The Shape of My Mind
- Brent Wiseman
- Oct 29, 2016
- 1 min read
Interests that currently shapes or previously shaped me at some point in my past, determining who I ultimately became. This is focused on fandoms and interests and such instead of family members, friends, or experiences and the like. I would say this list I have compiled makes up only about a third of who I am today - experiences, people, and my actual body chemistry being the rest - but it is the only part I could ever hope to accurately convey as a sort of cypher decoder. These things weren't chosen for the list because they were 'favorites' of mine, necessarily, but because they were particularly influential to me and my psyche at some point in my life, if not currently. Knowing this list is as close as you could get to knowing who I am without actually meeting me.
Tier 1 - True obsessions:
Warlords Battlecry
Mass Effect
Kingkiller Chronicles
Lord of the Rings
Manchester Orchestra
Blink 182
Firefly
The Goonies
Critical Role
Tier 2 - Hugely influential:
Super Mario
Star Wars
Star Trek
Dungeons and Dragons and esp. Acquisitions Incorporated
Halo
Terraria
Civilization V
X-Com games
Minecraft
League of Legends
Harry Potter
Scott Pilgrim
The Matrix
Bright Eyes
Kavinsky (mostly "Nightcall")
Ben Caplan (mostly "Down to the River" live in Bellwoods)
Louie CK
Bo Burnham
Achievement Hunter
Youtube (vlogbrothers, veritasium, vsauce, vihart, Smarter Every Day, Cody's Lab, Periodic Videos, Rooster Teeth, Achievement Hunter and Lets Play, CarlSagan42, GDQ, Tobuscus, and many others)
Dungeon Siege
Medieval, fantasy, mythology, or ancient cultures and stories
Tier 3 - Subtly influential:
Doom
The Neverending Story
Demetri Martin
Jurassic Park #1
V for Vendetta
Magic The Gathering
Pokemon
Dragonball Z
Sherlock Unreal Tournament
Driver
Rollercoaster Tycoon
Braveheart
Gladiator
Rimworld
Independence Day
Shakespeare
Brand New Heroes of Might and Magic
The Katering Show
The Sims Helbreath
Hackers (movie. lol)
General - Guides my interests:
Philosophy
Computers
Comedy
Creation/Creativity
DIY
Music
Logic
Passion
Science
Determinism
NASA & Space
Truth
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