FPS & MMOs from Paradise.
Gaming, Travel, and the Expat Life.
The Logistics: Visas, Internet, and Costs
The Environment: Ao Nang and Railay
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Ao Nang, Thailand is now "Base Camp" — about a mile from Railay Beach, where expat life meets high-octane gaming.
At 55, after surviving a massive brain tumor that erased a previous career, the objective changed: MMOs, open-world and full-loot grinders, FPS, drone photography, and coding.
Reaction times are rebuilding, but determination is 100%. The squad is always welcome — virtual worlds and the real one.
Base camp is Ao Nang, about a mile from Railay — Phra Nang and the peninsula are the remote office when I am down on the sand. It looks like a postcard, but it is fully operational. Yes, I can deploy my 17" Gigabyte RTX 3070 laptop right here and game wirelessly from the beach.
Beyond the views, I share ground-level intel for your own setup: visas, internet reliability, cost of living, and daily life in Southeast Asia — including what travel blogs skip (flaky listings, buyer-beware deals, and import pricing that does not match the brochure). Daily life here can be inexpensive; niche imported gear often is not.
I am not trying to scare anyone off — Thailand is wonderful — but paradise and a transparent price tag are not always the same thing.
Gaming PC (live today)
Streaming PC (OBS + Pug)
Click My Loadout for the full Command Center tour (video coming soon) and the planned 2026 gaming upgrade — Ryzen 7 9800X3D + RTX 5080, US build.
Newest clips often hit stream and Discord first — this page catches up when I batch uploads.
Visual recon from my latest travels. See the real Thailand, unfiltered.
High-octane clips from the frontlines of ARC Raiders, WARDOGS, Star Citizen, Battlefield 6, and more.
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