Darren is a scientist during the day. He has been a Destructoid community member since 2006, joining the front page as a contributor in 2011.
While he enjoys shooters, RPGs, platformers, strategy, and rhythm games, he takes particular interest in independent games. He produced the
Zero Cool Podcast for about four years, and he plays board games quite a bit when he can find willing companions.
FULL DISCLOSURE: Darren Nakamura knows several people in the video game industry, most of whom are Destructoid alumni. These include:
Anthony Burch, former writer for Gearbox Software
Ashly Burch, notable voice actor
Nick Chester, publicist for Harmonix Music Systems
Chad Concelmo, writer for Golin Harris
Aaron Linde, writer for Gearbox Software
Jayson Napolitano, publicist for Scarlet Moon Productions
Brad Nicholson, former publicist for Uber Entertainment
Alex Ryan, publicist for Kalypso Media
Jim Sterling, notable voice actor
Darren backs a lot of Kickstarter campaigns! If you want to see what he has backed, you can go
here. If he ever reviews a game that he backed, that will be explicitly disclosed in the review.
Darren invested in
Psychonauts 2 on Fig.
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