Gamer, The Deciverse creator, site builder, solo developer, mascot and doer of things.

I’ve been gaming since around age 6 or 7 when I first got my hands on Sonic The Hedgehog and Shinobi for the Sega Genesis. By the 2nd grade, my classmates were clamoring for more Dragon Tales as I was flipping through strategy guides for the best advice on unlocking Hunk and Tofu. If you know, you know.

The Commodore 64 and Atari were before my time, but I did get a chance to play Knights and Virtua Fighter on the Sega Saturn. Aside from that, I was lucky enough to own every console at some point growing up. I still remember getting Resident Evil 3 Nemesis on my 10th birthday because I was loved as a child. But these days, I just stick to my PC for convenience.

I’ve enjoyed a lot of titles across genres like The Legend of Zelda A Link to the Past, Super Mario World and Banjo Kazooie to Operation WinBack and Metal Gear Solid. I'd play racers like F-Zero, MSR on the Dreamcast, Burnout 3 when that hit Xbox, shooters like Goldeneye, Perfect Dark, Timesplitters, Half Life 2 or Battlefield 3. Horror classics like Resident Evil and Silent Hill, and of course a lot of action or adventure games like Onimusha Warlords, Lost Planet, The Bouncer or Uncharted. I even get down with slightly niche games like Soul Calibur, Guilty Gear, Tony Hawks Pro Skater or Jet Set Radio Future. Oh yes indeed, I was absolutely there for the full experience of Jet Set Radio Future.

Over the span of 30 years, I've played more games than I can list. All that gaming has both inspired me to create and given me a wide frame of reference to generate ideas from. I've been kicking a bunch of scenarios around since the 9th grade, so I figure while the AAA industry continues to pilfer wallets while driving many gamers bored, now would be as good a time as any to share all the things I've written over the years just for fun. My slop can’t be much worse than what we’ve all recently had to endure. I’ll make sure of it.

Duey Decibel

Duey's Top 3

  • Scratching my RPG and survival itch is the Fallout series.

    I got hooked with Fallout 3. After that I went through all the content available for it, New Vegas and Fallout 4. Even then, I still needed more Fallout. I think I’m close to level 100 on Fallout 76. It’s been a while since I played 76, but I will be returning for the Ohio expansion.

    After learning how to mod Fallout 4, I spent an uncivilized amount of time trying to mod the game into the ultimate zombie apocalypse that never existed. Fun fact, modding Fallout got me into game development and I have some special plans that Fallout fans will love. I know what makes us cheer.

    Steam says I’ve clocked 3,266.8 hours in Fallout 4.

  • Scratching my itch for action horror games is the Resident Evil series. (They call themselves “survival” horror, but lack thirst, hunger, sleep, etc.)
    With a variety of monsters to deal with using a select few weapons within investigative areas traversed through gathering key items and solving puzzles, I never get bored with Resident Evil no matter how many times I beat it.

    My love for RE goes way back to elementary school and now lives within my DNA. We had rented a PlayStation from Blockbuster and got Ready 2 Rumble Boxing and Resident Evil. Aw, man. When I saw Turning Around Zombie for the first time, I was shooketh. I never had many complaints about RE regarding the tank controls, camera angles, item management or even the voice acting. I’ve always just seen it as part of it.

    I currently own the whole mainline RE series of games from 0 to 8, including Code Veronica and Revelations 1 and 2. I even used to own RE Operation Raccoon City, RE Survivor and got the chance to play RE Outbreak File 1 and 2. I distinctly remember missing out on RE Dead Aim though. But only because I had The House of the Dead 2 with a gun con.

  • Scratching my itch for stealth games is the Hitman series.

    I was not of appropriate age to play Hitman 2 when I did. That’s probably what made it so good. The music by Jesper Kyd blew my mind and I still listen to it now and again. The locales were way out there, India, Malaysia, Afghanistan, Japan, Russia, it made 12 year old me feel like a lethal and sophisticated globetrotter or a stoic, sinister, serious and bald James Bond when I was wearing my suit my with my silenced Silver Ballers.

    I’ve played Hitman across too many systems to keep track of the time I’ve put into it. Ever since I began studying Unreal Engine a year ago, I haven’t put much time into the new trilogy.

It’s just me for now. But The Deciverse has room to grow.