About

All those moments will be lost in time. Like Tiers in Rain.

My mechanical keyboard, on which I do all my writing. Mechanical keyboards rule.

Hello visitor! Welcome to Tiers In Rain. My name is Daniel and this is my newsletter to write about the video games I play or the opinions and perspectives I have on video game-related happenings. I may also write about the occasional movie, album, or book that I'm enjoying. But it will mostly be video games.

I've been playing games since the 80s. My earliest video game memory is playing Moon Patrol on the family IBM PC around the age of five. On my seventh birthday, I received an NES. It was the set that came with R.O.B. and the games Duck Hunt and Gyromite. I enjoyed those games, but it was the following Easter that everything changed. In my basket that fateful Sunday morning, the Easter Bunny left me a copy of Super Mario Bros.. That day I was then and forever a gamer.

It's me looking tired and old, because I am tired and old.

My favorite game series are Metroid, The Legend of Zelda, Castlevania, and Mega Man. I'm also a big fan of point and click adventures, cinematic platformers, and metroidvanias. I'll be writing about all of this and more here. So if you are interested in gaming, please subscribe so that you get my newsletters directly to your inbox.

What Tiers In Rain Means

My favorite question to answer whenever someone asks is what the name Tiers In Rain means. It's a play on words taking the "Tears In Rain" monologue from the end of Blade Runner and switching "Tears" for "Tiers" as in levels or platforms in a video game. It is basically a way to show that my two favorite interests are video games and cyberpunk. I dunno, I thought it was clever at the time.

Where Else You Can Find Me on the Internet

This used to be a pretty extensive list but nowadays it's only Bluesky.

Contact Me

If you want to get in touch, you can reach me at info@tiersinrain.com