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looking at getting a switch 2 before that price hike but my god I didn’t realise the software lineup for it was this dire

New star fox is the funniest thing of all time, I have been laughing for 20 mins, this is so good

most fighting game players spend most of their time getting blown out. most STG players spend their time dying miserably with bombs in stock. these experiences are available to you, second 1, day 1. there is nothing those guys get that you can't get, right this moment. you need invest nothing.

"this game seems interesting but I'm bad at rhythm games/shmups/fighting games/whatever" you deny your own curiosity out of a fear of not living up to a standard that does not exist to an audience that isn't even watching. you must overcome this to live a full and true life.

That Resident Evil movie discourse is so dire man, fandom brain is bleak stuff

Tiktok clearly thinks I haven’t been put under enough stress lately and decided to show me video after video of people in their 20’s/30’s talking about colon cancer to remind me of my mortality

Picked an unreal lineup to end the month

I went to the hospital for an MRI scan after dislocating my elbow a few weeks ago and caught the flu whilst in there

I know twitter is the nazi app but this one is like an open group chat full of Brianna Wu’s, the depravity of neolibs on here is genuinely fucking mind numbing

We really did bring it back tho

i know it's annoying but if you could share my latest essay on shadow of the colossus in whatever other communities you're in, it'd be a huge help! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECje...

New Article: How to Learn a Fighting Game from Scratch! I love picking up random games with friends, and I figured I would share my process for learning almost any game efficiently!

Using discord again for the first time since like 2018 and I’m seriously feeling like Homer Simpson the way I’m slowly hitting buttons not knowing what they do

i decided to be original this year and make a video essay on shadow of the colossus. the new ziad content era starts now www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECje...

Hyper Bun Buster: Rocket Hammer Action's demo is out now! A top-down arcade bump action game about a bunny girl who uses her hammer to hit enemies into other enemies, now playable in your browser (and as a download!) ctmatthews.itch.io/hyper-bun-bu...

INTRODUCING: PROJECT PHANTOM LIMB SCOUR THE NAMELESS ISLE AND ITS EVIL FORTRESS BATTLE WICKED SOULS AND SEVER THEIR BODIES RESIST DEMONIC POSSESSION (Releasing later this year)

Fixating for long stretches on either films or games rather than dipping back and forth between mediums might not be the most well balanced approach but it does make clearing the huge watchlist hit like crack on your eventual revisits

youtu.be/BdeHqesLx4s?... I like Godard's point in this (weirdly tense) interview about art being inseparable for economics. People pretend the stuff they like is free from economy (or more broadly. power) but Pollock was funded by the CIA, Michelangelo by the Pope.

CAVE Interactive has revealed "DoDonPachi Resurrection Reignite," an enhanced version of the bullet hell shooter with new stages, a new character, new music, and additional features hinting at a new battlefield. store.steampowered.com/app/4517190/...

Announcing Hyper Bun Buster: Rocket Hammer Action! A top-down bump combat action game about a bunny girl who uses her huge hammer to send enemies flying into other enemies. Coming 2026 Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3605570/...

bro look at that fucking hitbox interaction when the tall guy tries to knee strike me it's beautiful

Never writing out a long winded thread of thoughts ever again man this ocd riddled brain of mine has me redoing whole paragraphs four times just to make sure the wording is correct 😭

There’s a certain type of discourse that keeps cropping up on these sites as pushback to what is ultimately a niche group of people who strongly advocate for what they value in arcade game design and it’s always so insufferably hypocritical for how aggressive it is

Quick post for existing fighting game players looking to get into Vampire Savior! www.pressbuttonwin.com/p/play-vsav-...

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Ocarina remake news giving me a laugh at the misfortune of Ocarina fans just to see it being immediately followed up by Super Metroid remake news

crimson desert is getting the thing you never want your favourite game to get which is people responding to clips of critics saying the combat is bad with completely contextless combo mad videos. that’s how you know it is over

This Rayforce 1CC is privy to the same issue I have in TGM2 where the first 100 levels of Master are such a fucking slog the more you play, here it’s the first two stages that drag on repeated attempts

Can reliably 1CC Rayforce up to stage 6 (which I haven’t practised yet) I already smell that clear, it’s coming home

After 4 years, I'm finally able to pinpoint my thoughts on Ninja Gaiden Black! A lot of work went into this, and after ages of fighting with myself to put something together, I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. Shares and comments are appreciated <3 lukegirard.neocities.org/posts/ngb-an...

FINALLY!! I’ve got my first ever shmup 1CC, this one being Expert Course in Super Dimension Fortress Macross II. This clear took longer to get than I’d expected based on the short runtime. youtu.be/Im0Gespdisk?...

Macross II is such a tight little game, I wish there were more shmups willing to shave their runtimes down to this extent

Followed up my first ever 1CC from two days ago with my first ever hard mode 1CC. This run was messier than I’d have liked, especially on bosses 5 and 8, but we’ll take it. youtu.be/PWfgENjg4bk?...

Got my first ever 1CC today and it was for The Ninja Saviors. Uploading this one for posterity rather than the quality of the run itself, which is very clearly messy, but it’s good to mark the first of what’ll hopefully be many 1CC’s to come! youtu.be/2iqzB2dc_4c?...

got to revisit parappa 2 this year (including some VS matches!) and it's pushed it to the gitaroo man/space channel 5 pt 2 tier for me... one of the densest, most off-kilter rhythm games of its era. the music is such a step above the original and lammy that it's hard to compare... full review below!

WIP sneak peek of the first level and how the game is looking so far. Lots of stuff is still subject to changes

The recent discussion around RE Requiem has made write a little rant on the stun systems in the three Leon RE games and what they accomplish for the skill ceiling, while trying to clear up some misconceptions on how RE4R's stun system really worked. Enjoy! rexzakel.wordpress.com/2026/03/14/r...

Capcom has been on a huge streak of misses for me but they could get back in my good books if they cancel the RE5 remake just to spare us all the discourse

This week we have a special treat for shmup fans: a rare Guwange interview with character designer Junya Inoue! For fans of Cave's haunting Muromachi-era danmaku, this interview covers it all: the influences, game design, challenges, concept art, characters, and more! shmuplations.com/guwange

*sighs* I’m really enjoying the combat of this game. I’m just getting a little tired of it. If only… If only I could push a block onto a button and pull a lever to really break things up. 😩

Detailed difficulty rank stats. Rank 4 has all modifiers at 1x, so Modern can be easier than "default." Rank 8 is a big step up (2.5x damage to player), so Classic can be way harder than Modern if you're playing well. Insanity is just stupid: 3.6x damage to player and 0.1x chance to stun enemies!

Miyamoto/itoi interview from 1989 is neat. Interesting how these issues of of player taste becoming rigid, then others pushing back on it, seems to be an timeless part of games culture Also interesting miyamoto liked hypercard games! I see the influence on 90s zelda shmuplations.com/itoimiyamoto

they would hate backloggd reviews for games released before 2004 </3

when i eat my slop its charming, self aware and if we're being honest with ourselves a little revolutionary. a small liberation from the prison of high culture and good taste. when you eat your slop it's anti-intellectual, myopic and a self-centred rejection of art as conscious human value

scraping the barrel for games that have arcade potential so hard I’m looking up Knack 1 and 2 high level gameplay

oh my fucking god

Devil Daggers II announced store.steampowered.com/news/app/422...