Hi there! Thank you for stopping by. My name is Rafael, alias Strawfire/Strawblaze/Strawflame. I'm a neuromarketer who's been working on game quality assurance and localization (pre-Awakening Dauntless and 24 Killers to name a few) as well as journalistic content about video games since 2018.

You may notice a high influx of posts in January 2025. That's a result from importing stories from other platforms to Medium, where I've been writing on for the longest time. My most prolific works in here are "Spineworld: the unprecedented history of the virtual world", which covers the untold history behind the MMOG's sudden shutdown, "Cemitério de Consoles", a content rich Brazilian Portuguese collection of stories about failed gaming consoles, and "Entropia Universe: a história por trás do MMO com economia em dinheiro real", a story dedicated to exploring Entropia Universe's history and digital goods.

I also have a Backloggery and a Steam Curator profile on Steam named Nose For Treasure, which focuses on spreading the word on games that are worth checking out but you may not have heard about. If you like reading about games that never made it to the west, lost media, indie/retro games or just overall unconventional stuff, my content may catch your eye.