Depends on the game. When I first play a game I don't like that much challenge as I like being eased into it but when I'm familiar with it, I love cranking it up.
Stephan Groth (Apoptygma Berzerk, Acid Queen, Fairlight Children, Total Transformation) I would say has been my main influence.
In terms of standup I would say I'm a huge fan of John Mulaney, mostly cause of his Tom Jones story.
It's due to how the games handle save files. They keep track of an exponentionally larger amount of stuff until the console's memory simply cannot handle it anymore.