Hello!
I'm DeaconOfTheDank. I've been gaming since the late 90s and my favorite past time is lighting a joint before settling in to play a good game. I enjoy discussions around games, particularly around world-building, musical score, gameplay mechanics, and internal details of computer graphics.
I work as a software engineer and I look at video games as an artistic application of modern computer science. I typically get caught up on tiny details wondering to myself "How did they implement this?" As a result, I play games very very slowly. As a reference, it took me an entire year to finish the Witcher 3.
The first console I owned was the Dreamcast (which is still running!) and I'd say the first game I beat by myself was Sonic Adventure. I've built my own gaming PC, but I also enjoy playing games on the PS4 Pro and Switch. I tend to play open-world action games with RPG mechanics.
Favorite games, in no specific order:
- Sekiro (PC)
- Shadow of the Colossus (PS4)
- NieR: Automata (PS4)
- Red Dead Redemption 2 (PC)
- Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (PC)
- Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (GCN)
- Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Switch)
- Sonic CD (PC)
- Sonic Adventure (Dreamcast)
- Dark Souls 3 (PC)
- Fable 2 (X360)
- God of War (PS4)
- Ghost of Tsushima (PS4)
I'm also a member at ResetEra, but I think it's important to hear a variety of opinions from multiple perspectives. Being surrounded by the opinion of only like-minded individuals really limits discussion and blinds you to some valid criticisms of the subject matter.