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Late 30's writer of stuff

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Yapping about Fighting Game supers (featuring 3rd Strike), some chatter about watching the Alpha series and more fun with Ken Combos in 3rd Strike

I’m still messing around with 3rd Strike. I don’t know when I’m going to stop messing around with 3rd Stike. It’s a lot of fun messing around in 3rd Strike. That includes every from doing combos to pressing buttons to throwing out supers just because. Supers in particularly. I’ve been reminded of how much I like supers in old Street Fighter games – not just 3rd Strike. I have a great deal of…

Yapping about Fighting Game supers (featuring 3rd Strike), some chatter about watching the Alpha series and more fun with Ken Combos in 3rd Strike

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Sycamore, Sunlight

Sycamore seeds spinning, and spinning Tumbling and tumbling A passing cloud Removed a load bearing sun beam ||| シカモアの種が回って回って 散って散って 流れる雲 運ぶ日光が消した ||| シカモアのたねがまわってまわって ちってちって ながれるくも はこぶにっこうがけした ||| Shikamoa no tane ga mawatte mawatte Chittechitte Nagareru kumo Hakobu nikkou ga keshita ||| Artwork found here – “Maple Leaves at Kaian-ji Temple in Tokyo (Tôkyô Kaian-ji kaede),…

Sycamore, Sunlight

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Having a whole lot of fun practising 3rd Strike combos

The more I’ve been watching 3rd Strike, the more I’ve felt the urge to hit up 3rd Strike’s practice mode. I’ve been seeing combos on screen, and I’ve wanted to try and replicate them. Succeeding or failing, I’ve been incredibly happy while in training mode. Which is lovely. Because one of the last posts I made about fighting games wasn’t happy. It was downright sad. I honestly don’t know if I’ll…

Having a whole lot of fun practising 3rd Strike combos

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Digging a Ken player, then digging Ken and then just loving 3rd Strike all over again

I’ll be talking about these tournaments below – I’ve posted them upfront so that people can watch them before spoilers and stuff if they choose to do so. They were fun tournaments – they normally always are – 3rd Strikes like that. After watching a whole bunch of UMVC3, I decided it was time to once again watch a whole bunch of 3rd Strike. And thanks to the folks at Game Newton Arcade and their…

Digging a Ken player, then digging Ken and then just loving 3rd Strike all over again

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The floating world of Sekiro (and an appreciation of Ukiyo-e)

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Swallows, Moon

Moon peeking out in the blue sky Rarely does it get to see The swallows Cavorting through the air ||| Moon rises early Peeks out from the blue sky The air show of the swallows Too good to miss ||| Moon rises early in the blue sky To catch sight of the swallows’ aerial displays The clouds are drifting far, and drifted farther The view utterly unobscured ||| Art found here.…

Swallows, Moon

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Wearing cool armour and using fun weapons in Nioh 3

Wearing cool armour and using fun weapons in Nioh 3

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Planned out versus rolling with it, and the Jokers who show up late in Balatro

Planned out versus rolling with it, and the Jokers who show up late in Balatro

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Some things I dig about Balatro

Some things I dig about Balatro

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Beating Owl Father without taking a hit, and dealing with a bout of yips along the way

It’s about that time. It’s my every six months or so run through my favourite bosses in Sekiro. One night after fighting the Corrupted Monk Shade and the True Corrupted Monk I decided to have a crack at Owl Father. It had been a while, and it showed. The attempted was coated in rust. So much so I died – resurrections and all. Been a while since that’s happened. This got me feeling a certain way.…

Beating Owl Father without taking a hit, and dealing with a bout of yips along the way

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It's all come tumbling down (for now) - feeling not-so-great about Fighting Games

This more than likely won’t be a good post. It is going to be a collection of thoughts that I want, maybe need to put out there. Like, exorcising my thoughts. It’s going to be a jumble of stuff. Just a heads up. I’ve been playing fighting games for around 3 years now. I think it’s 3 years. The game I have spent the most time playing is Guilty Gear Strive. I don’t really know what I have to show…

It's all come tumbling down (for now) - feeling not-so-great about Fighting Games

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A Cat playing Baseball (and some waffling about baseball)

A cat steps up to home plate, bat in hand. A pitching robot readies the first pitch. There are no fielders. The cat will face ten balls. And when it’s over, these two will do it all over again. They will remain here until the end of time. This is Cat Baseball. Cat Baseball isn’t the proper name of the game (there is an edit below explaining all of this). That’s the name I used to search for it.…

A Cat playing Baseball (and some waffling about baseball)

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Buddha's and Mountains and Temples Oh My! - Having fun with Wuchang Fallen Feathers

Buddha's and Mountains and Temples Oh My! - Having fun with Wuchang Fallen Feathers

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Steady improvement in the Art of Rally

Steady improvement in the Art of Rally

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Vibing with the Turbo Brick

Vibing with the Turbo Brick

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A rambling account of buying games as a kid and buying games as an adult and ending with a farce

As of right now, I am old. As of the future, I am only getting older. As I get older, I still make time (sometimes more, sometimes less) for playing video games. Because video games have been around since before I was a child, while I was a child and are still here now. And barring some catastrophe or another, video games will be around after I am gone. In the time I’ve been playing them, video…

A rambling account of buying games as a kid and buying games as an adult and ending with a farce

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Butterflies

I can see my mind. I can see it, when I look up – it’s akin to a horde of butterflies disengaging from a tree. A part flutters off here, a part flutters off there and other parts flutters off here, there and everywhere. I don’t know where it’s going, I don’t know if it’s coming back. If it does come back, then I don’t know the when. And I don’t know how long it will take to fully scatter –…

Butterflies