vivian

He had a joke in his stump speeches about how, if he were to walk on water, the headlines the next day would read “Jesse Jackson Can’t Swim”

kasumi 2-17-2026

#doa

lmao

either way, not quite as funny as divekick calling jumps dives because there are only two verbs in the world of divekick

i was also bemused by this the other day cause i kinda get it but it introduces this delightful ambiguity where you get to pretend to wonder whether they coined it to compare different squats or describe part of the process of jumping

not to mention how funny it is to be talking about the ps6 when so many games are still coming out on ps4. yeah a few of the big publishers' marquee games are aiming near the top of the line but it still feels like a market reality overall

there's a difference between "something really unexpected could always happen" and "the current path of the world and the place i live is so unsustainable that i cannot believe current trends will hold"

which is to say, something drastic will change...tho probably not in a way that revives consoles

recently we were talking to my wife's parents and they asked if we were going to buy real estate and when we said "we don't know what things will look like in 2 years" they said "in 2 years you still won't know what things will look like in 2 years"

which is true, but...

but if it were really that simple we'd all have 3 billion point hibachi clears, don't you think?

treasure games have a lot of things that make it clear they knew a *lot* about the games by the time they put them out. it's why they're fucking good!!! at the same time i don't think this means they knew everything. and yes, it's uninspiring to feel like you're copying someone else's work...

there's a well known review of ikaruga which describes the game's scoring system as "pre-planned destruction" and mentions that the game also rates "pacifist" play specifically. a complaint that you can't get one over on the devs. i think that's untrue, especially after playing mischief makers lol

i do that all the time lmao nw

referring to the cotton tweet i just rt'd

8 characters and 10 stages sounds like a fighting game beta lmao

the APM3 arcade version of Cotton Rock With You, the upcoming sequel to Cotton Rock'n'Roll/Fantasy, will be going on location from Feb.25~Mar.3 @ HEY & Mar.4~10 @ Mikado https://www.success-corp.co.jp/topics/20260216/45093/ 🇯🇵 the loc build will include 8 characters & 10 stages

we might watch rokukichi or sps and think they've achieved enlightenment but here's the thing, they obviously haven't. the world of dreams is only a dream. we all have to find our own way to live

but gradius 3 is like trying to meditate in terrible weather. good shmups are like trying to accept nothing and everything at the same time

playing daioujou i realize iuchi was right all along (obviously) and all shmups are a spiritual test

are we human or are we incredible math

apartment complex? i find it very stand alone, actually

lol i'm ngl i get sort of frustrated cause i think people really do love avoidance game design but arcade games have gone from getting ragged on for being either too hard or too short (depending on number of continues) to session-length game design being overwhelmingly eaten up by roguelites

This is not a random arcade match. It's part of a ECvs WC 5v5 at EVO 2003

The part about SooMighty being insanely high is true, and also the reason why he went for repeated snapbacks while comboing Sentinel. Dude was too blazed to remember he had already fucked on the other two characters

barcade discord is going to turn me into such a cranky old lady lmfao, the new generation of rhythm game players have no respect istg

you'd have some fuckin' humility if you ever had to put a towel on your crt

Fondly remembering Landstalker's platforming

YEAH i mean that's the other thing how often do you think that guy gets real half-decent mexican food

in a world where people actually let evil internet worms eat their brains i can't help but find this totally innocuous. it's like mihara playing a fuckton of diablo 3 for some reason. yeah it's weird, i don't know why he decided to do that, but also he made tgm so he can do what he wants

i'll be shocked if you don't love this game

the first gay character i saw on tv was carter on spin city lol. tho i don't remember them really showing him going out with a guy or anything

it's like, if this gets people to keep playing the game and having fun with it for a good while instead of just going "well, i suck at this! dang!" and stopping then they'll keep learning too