Staff Writer

About Carley Garcia

Utterly obsessed with gaming, anime, and manga for the past 25 years, Carley attended Florida State University, graduating with a degree in Japanese in 2012. A professional Japanese/English translator for over a decade, she has worked largely in the pop culture sphere. In May 2020, she joined the team at OTAQUEST, specializing in lesser-known aspects of Japanese pop culture, rambling about retro games, forgotten anime series, and Tokyo’s indie musicians in her first official paid gig as a staff writer. She has continued to share her love for gaming by contributing hundreds of articles to sites such as Siliconera, PC Gamer, and VGKAMI. 
 

Carley spends her free time gaming with her husband, scoping out breweries and wineries, playing with her cat Momo, and writing self-indulgent fanfiction. She prefers lore-heavy RPGs and walking sims and has only played Dragon Age: Inquisition 14 times. Her favorite Final Fantasy game is all of them.  

Industry Focus

While she has covered everything from Diablo to Dota during her time in the industry, Carley primarily focuses on covering RPGs, with a particularly potent passion for the Final Fantasy series. 

With a background in Japanese translation, she also enjoys providing up-to-the-minute news on Japanese releases to audiences around the globe.

 

Favorite Console

PlayStation 5 for the power, PlayStation 2 for the vibes. 

Favorite Games

Final Fantasy XIV, Dragon Age: Inquisition, Disco Elysium, Borderlands 2, The House in Fata Morgana, Persona 5, and too many more.