spadgy.bsky.social
Head fulla noise, toys, & hobbies. 🕹️🪀🛹 Freelance game journalist, copywriter, event host, mock reviewer, etc. Edge, The Guardian, BAFTA, PC Gamer, GI, etc. Yo-yo thrower. Arcade and retro player. I write about shmups a lot to fund my shmup habit.
👤 Joined on 20 September 2023
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@spadgy.bsky.sociala couple of people are mentioning Twin Eagle so I'd like to bring up Twin Eagle II: The Rescue Mission, a grody pre-rendered 1994 shmup with fighting game motion inputs and an infectiously funky soundtrack for absolutely no reason Easy, don't be panic.
Show Postthis week's Arcade Archives title: Thundercade / Tokusho Butai UAG, a 1987 vertically-scrolling motorcycle STG from Seta https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qGg6_NzmCY this is the first Seta title to hit ACA—the catalogue's under the Universal umbrella, so it was only a matter of time, but still, neat
Show PostThe ‘Baby Wimpy Poopy-diaper’ setting of Eden’s Eclipse (thanks for the highlight & hilarious description @crypticus.bsky.social ) is very spicy indeed, not easy at all! Butted my head against it for a good while, finally scraped a clear last night - gonna try original mode next… wish me luck 💀
Show PostIt is absolutely crucial that everyone drop whatever game they're currently playing for Kururin Paradise on NSO. Or, if you've somehow managed to stumble through your life without playing Kuru Kuru Kururin, that first (and then Paradise)
Show Post" @funselektor.bsky.social has translated Art of Rally’s satisfyingly weighty Tonka-toy handling to the realm of off-roading and created a joyfully tactile driving game with rewardingly chunky physics." report.wand.com/reviews/over...
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