Geoff Smoughtown, Author at Unleash the Gamer

Geoff 'SmoughTown'

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My grandfather was a man way ahead of his generation, owning his first PC in the early ’90s. When I and my sister came to visit he would fire up ‘Rabbit Reader 2’, and I was transported to the world of ‘Wordsville’. Since then my tastes have developed finding myself attached to Lore rich games; the Souls series, Dead Space and any RPG with a good story. For me, Games can be forms of art to be dissected, analyzed and appreciated.

Transformation

Gaming started as a hobby for me, but there was a point where it became a Passion: the First Mass Effect. The storytelling in this game blew me away and I began to dig deep into the lore of the game, buy the books and search for hidden stories. I would pick up Dead Space 2 in 2011 and this was the first game that made me want to start a Youtube channel so that I could share my passion for ‘Lore’. Yet I wouldn’t until I picked up another game later that year.

Dabbling

The first Dark Souls was the game that changed my life and lead me to start a Youtube Channel. I was an Xbox owner, yet after playing this incredible game I felt immediately compelled to go out and buy a PS3 so I could play Demon’s Souls. I started a Youtube channel that year, mainly focused on guides for Dark Souls and Demon’s Souls. Yet it wouldn’t be until 2016 when Dark Souls 3 released that I would start my lore centric channel.

Youtube

Today that channel I started 3 years ago is still going strong, growing modestly every year and has a good reputation in the Souls and Sekiro Lore Community. My channel focuses on pulling apart the lore and presenting it straightforwardly; as long as the game has a good story, it has a place on my channel. To learn more you can check out my channel or follow me on Twitter or Twitch.

My Most Recent Articles

Top 10 Best Nintendo Switch Games to Play This Year -

Darkest Dungeon – Jester Guide - The Jester, the Darkest Dungeon’s answer to the ‘Joker’, is certainly an odd duck who mixes bleed abilities with team wide buffs. However he is often a hero who finds himself with a spot on my squad. Why? His ability to target and harass the middle ranks is super useful for ignoring and bypassing front row tanks and build up some seriously dangerous bleed damage.