ErrantBlimp
Blimpo (Otávio IRL)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
:aaship: Drifting off-course through games and jokes, with a few crash landings.

My socials: https://linktr.ee/errantblimp
:aaship: Drifting off-course through games and jokes, with a few crash landings.

My socials: https://linktr.ee/errantblimp
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:aaship: Hey there! Welcome to my profile. Read this giant wall of text if you want to know more about the Blimpo.

Let's start with the basics. I was born on August 16th, 1991 in Rio de Janeiro and I've been living here ever since. No, I'm not a masochist. Video games became a part of my life in 1995, when a Sega Genesis was presented to me by family members. After growing up playing 2D platformers on that console, I began exploring a Windows personal computer around 1998. That's when I got to familiarize myself with first-person shooters, point-and-click adventures, isometric games and some time later, RPGs. Since then, the PC environment has been my main platform for this hobby, only sidelined by a brief stint on an Xbox 360 from 2010 to 2014.

My presence on Steam took a while to solidify, though. Despite the fact that I created this account in 2013 to play Team Fortress 2 sporadically (I really liked the Medic), my first game purchase here only occurred in 2020, when I started streaming on Twitch after a hiatus from gaming in general that lasted a few years. Live streaming was a big part of my life until 2024 and I met lots of folks on Twitch in that period. Unfortunately, gaining ground there was difficult, so I decided to halt my channel to refocus my creative efforts on a different kind of content.

Two things I pursue on Steam are hunting for achievements and writing detailed reviews, although time for the latter has been a bit scarce. You may follow my profile if you enjoy either of these two activities. I'm (almost) always happy to help other folks unlock achievements in multiplayer games, as long as I also own the requested title. Moreover, one of my objectives for the future is to create humorous video reviews on YouTube for select games — most of them belong to my Steam collection — in order to grow an audience for a potential return to live streaming. To me, sources of inspiration are AngryJoe, JonTron, AVGN, CohhCarnage and SkillUp. These illustrate the idea of what I'm working to accomplish. Nowadays I'm not that interested in playing AAA titles due to their frequent issues, so my idea is to evaluate and lampoon lesser-known indie games, since I think smaller projects deserve more attention.

I developed a penchant for reading and writing due to my college background in social sciences. Given that I've enjoyed watching stuff on YouTube since the early 2010s, formulating scripts for videos is an old desire of mine. Famous comedians like Leslie Nielsen, George Carlin, Jim Carrey, Robin Williams, Chespirito and some Brazilian household names had a big influence on my sense of humor. You may regard me as a leftist person, considering that my entire intellectual background and reflections are based on a progressive, secular, Marxist line of thinking. You won't see me cheering for any corporations, alt-right charlatans or billionaires, that's for damn sure. If you are one of those white supremacists, neo-nazis, religious fanatics, transphobes, woman-haters and/or redpillers who believe they don't need to wash their ass cracks anymore, we won't get along.

As implied earlier, my preferred game genres are first-person shooters, immersive sims, metroidvanias, RPGs, survival horrors and isometric games in general. I do sometimes play puzzle and adventure titles, but I'm not that fond of their style. Having tried some in the past, precision platformers and roguelikes now tend to be rather irritating, so I try to stay away from them. Racing, card, fighting, sports and porn games bore me completely — you won't see me buying them at all. I wouldn't waste money on virtual bosoms and buttocks. Finally, my relationship with strategy and management games is conflicted. I've enjoyed many in the past, but since I mostly suck at them, there's some distance between us today.

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