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Converged #NetOps #NetEng & #NetSec leader by day, game by night. #JRPG & #CRPG enjoyer. Also love #metal & #guitar. NoPoliticsBots.txt robots.txt He/Him LGBTQ+ đŸłïžâ€đŸŒˆ (Bi) Use Alt Text Blog at https://coffeybreak.net

Cover art for Denshattack! Featuring the main character Emi and her ramen delivery train!
Asus A7N8X-X motherboard with the CPU cooler attached
Japanese copy of Star Ocean on the Super FamiCom next to the American PlayStation Portable remake.
A photo of a boxed RetroRemake SuperStation One among a collection of physical games.
Photo a guitar effect pedal. It is the Hologram Electrics Microcosm. The microcosm is an off white oversized pedal.
Photo of a Cathode Ray Tube Television displaying the PlayStation 3 video game Resonance of Fate. The game world is a clockwork cacophony of gears and sprockets while the inhabitants exhibit a mishmash of late 1890s - 1920s styles of clothing.
A collection of 30+ physical PlayStation 5 games
Photo of an Apple Lisa computer
Screenshot showing my order has been updated: Retro Remake Your shipping status has been updated
Amd Athlon 64 XV 3800+ with the motherboard behind it. There are two sticks of OCZ memory in the board.
Screenshot of “Am I Unc?” results. Tier: Youth Coded Unc Score: 8 Youth Score 92 You’re tapped in. The aura is uncooked. Keep doing what you’re doing.
Shinguji Sakura standing in front of a bridge spanning a river. Cherry blossoms fall around her.
Cover for Sakura Wars featuring Shinguji Sakura, she is Japanese girl wearing a kimono and brandishing a katana!
The cover art for Forspoken. It features the main characters Frey and Cuff. Frey is a young black woman who can use magic and cuff is a talking cuff on her arm.
The Scalable Video Switch. This is a 7 module switch. There are 3 composite/S-Video and one component inputs with a composite/S-Video and component out each.
The four main characters from Final Fantasy 15 stand on the precipice of a cliff over the city of Insomnia which has been conquered by the empire.
A digitech RP200-A guitar floor based multi-effects processor with an expression pedal. The effect currently selected is Whammy.
An F-4 Phantom fighter jet from the main menu of Ace Combat Infinity
A collection of high value Pokemon cards I’ve had since I was a child at the turn of the century.
Cover art for Half-Life Alyx. It features the titular Alyx, making her way through a metal wall constructed by the Combine.
Photo of a CRT television displaying a scene from Sakura Wars. It features the cast of characters in their Imperial Assault Force uniforms. From left to right: Ogami, Sakura, Kohran, Sumire, and Maria. There is a text box at the bottom the reads Victory Pose!
A screenshot of a CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION for Am I a Tech Bro? This is to certify that this participant has completed the Tech Bro Assessment (18 statements) and has been classified as: NOT A TECH BRO with a score of 11% agreement with tech bro ideas
Photo of cathode ray tube television displaying a scene from the Sega Saturn game Sakura Wars. A physical copy of the game’s Dreamcast release sits atop the TV.
Photo of a cathode ray tube television displaying a scene from the game Panzer Dragoon Zwei. The main character rides atop his young dragon as it runs across the landscape.
Photo of a pink J&T Studio Saroo cartridge for the Sega Saturn.
Phot of the end title screen for Ys II Chronicle on a Sony PlayStation Portable. It features the goddesses of Ys clutching a black pearl frozen in time.
View of snowfall from my front porch
A photo of my outstretched arm holding a Sega Saturn.
Video of a chaos fueled white rapper Auntie Boy.
Shadowless Base Set holofoil Charizard card from the Pokemon trading card game.
A photo of the first page of Pokemon trading card binder. They cards are sleeved and then placed in the pockets for the page. This page is a collection of the original Base Set. From top left to right we have Alakazam, Blastoise, Chancy (shadowless), Charizard (shadowless), Clefairy (shadowless), Gyarados (shadowless), Hitmonchan (shadowless), Machamp 1st edition, and Magnaton.
Me playing my 1998 royal blue Ibanez RG7620 seven string guitar.
The cover for Kena Bridge of Spirits. It features Kena, an Asian woman with a small build and her back turned, in a verdant forest surrounded by cute little black creatures.
An Original Sony Playstation with a copy of Final Fantasy 8 next to it. the disc tray is open and the first disc of the game is inserted. In the first memory card slot is a sony pocketstation. Final Fantasy 8 is famously one of the few north american games with PocketStation support.
Photo of a physical copy of the game Xenogears next to an original Sony PlayStation. The game is further back and to the right of the PS1 and the photo is staged in a way that allows there to be a strong depth of field blur effect on the the PS1 causing it be out of focus. The focus is sharply on Xenogears.
The opening video of Tekken 5 on PSP. It short montage of various characters fighting and some minor context setup for the story.
Photo of Nowa from Eiyuden Chronicle. This is a photo of a high-definition cathode ray tube display. This image is zoomed in to show the specific physical characteristics of the CRT display properties. Specifically, since this is a Sony television, the aperture grille and how the phosphors appear.
A shelf of PC Games. These just the ones I still have boxes or nice cases for. I have more in games with their jewel cases only in the cabinet below.
Screen shot of iOS Music app showing the album art for the 2003 OneUp Studios release of “Time and Space: a Tribute to Yasunori Mitsuda” The song playing is Scars Left By Time. This arrangement is by Sean Stone, aka Ailsean, and Dale North.
