I enjoy playing video games, listening to podcasts, and reading books. I spend far too much time online on social media, usually while doing other things.
Video Games
I've been playing video games my whole life. I particularly love RPGs, especially JRPGs and the modern souls-like subgenre. I also enjoy vanishingly rare first-person dungeon crawlers, along the lines of Etrian Odyssey.
In recent months, I've been enjoying Nioh 2, Octopath Traveler, Yakuza 4, and Final Fantasy XIV. I have over 1700 hours played in Spelunky, it's my go-to for killing a few minutes or winding down after a long work session.
If you play FFXIV, you can look me up! I'm Cynefrith Oakstave on Lamia.
Podcasts
My taste in games in recent years has been driven by my podcast-listening habits. I need something that isn't too narrative-focused or involved, because I am definitely going to be splitting my attention when I sit down to play.
I mostly listen to comedy shows, with some other information or role-playing stuff mixed in there. Some of my favorites are the movie podcasts Scream Scene and Blank Check. They both take a systematic approach, the former reviewing every horror movie in chronological order, and the latter reviewing every film of different directors, organized into miniseries.
Some other favorites are Shrieking Shack, Apocrypals, and Friends at the Table.
Books
I used to be more of a reader than I am now, mostly due to the fact that I no longer have a job that sees me sitting around waiting for customers, nor do I have a length morning and evening commute. But I still do a bit here and there.
For the most part, I enjoy fantasy and sci-fi, along with a heaping helping of Victorian literature. My favorite book is Moby-Dick; or, the Whale, which I've read a good five or six times, it's hard to keep track. I even wrote a blog covering every chapter of it, though it's not quite finised yet.
I'm also a big fan of the Discworld series, and have read every one of those at least twice. Well, okay, maybe not the first two.
