atproto has some fatal flaws so I won't weep if it eventually collapses, but I do think the ongoing fragmentation of social media back into silos is unfortunate. Harder to wander into new territory, new concepts, new friends. Bad for creatives, marginalized folks, and general connection/humanity.

see you Space Hunter...

3 2 1, let's jam

King (KoF) used to look like a broad shouldered prince. We used to be a country.

Chozodia - Leaving a Mark --- #samus #metroid #raisedbybirds

wrote out some design and story thoughts in regards to this set of pieces, along with some process sketches - freely viewable over here if you would like to see ^^ www.patreon.com/posts/chozod...

Certain moves disable tech rolls on a followup knockdown, giving a free pursuit or much better oki. Gen-An 63214D is one example of this; Kusaregedo 236S is another. Claw strangely is also ignored when checking for heavy to heavy button combos, so this sequence knocks down. #ss6 #samsho6

My doctoral research always found that people who actually know a trans person were more positive towards trans people and more negative towards anti-trans legislation. We wouldn't be here if 20% of the population was actually trans lmao.

OH OKAY

I'm commentating #VGON25 Koihime with @omnirabbit.bsky.social, hop in! Expect footsies and loud gong noises. twitch.tv/vinushika

Going live with Koihime Enbu now on twitch.tv/vinushika! The gong will ring, but will it ring for you?

happy 20th anniversary, samurai shodown 6

After years of struggle, Stephen King became Stephen King™. Unsure if his success was a fluke, he made up a guy to see if lightning would strike twice. New post is up about Richard Bachman, the struggle to feel like you're good enough and my own experience getting struck by lighting.

Basara 2D WFT is... not as hard as I expected? Need practice with it but if I can consistently avoid accidental 3D then it's fine even if I only get to like 80% success or so. Gonna be scary as hell if I get bdc j1D to a similar success rate. Not any time soon but watch out a year or so from now.

Samurai showdown VI @hellojanuaryfg.bsky.social Bracket www.start.gg/tournament/c... Donate here www.gofundme.com/f/combos-com...

Hello everyone. To help the library hosting my local I'm doing a gofundme and tournament to raise money to buy games for setups. Donate $5 and then join the discord on the gofundme page. October 4th-5th Gofundme gofund.me/567d9eab Bracket www.start.gg/tournament/c... #Fgcsky #Platsky

anyway who see me in Samurai Spirits Tenkaichi Kenkakuden

Much like "crab", industrial music is constantly re-evolving from first principles basically anywhere where there's a bunch of metal and plastic laying about

a little late to it, but here is your Top 8 for Super Slash Bros. #26! 1st. @mavivam.bsky.social 2nd. @alexalchemy.bsky.social 3rd. @hellojanuaryfg.bsky.social 4th. @ultrayoshi.bsky.social 5th. NK776 the VOD will be up soon

goofy frame perfect landing shenanigans #SS6 #Samsho6

Pagliacci [watching footage of his own show]: This isn’t bad. Areas to improve, but overall, it works. Huh. It’s funny, I avoided this for so long. I was afraid of taking stock of myself. And I was so focused on the road ahead, I never stopped to consider how far I’d come. Thank you, doctor

Rera's CS4 ender borrows her 421S~S animation. In addition to the distinct vfx, it uses a different knockdown sfx and the pursuit window is slightly delayed. The sfx doesn't play if the opponent rolls. Meaning Rera can easily reaction pursuit on no tech after CS4. #SS6 #Samsho6

My latest newsletter is about how big tech and big business has guaranteed that the next generation to enter the workforce will be poorer, less secure, and lonelier. And why every generation that follows will be a lost generation. whatwelost.substack.com/p/how-silico...

This is not how corporations respond to an ineffective protest. This is how they respond to a protest that they would like to have go away. So don't let it go away. Keep it going. In fact, Streissand Effect this shit. Call attention to how much they want this to go away.

VILE: Exhumed may be banned for sale, but I refuse to let that stop people from playing the game. It’s now available, for free, at WWW.VILEISBANNED.COM Please share the site, share the game, and fuck anyone who tries to control storytelling and expression.

VILE: Exhumed, which was banned very shortly before its scheduled Steam release, has been released for free online, including on Github and the Internet Archive. Cara's statement, per the IA page:

Since there has been a line between genders, people have thought about crossing it and coming back again. What authors bring to and take away from this thought experiment reflects both them and their times from The Left Hand of Darkness through more recent works. New post is up!

[ butchfemme carmilla ] “Let us look again for a moment; it is the last time, perhaps, I shall see the moonlight with you.”

the game that you're probably all *actually* looking for, if you wanted a spiritual GG2 Overture followup

What inexperienced players think regulars are thinking: ugh, more chaff, can't get any good competition around here What the regulars are actually thinking: THAT'S EIGHT BAYBEE!! NO ROUND ROBIN THIS WEEK! NEWBIE YOU ARE MY HERO

The Book of the New Sun.

New video out RIGHT NOW! While watching Castlevania: Nocturne, I was struck by an evocative, and perhaps unintentional, allegory for transition, selfhood and the impossibility of getting away from yourself. I was so struck, I made a whole video about it before I even finished the show.

FGC WAKE THE FUCK UP

It’s So Fucking Easy to Have Standards by @edgarallanbro.bsky.social "And when they bury me in my beloved Virginia, I want the people throwing dirt on my casket to know that I had the wherewithal not to profit off of other peoples’ misfortune" Read Will's thoughts on saying "no" right here:

Path is blocked, but for how long? --- #samus #metroid #raisedbybirds

In the distant year of 2022, Bridget transitioned going from queer icon to a different kind of queer icon. I've got a new post on community and canon developments since then, how transness is embodied and holding onto joy in historically dark times. The discourse never ends.

Memories Side A and Side B are both fantastic complements to the original Signalis OST, instant pickup for me. I teared up a couple times listening to Side B earlier. Should replay Signalis soon...

BC: thousandeyes.bandcamp.com/album/signal... SPOTIFY: open.spotify.com/album/3ouVMJ... YT: www.youtube.com/watch?v=axMf...

SIGNALIS: MEMORIES (Side B) is OUT NOW!

Did you know that the poverty-acclaimed fighting game Shadow Prisoner has a free demo and includes offline versus with no restrictions on playtime? Sign up and enjoy 0f throws, RCs, an install or whole-ass character swap button on everyone, and more! store.steampowered.com/app/2385560/...

Call an ambulance! #SamSho6 #ss6

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This isn't an article by a Japanese journalist. It's a translation of a Slate article and the English version is much harsher. slate.com/life/2025/03...

More journalists need to talk about this the way Japanese articles do

Request for Lyn from Fire Emblem! #inbirth

And Super SLASH Brothers #23 is now underway with the Samurai Shodown 2019 bracket!!!!!!!!! Watch all of the action here: www.twitch.tv/alexalchemy

The vampire is tied to queerness so closely that it’s hard to write vampire fiction without also writing queer allegory. I've got a new blog about Castlevania: Nocturne, finding powerful, and likely unintentional, allegory in unexpected places and the impossibility of getting away from yourself.