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I'm going to do a history exploration of shmups, like I did with fighting games a few years ago. I will play all shmups, beginning with the ones in arcades, starting from... 1962. It will allow me to see trends and some influences, and determine once and for all which is "the first shmup to do X".

Videogames is the creative field where creatives are least recognised, most of the time their names are hidden away on the finished product. This is obviously deliberate on the industry's part but the audience enables it when they fail to care about the people who make this stuff.

It's really important to pay attention to the fact that Lula beat the fascist candidate not by compromising and trying to meet fascist voters in the middle, but by sticking to his guns, promising prosecutions for election interference, and mobilising his own voters to turn out in greater numbers.

A step-by-step guide to blocking surveillance features on your smart TV:

Vandal Hearts is, was & shall always be the most fun SRPG ever made in my eyes. No grinding, no repeat maps, no praying for rare drops. Just a game with a start, an end, and a load of cool, unique set pieces in-between that you play through. Also some secrets Learn about or reminisce here👇

NEW OPPORTUNITY: Short fiction writer? Love the world of Heaven's Vault? ... then come play in the waters. We're looking to commission 20 short stories set in the Nebula for a new anthology. Paid, obvs. Full details and a link to the form on the blog: www.inklestudios.com/2026/10/24/t...

to weigh in on the arcade game discourse earnestly: i’ve been slowly getting into them more and more lately, playing both shmups and beat em ups, having a great time with both and i think they’re extremely inviting and fun and rewarding even and arguably especially at lower skill levels

www.arcadearchives.com/title/?s=&pl... Holy f(*k. In the last 12 months we've had 10 Namco games that have literally never been ported to anything, ever. Armadillo Racing, Outfoxies, Cyber Commando, Gee Bee etc The previous year we got literally un-dumped Namco VS System games🤦‍♂️

The internet is wrong about arcade games pt. 8452821 Super cool flyer for World Rally, which the internet attributes to the 1993 Gaelco game of the same name, despite this being a clearly different game, with a vertical monitor which was never released, by Logitec / Logi Tec (Japan, 1983)

It's #WishlistWednesday. Wishlisting is free, so if you love shoot 'em ups that look like they were made in the 80's, wishlist here: store.steampowered.com/app/3584730/...

out now globally: Cotton Reboot High Tension! (PS4/5—Switch), Rocket Studio's original sequel to Cotton Reboot: a new second player-character, both more and less insane pachislot-esque screen vomit, two soundtracks by Hiroyuki Kawada & YMCK, etc (they advertised a Steam release too but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ )

out today on the JP Switch eShop https://store-jp.nintendo.com/item/software/D70010000126112 in addition to replacing all of Motoaki Furukawa's music, they've also made numerous additions & tweaks to base & scoring systems, bosses, stage layouts, added simultaneous 2P, etc

Still working out the release date but can expect Q1 2027. In the meantime here some Ikaruga style transition #shmup #bullethell #indiegame #indiegamedev #gamedev #scifi

it cannot actually be ignored or danced around that the closure of BioWare came so soon after the Saudi and Jared Kushner acquisition of EA. they absolutely did take the studio making EA’s broadly queerest games out back and shoot it old yeller style. do not let yourself or colleagues ignore that

this week's Console Archives title: Raiden Project (PS; JP version only), Seibu Kaihatsu's Raiden + Raiden II two-pack these were admirable ports for their time, but Hamster's promised authentic Raiden II reissue has been MIA for years and I worry they're offering this as a consolation option...

Ooh, this week's Console Archives release is pretty interesting- Raiden Project, the PS1 double-pack of Seibu Kaihatsu's Raiden and Raiden II with a cool 3D background for its menus! www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXjS...

this week's Arcade Archives title: Ace Driver: Victory Lap, the successor to Namco's recently-reissued F1 racer Ace Driver, now featuring more than one circuit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR-qPAQsQ3c as always, the 4p split-screen multiplayer functionality's exclusive to ACA2 (PS5/Switch 2)

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this is (probably) price anchoring. the reason microsoft has leaked "$1,200–$1,800" to the press now is that when they announce it at $1,199, people will go 'hmm. not as bad as I thought' instead of 'lol no'.

must-read mega-thread from a former Capcom staffer looking back at Resident Evil VII in advance of its 10th anniversary (yes, that was 2017!) Loads of personal insight and all-important context surrounding its development & release.

Why do we keep on doing this? Praising a 'small core team' for a game with 1100+ people in the credits is incredibly misleading. This PR narrative hurts, hides the massive shadow workforce of outsourced developers and testers, and sets impossible standards for actual indie teams.

I pray for the day we stop talking like shareholders

The perma-smile... the dead, bulging eyes... the conjoining of flesh and metal; the stuff of nightmares. And then there's also H. R. Giger and Darkseed. 📖: MegaZone, August 1992

"Everyone would have killed for a Neo Geo when it released but they couldn't afford it" - every videogame historian ever, forgetting that it was a literal meme for a few years & the best reviewed game was a mid Ghouls n Ghosts knock off that cost 8x what that game's year old MD port did

You'll never guess where this goes

They rose to challenge, will you meet it? #wyverultra #danmakuunlimited #shmup #bullethell #indiegame #indiedev

No joke. I think this is the most important video I have ever seen about mobile games. This guy breaks down how this game psychologically profiles you, and makes the game harder or easier in order to show you ads

Stealing is only a crime if you're poor

Touhou EoSD New Classic's getting Switch 1+2 physicals in Japan, out Dec.17: game, stickers, reversible sleeve with classic EoSD cover design, & some sot of Marisa-themed print item that, I would guess, might present like the ancient pre-2002 omake files? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Tg3kxX64DY

I’m alive! Testing vertical reel like vids on here, also uh, wishlist if u like

If you were subscribed you could be seeing the entirety of a a pig in a stripey swimming costume. I've not even read the article yet & have already had my money's worth once again

Same goes for Wizardry series. Responsible for birthing or influencing half the games industry. (Missing branch - Influence over Portopia NES that leads to birth of Japanese ADV and VN genres). [CREDITS - Taigen Moon/The Cellar]

I didn't know that I would ever get the word "defenestration" in a review, but here we are. youtu.be/yaTUxl3B_KQ

it’s just great marketing

Announcing the Shin chan Double Pack physical release! 🥳 Featuring Shin chan: Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation and Shin chan: Shiro and the Coal Town, coming to Nintendo Switch 2. Now with higher resolution, mouse support, and the ability to save anywhere.

DEMO Update Ver 0.6.6 Adjusted enemy placement and other elements in Caravan Mode to make it easier to maintain chains. Other minor adjustments. store.steampowered.com/news/app/450... #RagingBlasters2