As much as I like shmups, there is a certain point when they all start to blend together. It doesn't help that most recent entries into the genre are all bullet hell games. Don't get me wrong, I like the challenge of weaving through a massive wall of bullets. It's just that I like some variety to my shmup palette. Which is why an indie game called Boss Rush seems so appealing to me. ...

The first real game I've programmed. It's rough and not entirely implemented, but it's fun ... if you likes shmups . dl it here (27 megs, due to music) (also, I'm not entirely sure it will install if you don't have XNA installed, which requires, at least, Visual C# Express installed) I think I may do a bullet hell for my personal project in this class. Though, scripting all the enemies may be...

Ok, so Cave released an e-mail survey a several weeks ago that asked its consumers what they wanted to see Cave do next. Well, naturally, overseas shmup fans passed the survey around and sent in e-mails...to the announcement page is here: http://bit.ly/YhIzB Now all we shmup fans have gotta do is cross our fingers and pray!!! Oh, and I promise to get a Mushihimesama -related userpic soon. :3 Cheers!

..... I'm likely to preorder SUGURI Perfect Edition from Rockin' Android games todya or tomorrow. Even though it will be released in less than ten days, I'm a little... shmup-happy, y'know?? I loooove shmups, and I'm all drooly at the idea of Japanese Independent shmups being localized (legally!) in the US. It looks really awesome! I also want Flying Red Barrel and Gundemonium . But, do you know...

Really, there is no "subject" here, today. That's because when I usually blog, I either   A.) Actually have something to talk about, like shmups, or videogames, or school, and something interesting that happened that day. B.) I actually just want to write about my life, or a particularly "blah" day. This would count as "proof" that I'm still around, I guess? Such entries are about nothing in particular...

And I'll be dreaming some gooood dreams tonight! RAIDEN IV IS COMING TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! HELL YEAH!!! And that's all I've got to say! AIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!! *runs around... HERE'S THE PROOF ! YESSSSSSSSS~ And now I'm off to post this AWESOME CRAZY-GOOD news onto DeviantART! Buh-bye! EDIT: AND! IT'S! COMING! IN! AUGUST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *faint*

All right. The people at the Raiden IV Blog were kind enough to have a site that gives me a link that pastes their mini Raiden game to blogs. So, here goes. It's timed, and you use your mouse...to see if this post actually works . EDIT: And apparently, I can't paste the javascript in here, lest I get a big blank space. *Siiiigh...* Will I ever get anything to work in LiveJournal? *groans*

...you thought you knew about something was wrong? Well I just did. It was pointed out to me in the last post that I spelled a slang term 2D shoot 'em ups wrong. I spelled it "shumps" when it's actually "shmups." The problem is this wasn't an isolated incident: I've been doing it wrong for the past five years I've been writing this journal. Hell, I know the problem goes back even longer then that, because...

I'm officially in an Evangelion kick, after finishing eps 1-26 and End of Eva last week. Knowing that admitting this is gonna get me shot...*raises flame-slash-riot shield* [ALERT! ALERT! ALERT! ALERT!] "BULLET PATTERNS HAVE GAPS DODGE THIS." -- Thunder Force VI PRO REVIEW