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Made the poster for this upcoming Hellfire! Be sure to tune in this Saturday and help fund The Trevor Project!

That was the May round of all time (+R edition)

That was the May round of all time (+R edition)

Watching the State of Play and Summer Game Fest has only reminded me I'm horribly behind with some games in my backlog. I still need to finish God of War Ragnarok Stellar Blade Monster Hunter Wilds Final Fantasy Rebirth At least I'm ready for Ace Combat 8. Also damn I might need to pick up SF6

Hellfire Returns June 21st! Hellfire is a exhibition series for GGXRD Rev 2 displaying all skill levels of play in celebration of the community and game! This will be in support of The Trevor Project, a non-profit focused on helping the LGBTQIA+ youth! forms.gle/TLupvnSoqHVj...

«Even If You Gain The Wisdom of God, You’ll Get Hungry Anyway» Jam Kuradoberi from Guilty Gear Strive. A redraw of my old design from 2019 with her new look. #Ama46Art

I'm hosting r2d tonight bc pat's out of town! sign up and tune in!

Time to fulfill that Resshoumania promise by adding a new entry to the smoothie menu.

PULL UP FOR THE SMOOTHIE KING (FT. ESPADA’S RESSHOUMANIA SMOOTHIE) AND SUIKA GAME

Figured I’d nab this before the price hike. Had a bunch of rewards points to use anyways.

y’all seen this shit?

My work is likely gonna be closed for a bit cuz of the threat of the chemical plant exploding near where I live. Do to that I'll be out of work unpaid and gonna need help with bills, food and rent. Anything helps thanks

Breakfast was pretty crepe! Loved the mix of blueberries and raspberry syrup.

Thankful I had the good foresight to interview the winner of Xrd at Combo Breaker 2026 www.patreon.com/posts/how-i-...

I remember back in Frostys and Slashback I was a bit down on my performance. But after this CB, I was able to turn things around Finished w/ a new record of going 6-2, tied for 13th. Had some hard fought matches with some bracket demons, and was so so close to 9th. The hard work is paying off!

*Me still working late because I made too many promises before I go on vacation* Yeah I think I went a little overboard… My brain:

take a look- its the cover page of my zine im handing out at combo breaker! come say hi to me and I'll give ya one

"Q&A: Hagure on the craft of TOing, grassroots community cultivation, and getting into Vampire Savior in 2026" I caught up with @hagu.re to chat fighting game origins, learning to TO, FGC gentrification, and, of course, Vampire Savior. www.patreon.com/posts/q-hagu...

The Reginlaze Julia now joins the rest of the crew on my work desk

Logged in to work and saw that I got a performance bonus, LFG!!!!

Took a bit of break from building gunpla, but decided to dive back in with the HG Reginlaze Julia from IBO. Might tackle a MG next:

100 Dustbowls. Still a high quality experience.

hey @drifterdane.bsky.social did you see this? well now you have

This is what I sound like when I'm not doing "professional" commentary

You gotta spin to win. Various fighting game characters are on a roll. Thanks to my bro ( @blondetanamobay.bsky.social ) for helping with this.

honestly, my bad

This is pinnacle May gameplay.

Somebody nuked the xrd lobby mid-match, and got a chuckle out of this freeze frame. She looks so distressed lol.

May 2026 Caliburst MBAACC results: 1. @legendaryblueshirt.bsky.social 2. @numbuhsix.bsky.social 3. @espadapete.bsky.social congrats to LBS for running it back down 0-2 on losers side of GFs, and winning 6 straight to win the bracket!

I was pushed to 0-2 by Aubfox during Winners Finals and was one round away to losers. But somehow I stayed alive to make the 3 win reversal. I also had a heated grands w/ Treble, where he almost made a similar reversal. And to top it off, won the thug finals w/ Pat What an insane caliburst today!

Figured I should do an end-of-the-month recap thread, and today dovetails nicely with a) May Day tomorrow and b) losing my employer-sponsored health insurance, so please support your favorite local fighting games writer by signing up for the Patreon (patreon.com/pattheflip, even free subs help)!

I’ve been sitting on this song for a year, waiting for Learn to graduate from OM. For me, I feel song encapsulates his Sol, and was happy to convey his run from last month. Anyways I had fun putting this together and looking forward to doing some more projects I have in mind.

Words cannot describe how surreal winning OMs was and @espadapete.bsky.social was on point to describe all the anger and frustration I had up that point. Now finally there and made everything worth it Beautiful. Can't describe in any other way

And don't forget to check out @espadapete.bsky.social's CMV for last OM winner Learn!! Absolutely fucking baller storytelling and editing work. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPw-...

Be sure to check out ONLYMIDS tonight! Got a brand new CMV premiering and really excited to share with ya'll.

Just want to put it out there that I think a majority of Mays MU are pretty even. She has a some 6-4 losing ones (Johnny, Ky, Venom, Leo), and no winning ones. But that doesn’t matter. The real deal is the annoyance MU. Ya’ll might find May annoying, but it's these MFs are the same for May lol.

I filled out the Fighting Games thing

here's the card for tomorrow's xrd exhibitions! we'll see you tomorrow at 2pm EDT/8pm CEST!

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Slashback Xrd 2026

Slashback has been pretty fun. I’ll admit I wasn’t the happiest with my performance in +R and Xrd, but these pools were filled with absolute killers. But I’m really happy was able to make it to Top 8 of Gundam with NuklearPapaya as my patner. Barbatos Lupis is such a crazy good suit!

espada

Tested out some smoothie ideas for an upcoming Caliburst. Might need to mix in some yogurt/sherbet next time.

I named my kid after this character for a reason. Because if something ever happens to me, I know ArcSys will take care of him

Honestly I was surprised that whiffed from Jam....

Made Crab Queso with my mom for the first time. Came out delicious!! 🤤