clue if it was even one of those games that could be beaten. So for the sake of the question, the earliest game I remember playing was Super Metroid 2 on the Gameboy. I got to the part where the Metroid's started to change into their second form but always got wiped out by them. It's easily ten years plus since I touched that game.

(13/1) Do you have any pets? If so, what kind? What are they like? If not, would you like to? Why/why not?

My old cat Socks is still kicking around at my parents house. She's twelve now and a bit past it but she's still healthy. Her fur has gotten very thin, though, especially on her tail; it used to be very bushy but now it looks like a rat tail.
I have a cockatiel called Echo right now. I've had her a year and a half and she's lovely when she's being quiet. Unfortunately, whenever I'm not around she tends to sit and scream, and I live in a shared house with four other people and I've grown really, really sensitive to the noise. Nobody has said anything beyond the odd comment but coupled with a lot of other stress going on, she's pretty much 100% going in the next month or so. I just don't know where. :-/ I want to know where she's gone as opposed to just selling/giving her away blindly.

When you got time off to study for exams, what do you do to get rid of the guilt of not studying? Or haven't you been in such a situation, why? how? etc. What other problems did you have during your studies?

I never felt guilty about not studying, heh. Bad attitude to take, I know. Looking back, I know I could have studied a lot more during my third (and final) year of university, but although I procrastinated like hell I DID still study and passed it all. Maybe not as well as I could have, but still. Live and learn (not that I'm likely to take an exam at any point in the imminent future).