Player Insight

Available Platforms

Can Do	PC Nintendo Switch PlayStation 4 Mobile Nintendo Wii (Nintendo GameCube) Nintendo 3DS (DS) Nintendo DS (Gameboy Advance)
No Longer	PlayStation 2 PlayStation Portable
Future Interest	PlayStation 5 Xbox Series X/S Xbox (Any Console) Virtual Reality

Note: I can only review games within the US region. Of course, this excludes the Switch, which is (mostly) region-free. Even then, I can only fluently speak and write in English.

Genre Breakdown

Love Playing…	Singleplayer Platformer	Indie Role Playing Game (J/RPG)
Familiar With…	Action-Adventure Metroidvania Strategy Fighting	Rhythm Visual Novel Roguelike Point & Click
Willing to Play…	Arcade Puzzle Interactive Fiction	Racing Survival Third-Person Shooter
Need to Try…	First-Person Shooter (FPS) Stealth Souls-like Horror Beat ‘Em Up Shoot ‘Em Up Multiplayer	Sports Simulation Card Game Tower Defense Battle Royale Real Time Strategy (RTS) Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) Virtual Reality (VR)
Avoiding…	Sexual Content Nudity Gore	Memes Clicker Strictly Mobile

Note: For more clarification regarding the “Avoiding…” section, please go to [About] > [Website insight].

PC Specifications

“Monolith”	Dell XPS 8930 SE
Purchased	$1099
CPU	Intel Core i7-9700
GPU	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
RAM	8 GB
Storage	2 TB HDD, 256 GB SSD
Purpose	General Use Productivity Gaming

Note: Yes, I know pre-built and all. I’m not so much of a computer geek, but I would love to build a PC some day.

“i3501” (tentative)	Dell Inspiron 15 3501
Purchased	$449
CPU	Intel Core i5-1135G7
GPU	Intel Iris Xe
RAM	12 GB
Storage	256 GB SSD
Purpose	College Productivity Light Gaming

Note: Most likely the computer I’m primarily going to use for the following years. While this can certainly run most 2D games, I can still use “Monolith” for more graphic extensive games via Steam Remote Play.

Background

Alias	SCA
Region	United States (North America)

Playing Games for…	more than 13 years
How I Play Games	Occasionally Daily Sessions (1 hour) During Pastimes With Siblings or Solo
Been Writing For…	more than 8 years
How I Write	Short Stories Poetry Scripts/Skits Articles …Anything & Everything!

Note: I have yet to actually reach professional work, but the passion is always there!

Favorite List

Favorite Game (per platform)	NES — Super Mario Bros. 3 Genesis — Sonic 3 & Knuckles SNES —Chrono Trigger GBA — Metroid Fusion DS — Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story Wii — Super Mario Galaxy (2) 3DS — PS4 — Persona 5 Switch — Super Smash Bros. Ultimate PC — Undertale
Favorite Franchises	Sonic the Hedgehog Super Smash Bros. Xenoblade Chronicles
Favorite Soundtracks	Sonic Unleashed Undertale Xenoblade Chronicles (2) Persona 5 Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
Favorite Consoles	Nintendo DS Nintendo Wii Nintendo Switch

Combination of both current and childhood favorites. For a more general “Favorite List”, head here to The Entertainment Optician.

Favorite Developers	Nintendo (EAD/SPD/EPD) Game Freak, Creatures AlphaDream Intelligent Systems Monolith Soft Sonic Team Arc System Works? PlatniumGames? Atlus?
Favorite Figures (Video Games)	Masahiro Sakurai Satoru Iwata Reggie Fils-Aimé Toby Fox
Favorite Composers (Video Games)	SEGA Sound Team Crush 40 Jun Senoue Tomoya Ohtani Fumie Kumatani Kenichi Tokoi Mariko Nanba Tee Lopes Yoko Shimomura Toby Fox Yasunori Mitsuda Manami Kiyota ACE+ Tomori Kudo Hiroyo Yamanaka (CHiCO) Kenji Hiramatsu Nintendo Sound Team? Intelligent Systems Sound Team? Atlus Sound Team?

I would consider this segment more “inspirational” than “favorite”, though they likely convey the same idea. For a more general “Favorite List”, head here to The Entertainment Optician.