A gangly, bespectacled young man with messy hair and an overall off-putting demeanor.
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Self-applied tropes
- Asleep in Class: Became way more prevalent in my senior year.
- Ambiguously Brown: I'm Italian, and part Indian. Many people assume I'm Hispanic.
- Big Eater: Considering I have what I deem a gamer's appetite, and also that I can't keep weight on very well.
- Challenge Gamer: It would seem that the more frustrated I get trying to beat a given game, the more it appeals to me.
- The Confidant: I didn't really trust anyone enough as a kid to have one, but I try to be one to others. PM box is open.
- Do Not Call Me "Paul": Michael's my middle name, and the one I prefer. But my real name's Ben.
- Eating Lunch Alone: It's peaceful. And it helps me think.
- I Have Many Names: I've been nicknamed El, Charcoal, Marshmallow, Snickers, Milk...and Patrick. Take your pick.
- Limited Wardrobe: I do wash them, but most of my outfits consist of one of my many pairs of black pants and my maroon Zelda hoodie.
- Master of None: For the time being. I know a little programming, I draw, and I play music. My family's always said my skills in music are superior, but anyone who's taken a class in any of the three can vouch differently. I'm working on it, though, as I plan to go into indie game development.
- Messy Hair: It only stays straight if it's meticulously straightened.
- Mistaken Age: Upon hearing my voice and seeing my diction alone, many people have assumed I'm in my early/mid-twenties. That's when I was 15.
- Mr. Imagination: I used to be, as a child. I'm trying to get that back.
- Nice Guy: Or so I hope.
- Retro Gaming: Mostly due to my brother's influence, as he actually grew up in The '90s.
- Sir Swears-a-Lot: It's for emphasis! I swear!
- The Stoic: I tend to get like this when I'm upset.
- Sweet Tooth: Strawberry ice cream, especially.
- The Tetris Effect/TV Tropes Will Ruin Your Life: There was once an entire week and a half where my dreams consisted of nothing but the fora on This Very Wiki.
- Unusual Euphemism: I'm a fan of using 'em in real life, most notably "Son of a nutcracker!"
- Why Did It Have To Be Roaches?: And wasps.
Stuff I'm into
Anime
- Acchi Kocchi
- CLANNAD
- Cowboy Bebop: I used to watch it every Saturday night, while eating pizza.
- FLCL
- Girls und Panzer
- Hidamari Sketch
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
- Lucky Star
- Back To The Future
- The Blues Brothers
- Braveheart
- Home Alone
- The Iron Giant
- The Matrix
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- Wreck It Ralph
- Jack Frost: It was a favorite of an ex-girlfriend of mine; she wanted me to read it because she'd played Earth Bound with me.
- Cake
- Captain Dan & the Scurvy Crew
- Flight of the Conchords
- Flogging Molly
- Gogol Bordello
- Green Day: 90s-era stuff.
- MC Frontalot
- Reel Big Fish
- Screeching Weasel
- They Might Be Giants: My most favorite band. I envy John Linnell's hair.
- Voltaire
- The Binding of Isaac
- Chrono Trigger
- The Curse of Monkey Island: I never really got much into the rest of the series, but Curse is one of the games I grew up with.
- Dwarf Fortress
- Earth Bound: Hoo, boy. I wasn't quite born in this game's generation, but I did indeed grow up with it. My oldest brother sat me in front of an SNES emulator with EarthBound on it one night, because my parents asked him to babysit me. It's one of the most inspirational games of my life.
- Garry's Mod: If only for Trouble In Terrorist Town.
- Half-Minute Hero: For the three dollars I paid for it, it far exceeded my expectations as a mere gimmicky game. Shame it has such little replay value.
- Killing Floor: I love accents.
- Kingdom of Loathing: As I previously stated, it's the reason I came to TV Tropes.
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time: The first video game I ever played, at the ripe age of 4. It's like a bedtime story I can listen to over and over again.
- The Lost Vikings: Thanks to Deceased Crab, who was an inspiration for my own Let's Plays.
- NetHack
- Off
- Pajama Sam: My entire early childhood in a nutshell. I still play 'em sometimes.
- Portal
- Spelunky
- Super Mario World: Pretty much the only Mario game I absolutely love.
- Team Fortress 2
- To the Moon
- Touhou Project
- Action League NOW!!
- Fairly OddParents: Mostly the mid-early seasons.
- The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack
- My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic: Thanks to the Team Fortress 2 fanbase.
- The Oblongs
- Rocko's Modern Life
- The Tick
