\\Deep Breath, Deep Breath>>

Well, not going to be personal about this thing; but, hey, want to know me a little bit and chat me up on the cbox about things I like and dislike, welcome to share.

I am a gamer. Let's get that out of the way. I might not be considered 'hardcore' (though I'm a completionist-till-I-get-bored type) but I know quite a few titles out there, especially the mainstream. Venturing more in the RPGs (haha) and simulation genres, I play calm titles to complement the violent ones I delve in. Anyways, titles to watch for, separated in a sections:

loves/likes!

-- Persona series (3 FES & 3P > 4)
-- Radiata Stories
-- Harvest Moon series
-- Final Fantasy (VIII, X, X-2)
-- .hack// (original four)
-- Fire Emblem series (played/playing all in NA)
-- Kingdom Heart series (played most)
-- Devil Survivor
-- The World Ends With You
-- Disgaea 2
-- MMOs (Dragonica, Grand Chase, Blackout RO)
-- Tales of Symphonia (1st more than 2nd)
-- Professor Layton series
-- Golden Sun
-- Jeanne d'Arc (very early stage of game)
-- Riviera: The Promised Land


knowledge of!

-- Clock Tower series (have played First Fear)
-- Haunting Ground
-- Sims series (played them at some point, but not my main interest)
-- Legend of Zelda series (have/barely played Twilight Princess; played Wind Waker a few times)
-- "Tales of" series (more ToS)
-- Smash Bros. series (have all three)
-- Pikmin (played 1st)
-- Resident Evil (played 4)
-- Bloody Roar (played Primal Fury)
-- Pokemon series (er... yeah, I used to play all of them until Ruby/Sapphire; it's not my very favorite, love/like anymore)
-- Mario series (lolol who would not know these?)
-- Sweet Home
-- Let's Plays/Speedruns (just to note; I watch these)
-- Banjo-Kazooie series (more of the N64)
-- Black & White series
-- Mario Party series

I do have some tastes of books. (Of course; why would I be here if I didn't have some previous knowledge of the HG series?) So, without further ado, a small list of books I know of and all that good stuff. Going to be smaller than the games and may include manga.

loves/likes!

-- Hunger Games series
-- The Dark Tower series
-- Battle Royale novel
-- The Art of Racing in the Rain
-- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
-- The Joy Luck Club
-- Doubt/Judge (manga)
-- The Sanctuary
-- The Eyes of the Dragon


dislikes!

-- The Alchemist
-- The Moviegoer
-- Goodbye, Columbus
-- The Catcher and the Rye (kind of a love/hate relationship, so putting it here)

I guess onto my actual RPing style, just to fill you guys in in how I work. Usually I am a restrictive third-person style. What I mean by that is that I hardly do flashbacks, dream-recollection, and giving away what my characters are always thinking. Also, I don't do a 'friendly narrative' voice - this is my term for when the narrator also seems like a character in third-person, dinging in items like rhetorical questions, exclamatory statements, and all that. Most of my narrator sentences end in periods, questions marks and exclamation points reserved to dialogue and thoughts.

A lot of my clues for my character's mood is by actions. Relying on tics, as you will. Furrowing of brows denoting contemplation, anger, and other emotions depending on the position of the mouth, slanting of back, amongst other things. Along with word choice; diction also is good for defining emotion. I manipulate those things to make what a person feels/thinks more vague than the next person. I guess the only real times I would have to write a lot of "this is what I'm feeling" is with first-person, given, of course, we are let inside the mind of the character. First-person isn't exactly my favorite, but I have done it once and was cool with it.

I am intrigued in the many forms of dialect. A person's verbal diction can really say a lot about them. I take great interest and watch people's voice.

Guess that's about it for this section. lol

This wraps up this post about myself. Hopefully this helped in knowing me a bit to mingle with me, especially in the cbox. I'm not really a talkative person, but I try most times.