A woman stands in the flats of a desert. She raises on hand, fingers extended, toward the azure sky.
The Vanguard Bandits title screen displayed on a small Cathode Ray Tube television. The screen features the ATAC, the name for the types of magical mecha armor in the game, UltraGunner.
A shelf with games from the original PlayStation on display. Top row, left to right: Wild Arms, Legend of Dragoon, Vanguard Bandits, Valkyrie Profile, Xenogears, Alundra, Wild Arms 2. Bottom row, left to right, Lunar Silver Star Story Complete, Final Fantasy 7, 8, & 9, Lunar 2 Eternal Blue Complete.
A CRT television displaying a story sequence from the game Vanguard Bandits. You can see the game case on top of the TV.
Photo of Vanguard Bandits for the original PlayStation. The cover features several mecha on the front against a field of blue. The game’s title is set in a shiny gold font. The cover is also a foil or holographic effect where its sheen shifts in the light.
Key art from Death Stranding 2 On the Beach. It features all the main characters in a collage reminiscent of 1970s and 80s movie summer blockbuster posters. Characters featured top to bottom then left right are Sam, Fragile, Hartman, Tarman, Dollman, Tomorrow, Rainy, Neil, and Higgs. Everyone has some dramatic pose, look, or action they are doing.
A 5 by 5 chart showcasing the games I played to completion in 2025. This list in chronological order from top left to bottom right, except for the last two as they are more "Honorable Mentions" than full play-throughs. List of Games, left to right, top to bottom: 1. Xenogears 2. Star Ocean: First Departure 3. God of War 4. Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition 5. Dustborn 6. Bomb Rush Cyberfunk 7. God of War Ragnarök 8. Blue Prince 9. Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii 10. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 11. Yakuza 0 12. Mullet Madjack 13. Death Stranding: Director's Cut 14. Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies 15. Final Fantasy 16. Star Ocean: The Second Story R 17. Yakuza Kiwami 18. Valkyrie Profile 19. Alan Wake's American Nightmare 20. Yakuza Kiwami 2: Limited Edition 21. Ghost of Yotei 22. Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception 23. Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere 24. Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete - Collector's Edition (I beat the main story in 2024 but finished off the epilogue in January 2025) 25. Rocket Knight Adventures: Re-Sparked (This is a shorter retro title rerelease, I ran through Rocket Knight start to finish in about an hour)
The cover for Blind Guardian’s Nightfall in Middle-Earth. Cover art by Andreas Marschall of LĂșthien dancing before Morgoth, from The Tale of Beren and LĂșthien
The Japanese cover art for Ace Combat 3: electrosphere. It features a futuristic SU-37 Terminator fighter jet on the cover.
Photo of a physical copy of Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception next to a PSP running the game and displaying the title screen. They are on a shelf. Behind these is a collection of of PlayStation 2 games and you can see copies of Ace Combat 4 and 5 as well.
Detail photo graph of Mania and Maria from Battle Mania, called Trouble Shooter in the North America. This is a photograph of the game displayed on a CRT television. You can see the details of the Slot Mask.
The PC build 4 panel meme featuring a little guy placing all the components into the system. Top left Panel 1: Core i7 & RTX 3080 Top right panel 2: 32 gigs of RAM Bottom left panel 3: 8 terabyte SSD Bottoms right panel 4: emulates old consoles at 240P to a 14 inch consumer CRT.
A screenshot showing my break down of play time from Steam distributed across New Releases in 2025, recent releases ranging from 2018 thru 2024, and classic games. My chart shows that I spent 24% of 2025 playing new titles, 69 (hehe nice)% playing recent titles, and 7% playing classic titles. In 2025 only 14% of all Steam users playtime was spent in new games.
You played on a Steam Deck! 32 Games, 224 Sessions, 23% of Playtime 1: Yakuza 0 - 23% 2: Yakuza Kiwami - 20% 3: Yakuza Kiwami 2 - 7% 4: Parking Garage Rally Circuit - 7% 5: Clair Obscur Expedition 33 - 6%
OrionPSG1's Steam Replay 2025 62 Games Played 293 Achievements 755 Sessions 35 New Games Most Played Games by Percentage: Number 1: Tiny Glade - 16% 2: Clair Obscure Expedition 33 - 16% 3: Yakuza 0 - 14% 4: Yakuza Kiwami 2 - 7% 5: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth - 6%
Physical copy of Suikoden 1 & 2 HD remaster for PlayStation 5
Screenshot of my PlayStation Wrap-Up. 2025 WRAP-UP YOUR TOP 5 GAMES #1 Ghost of Yotei 80 Hours, 54 Trophies 20% Playtime #2 Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii 47 Hours, 46 Trophies 11% Playtime #3 God of War Ragnarök 47 Hours 20 Trophies 11% Playtime #4 DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH 42 Hours 19 Trophies 10% Playtime #5 STAR OCEAN THE SECOND STORY R 40 Hours 32 Trophies 10% Playtime
The cover to Brandon Sanderson's Wind and Truth, the fifth book of The Stormlight Archive. The cover by Michael Whelan, features Dalin Kholin, in his Kholin blue uniform, atop the tower of Urithiru and admist the growing Everstorm as he prepares for his honor bound contest of champions with the shard of Odium.
Sam Porter Bridges riding on an elevated monorail toward West Fort Knot City.
Sam Porter Bridges rushing across an open plain toward a delivery destination. The scenery is beautiful. The destination in upon a rocky desert hill
A lone shrine atop a snowy peak Yƍtei rises above the clouds