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2XKO'd: Skepticism Rising I still firmly believe in the theoretical potential reach of the traditional fighting game genre, 2XKO is not the game that’s going to realize it.

Interested how well this post from a year ago will hold up www.pressbuttonwin.com/p/2xkod-skep...

MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls Mechanics Breakdown What We Know So Far

New blog post breaking down what we know about Tokon's mechanics so far: open.substack.com/pub/pressbut...

Was originally going to go in a different direction for the title card for youtu.be/uMJpXX72lWQ

Thank you @blinkity.bsky.social‬ for the 2019 GDC talk on Cursed Problems in Game Design for inspiring this one (and cool coincidence you're involved in 2XKO now!)

There Has Never Been a True Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Successor Or: Dragon Ball FighterZ and Marvel 3 Are Wildly Different Games

Also did a semi-related blog post about would-be successors to Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (focusing on Dragon Ball FighterZ) and how none ever quite hit the mark for me personally
open.substack.com/pub/pressbut...

New video out (three in a year has got to be a new record for me!)

youtu.be/uMJpXX72lWQ?...

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Marvel vs. Capcom 3 was the first fighting game I played competitively, and I refuse to accept it came out 14 years ago lol

Please let me know if there are any issues if you decide to repost it (and maybe save in a google doc or something in case youtube continues to be weird). I'm never going to moderate a comment purely for having criticisms of my stuff

Honestly I have no idea what happened; I didn't manually remove it (and I won't if you decide to re-post it, which I hope you do!)

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Haven't deleted any comments (and would only remove something if was obscene or inappropriate or that sort of thing)

I just have crazy nostalgia for that stage where you're like on an orbital platform and every round it's burning up in the atmosphere more and more—game is beautiful! Very cool to learn there are people who play it competitively

YouTube video by Press Button Win Give Old-Timey Fighting Games a Shot!

Deviating a bit from my once-a-year release schedule and have a video less than two months after my previous one! (I'm as surprised as you are)

youtu.be/r_pdGQ-qfRo

Relatively certain I've switched all the links on my channel, video descriptions, and website over to Bluesky. If there are any Twitter remnants anywhere, please let me know

The Search for a Better Arcade Stick Button Layout Most of my posts are about fighting games themselves, but this one is about my attempt at building my ideal arcade stick.

New blog post about trying to design an arcade stick button layout open.substack.com/pub/pressbut...

Being a T-Shaped Fighting Game Player Lessons from the Valve Employee Handbook

Short companion blog post for the video here: tinyurl.com/3tvp3w3t

YouTube video by Press Button Win Being a T-Shaped Fighting Game Player—Lessons from the Valve Employee Handbook

New video! I know I'm playing a bit fast/loose with the analogy that's the basis for the whole thing, but I still think it's fun to think about: youtu.be/Y1P493ka1Lc

Going through random bits from old videos for fun on my personal account

Think, Don't Mash! - YouTube

The Think, Don't Mash! tutorial series for absolute beginners is how I got started out: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Not sure if it'd be worth putting me on the list, but I make fighting game video essays. Happy to see the community coming to Bluesky (example vid: youtu.be/UXa99qhJF7E)

Press Button Win I make fighting game tutorials, essays, and documentaries to help more people enjoy and appreciate the genre.

Bluesky seems like a better place to be these days. I make fighting game video essays www.youtube.com/@pressbutton...