About myself:
- This may come as a shocking surprise to many, but I come from and live in Saudi Arabia. And yes, I'm a practicing Muslim, which frequently results in friction between my religious beliefs and my "vices" (e.g. sexual fanservice). I've taken to adopting a form of "double consciousness" to be able to cope in such cases, though I have no illusions or self-delusions about the actual morality of what I do. Why yes, I'm a rather complicated and conflicted person... but then, how many people in this world aren't?
- I'm a university student -- studying Computer Engineering, specifically.
- I'm very heavily swayed in the direction of anime/manga and other Japanese media (too many titles to count, but unless it's a very obscure one, chances are I've at least heard of the name somewhere), though I do have some interests in Western works (whether or not I've actually read/watched them). That said, see at the bottom for other areas of interest.
- I am an editor/poster at TV Tropes & Idioms. And for those of you who are up to date on the going ons there... No, I generally do not like the direction that it has taken over the past few years, and that's all I'm going to say about the matter.
VNs: Anything in the Nasuverse, Katawa Shoujo.
Western animation/comics/movies/live-action series: DC and Marvel Universes, Disney works, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Terminator, Robocop, the Alien/Predator franchise, Kim Possible, Totally Spies, and the new My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic series (do not mention the original MLP series, please; I have no idea what possessed me as a kid to find them worthwhile).
Games: RPGs from famous staples like Final Fantasy and Pokemon to obscure titles like the Legaia series, hack-and-slash like Devil May Cry and Metal Gear Rising, stealth-action like the Metal Gear Solid series and Batman: Arkham Series, real-time strategy games all over the place (favorite is pre-EA Command & Conquer series; LONG LIVE WESTWOOD STUDIOS!), fighting games like The King of Fighters and the Dead or Alive series, even tabletops like Warhammer 40,000 (though sadly I can't get my hands on the actual games or the models; I have to make do with scavenging sourcebook PDFs to read up on the fluff).
As you can see, my interests are quite diverse... and it's just the tip of the iceberg, no exaggeration. Honest, the number of works in each category that I follow -- excluding webcomics -- number in the 100s at the very least, if I just go by the number of folders on my hard drive.
