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PAGE LAST UPDATED: 2018-11-26
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Biography[ | ]
- Also Known As: @blakespot (Twitter), blakespot (Reddit), blakespot2 (PSN), blakespot (Steam), blakespot.com (Web)
- Platform: PC (started on PS4 on launch day, built gaming PC and restarted there in September)
- Civilization Affiliation(s): --
- Home Base Location: Eissentam galaxy, "Blakespot;" System ( TOMB:0583:007B:0E44:0098 )
- Traveler Since: August 9, 2016 (1021 hours as of 2/1/2018)
- Major Focuses: Exploration, Starships, Base Building, Flora
- Preferred Starship Class: Fighter
- Preferred Planet Types: Desert, Frozen Forests
- Primary Income Method: Fauna, Flora analysis
- Preferred Starship Armaments: Photon Cannon, Positron Ejector
- Preferred Multitool Armaments: Mining Beam, Plasma Grenade
- Citizen Scientist Atlas Pass Designation: L-15 (Did not receive an Atlas Pass v4, sadly)
Starship Hangar[ | ]
Major Discoveries[ | ]
Explorer's Edition Ship[ | ]
Notable Fauna[ | ]
Blakespot diplo1.jpg My first diplo, found at 670 hours in (Euclid)
Blakespot diplo2.jpg Second diplo, same planet as first
Blakespot diplo2 2.png Another shot of second diplo and my ship
Blakespot diplo3 1.png My third diplo, found ~900 hours in (Eissentam)
Blakespot diplo3 2.png ...another shot of my third diplo
Raketail Viperped0.png One of the most striking creatures I've found (Eissentam)...
Raketail Viperped1.png ...encountered after more than 1,000hrs in-game...
Raketail Viperped2.png ...I actually jumped at my desk when I saw it.
Milestones[ | ]
Completed Artemis Quest[ | ]
- Left Euclid galaxy behind
Residing in Budullangr galaxy- Residing in Eissentam galaxy (didn't like Budullangr, restored, recompleted Artemis to relocate)
- Restarted in Normal Mode with the arrival of NEXT, staying in Euclid (as of Nov. 26 2019 am ~160hrs in on new save -- REALLY need to update this info page to reflect happenings since NEXT release).
NMS Web Items[ | ]
My NMS travel photo gallery: My No Man's Sky Journey (Flickr)
Polygon published one of my NMS blog posts, here: Meet the guy who spent over $4,000 on No Man’s Sky
The full list of NMS-related blog posts I've published:
- Today My “No Man’s Sky” Journey Reaches the Two-Year Mark (Aug. 2019)
- A Planetary Anachronism: “No Man’s Sky” Beautifully Rendered on the Amiga 1000 (Mar. 2018)
- A Gamer’s Reflections as “No Man’s Sky” Turns One Year Old (Aug. 2017)
- Did You Hear About That Nutter Who Dropped
$4K$5K on No Man’s Sky?! (Jan. 2017) - Procedural Planetary Exploration Across the Decades (Nov. 2016)
- My Skylake Gaming PC Build (Oct. 2016)
- A Few Words About the Best Game I’ve Ever Played: No Man’s Sky (Sept. 2016)