This website is designed to look like a crossover of old Windows OS and R4: Ridge Racer Type 4, a game with one of my favourite aesthetics.

I realised recently how good of a crossover this could be when watching the ending to Kaiju No. 8's first series, which features animation of a really fun desktop. I plan on doing more in the future to re-create the desktop feeling!

Bold, block colours are such a vibe in my opinion (if you couldn't guess) and I love including my favourite silly cutesy characters (DanDaDan is one of my faves!!)

I'm also a big fan of grainy textures, so CRT filters, scanlines, and other "imperfect" aesthetics, especially when they evoke retro tech.

The site is almost entirely hand-coded, though I used a template as a starting point (see credits below).

Games!

There's so many good games. I've got a particular love for indie games, I love smaller experiences which are curated to provide a very specific experience.

I love getting to find new games to play from cool devs, especially little singleplayer experiences or things I can enjoy with friends. Having got a Steam Deck recently, I've been trying to get back into some of the singleplayer titles that I haven't got around to yet!

I've also been using the Steam Deck to play some older games - emulation is so cool, and preservation of older games is really important! We need to make sure that we're holding on to as many games as possible, and ensuring that physical media lasts going fowards too.

I'm currently looking forward to playing:

• Big Walk
• Pikuniku 2

Here's a few others I like, in no particular order:

• Katana ZERO
• Inscryption
• ULTRAKILL
• Metal Gear Solid games: MGSV, MGS2, MGS3
• Dishonoured
• Firewatch

Music

I've been really enjoying getting to listen to a wide variety of music. As someone who enjoys many different genres, it's rewarding to find new artists through online platforms, and to enjoy blasting some good music in my headphones whilst working on my projects.

You can check out the end of each of my blogs in the updates section to see what I've been listening to recently, or take a look at the top of this page!

There's a tonne of great Christian artists out there. I always thought that Christian music was limited to worship and gospel music, but as it turns out, there are artists in almost every space who are using their music to praise the Lord. You may well have heard of some of them:

• Kings Kaleidoscope are one of my faves, they have such incredible range in their music.
• Capital Kings are an edm-pop duo. Some of their newest singles (praise forever, get lifted) are bangers!
• The Band JAREN are a sister duo making awesome rock music. The name Jaren is Hebrew, meaning "a cry of rejoicing; to sing out in praise."

Here's a few others I like, in no particular order:

• Jervis Campbell
• Citizens
• Forrest Frank
• Chris Renzema
• Strings & Heart
• Josiah Queen

You can find out more about what I'm listening to through my Last.FM account, which is connected to read whatever I play (from my PC, at least).

• Site built by me
• Layout template by Itinerae (this one specifically), with my changes.
• Learned lots from w3schools, Petrapixel, Ang, Shar, and more!
• Favicon by KidZombie.online.
• Header by Campo Santo, from Firewatch