Yeah I finally made a blog. I hope to use this as a journal of sorts where I can dump some thoughts and feelings around things. Mostly I’ll be talking about video games but sometimes I’ll talk about other stuff that I want to talk about. Y’know cause this is my blog and I can do whatever I want with my blog. This is an extension of my YouTube channel (which you can subscribe please and thank you!) where I talk about video games that affected me. You can also follow my Backloggd account too and see what I’m up to in almost real time. And maybe if you want to see stupid reposts (or re-skeets) and random skeets, I’m on Blue Sky.

Video games is the bulk of this blog. I hope you like what I have to say about it. I’ve been playing video games since I got a Sega Saturn when I was like 3 or 4 years old. But I really got into it when I go the Nintendo 64. I got all the major consoles and a PC. I don’t have any loyalty except to Zelda. I also tend to play shorter games now since I’m in my thirties and I don’t have as much time as I did before.

To give a real quick idea of myself and my video games ideas, these are my ten favorite games as of the time in no particular order:

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Earthbound
Elden Ring
Fire Emblem Awakening
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Resident Evil 4 (2004)
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Star Wars Rouge Squadron II: Rouge Leader
Mass Effect
Void Stranger

I have way way more favorite games (like five more Zelda titles) but I wanted to have a balance of franchise and genre of the kinda games I love. Breath of the Wild is obvious. Earthbound is so weird and quirky and just unique and influential in almost everything. Elden Ring is a sublime piece of art. Fire Emblem Awakening is arguably the best RPG Tactics game ever. The Phantom Pain plays like a game released in 2027 but it came out on a freaking Xbox 360 and PS3. The original Resident Evil 4 is consequential to the idea of third person action shooters and horror. Knights of the Old Republic is my “I am your father” Star Wars moment (and it’s not canon yet, thanks Disney). Rouge Leader is the best flight combat action game. Mass Effect (and the trilogy) was so ambitious and amazing especially with the story and player choice elements. And Void Stranger is almost impossible to recommend to anybody, but it’s a joy to break it apart and get to the bottom of all the little secrets it has.

I love playing single-player action/adventure games, but man do I love to try out new stuff. I’ve been into short PC games lately, but I’m still gonna dedicate time to playing a game I’m interested in for sure. I value new experiences so I usually don’t replay games unless it’s been some time since I’ve played them.

I’m also a dad I guess, so maybe you’ll see some stuff about being a dad and video games (or the lack of lol). I also do “lol” or “lmao” sometimes so whatever. But yeah being a dad is great except for how much I can’t play video games. I can’t wait for my kid to get older so we can play together.

I’m based in Chicago, IL so you’re also gonna see some Chicago stuff pop up here and there, maybe. But yes I love Chicago and you just need to deal with the city being the best in the world.

I also like politics. Wait no. I like to follow politics. So yeah you’ll maybe see me rant about some stupid stuff around politics. If that turns you off, you can just not read those posts and read posts you like.

Anyway, thank you for seeing this page and I hope you can visit time to time and tell me how much you like or don’t like this.

I need to come up with a tag line so if you can help with that, that’d be sweet!

And thank you!