"Original" mode in EDEN'S ECLIPSE is crazy hard! I finally beat NANATHY BLACKSTAR without taking a hit. She's very tricky. #SHMUP #BulletHell

SPOLOUS II is officially my favorite GRADIUS game. It's just been updated to version v5.05 #shmup #STG #IndieGame suppon.itch.io/spolous-ii

The Muckslinger Gang This piece is 7 years old, originally commissioned when I first started working for MTG, on Arena China exclusives as a Gruesome Menagerie alternate. Seems it's found it's way back around to paper, and as a legendary set of misfits. Quite the leg up, Jund weirdos

Checking out CLOUDPHOBIA. Interesting Mecha shooter with tricky gameplay. #SHMUP

Thanks to this DGVoodoo plugin I can now play EDEN'S AEGIS & capture it. I was previously just getting a black screen. #SHMUP #Gaming #DoujinSHMUP

𝕮𝖗𝖞𝖕𝕿𝖎𝖈𝖚𝕾@crypticus.bsky.social · 2d ago

I finally found a fix for the PNG/black box graphics issues with older Doujin SHMUPs! Just drop these DLLs into the folder & it fixes everything. I'm off to play some SOLID STATE SURVIVOR... dege.fw.hu/dgVoodoo2/Qu...

I can't even imagine how many exotic viruses I have from downloading all these old Doujin SHMUP games.

STRONG, DARK & RARE, just how I like my women.

mchlmtthw.bsky.social@mchlmtthw.bsky.social · yesterday

☕: 5 🍞: 4 🍖: 6

I love this song so much. IMO in the top-5 PRONG songs ever. PRONG - "The Banishment" (2007) #MetalSky

I finally found a fix for the PNG/black box graphics issues with older Doujin SHMUPs! Just drop these DLLs into the folder & it fixes everything. I'm off to play some SOLID STATE SURVIVOR... dege.fw.hu/dgVoodoo2/Qu...

Can't wait to see this, but they need to be franchise accurate & call it BAD LIEUTENANT - PORT OF CALL: TOKYO

The Playlist@theplaylist.bsky.social · 2d ago

‘Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo’ First Look: Takashi Miike TIFF-Bound Neo-Noir Pic At NEON Stars Lily James & Shun Oguri

Enjoying some magical lesbian Danmaku warfare courtesy of MAIDENS OF A HOLLOW DREAM. #shmup #STG

Bluesky is like any other social medium -- posts that can't get past the second clause without contradicting themselves or saying something patently untrue get thousands of likes; super high quality insight from actual Knowers will have two likes & I find it only 'cause I keep that person on a list.

- The activity "watching tv" as distinct from watching a show no longer exists. - Being beholden to a broadcast schedule was a good influence on the studios as much as the viewer. 26 eps a year takes a qualitatively different creativity and method than a 10ep season that maybe happens once a year.

Brendel@brendelbored.bsky.social · 3d ago

It’s hard to explain but tv was better when you couldn’t watch the show you wanted whenever you wanted to watch it and most of the shows were worse and the TVs were worse and the entire experience was worse, that’s when it was better

Y'know, I'd been avoiding the REDNEG shooter games because of the goofy graphics, but it's actually some really excellent gameplay. Very challenging. #SHMUP #STG

GAIA SEED (1996) - An old PS1 SHMUP - has one of the most Godly soundtracks by Naoto Ishikawa, on par w/Symphony of the Night & shit. It even crosses over into Giallo soundtrack territory a bit, IMO. #Synth #Soundtracks #Gaming

The GUNSTAR HEROES soundtrack by Norio Hanzawa is a masterpiece. Listen to that synth bassline. #Genesis #Synth #Gaming #Soundtracks #RetroGaming

Mia Varlineau 🌻 playing FFXIV (wolshipping 25/7)@miavarlineau.bsky.social · 4d ago

what are your top video game osts?

God I hate NOWHERE PATROL. Beautiful graphics w/ dogshit controls. Impossible to dodge, a useless jump, weak weapons, a dash which puts you in the middle of the boss every time, I can't even TURN AROUND. This is garbage. Shitty controls just to make it challenging is the sign of a shitty game.

#SHMUP

Giovanni Colantonio@marioprime.bsky.social · 5d ago

my favorite three stooges are larry, moe, and shmup

Enjoying some magical lesbian Danmaku warfare courtesy of MAIDENS OF A HOLLOW DREAM. #shmup #STG

This is officially the best CRYPTICUS song (so far!). I know people have "opinions" but I'm right because I had to actually PLAY all this crazy shit. #MetalSky #DeathMetal #CrypTicuS #Horror BC: crypticus.bandcamp.com AW: ampwall.com/a/crypticus

This man is a genius. If this was 1995 he'd have a late night show on MTV.

Justin@jtextreme.bsky.social · last wk.

I am moving to the latest FUNEBRARUM album (May 29) This is a chonky slab of death metal that sounds, looks, and acts BIG. Riffs for days! It is truly an enveloping experience. Also, with some sweet Phil Tougas shreds, who’s mad? #Metalsky funebrarum-death-metal.bandcamp.com/album/beckon...

It's the year 2026 AD and my most-listened-to band is DURAN DURAN

This new NOWHERE PATROL update is complete horseshit. Doesn't recognize my controller at all. Completely unplayable now. Looks like I don't need to update my bad review. #STEAM

It's like a dance. #SHMUP

Odyssey? Odyssey deez nuts

I can't take you seriously as a horror writer or a fan if you censor "scary" words like murder or death. I don't care if it's to stop your reel being throttled, A) that doesn't actually work, B) being scared of the algorithm doesn't make you look cooler

I am untouchable! I walk though fire! Finished BLUE WISH DESIRE with the Blue Viper ship. First time playing this level & I absolutely dominated it. By far one of my best Danmaku performances. #shmup #STG

Icon.

Wax Pack Glam@waxpackglam.bsky.social · 5d ago

Stop being Roguelike & just go full ROGUE already.

Not gonna lie I'm STILL angry about this shit. If I can't figure out your dumb SHMUP - after the hundreds I've played - you really got a problem.

𝕮𝖗𝖞𝖕𝕿𝖎𝖈𝖚𝕾@crypticus.bsky.social · 2w ago

Wow. COUNTERATTACK: UPRISING broke the record for getting uninstalled after literally *30 seconds*. I could not even figure out how to FIRE A GODDAMN WEAPON. I guess I didn't EQUIP IT?! Fuck off, EuroSHMUP. Take your roguelike bullshit & shove it up your ass. NEXT! #SHMUP