"By that bridge near the border
There were many more to die"
just some dude. tunes/clouds/games. listen to Thin Lizzy.
this weekend is the 10th Tokai Cup in Nagoya for Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown. it starts locally on July 16 at 10:30 a.m. Japan time (that's tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. Pacific time) and will be streamed at VF Tokai's youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@vf1832/streams
45 teams, 225 players total.
Here's the stream archive of Tokai VF's latest ranking battle to tide you over.
topics I really like include:
music-generally, but am a huge fan of metal, prog rock, jazz fusion and many varieties of electronic in particular
guitar-technique, styles, gear, specific guitarists, occasional advice
fighting games-Virtua Fighter and Soulcalibur series are my faves but I've dabbled a lot elsewhere
games in general
clouds
non-hierarchical modes of social organization and association-some, maybe most, would call this anarchism
this shitpost reminded me that one of the worst things to happen to fighting games in the last decade is the idea that "dev support" is necessary for a game to be worth playing and/or encouraging others to play.
look, I promise you that your favorite fighting game still has the potential to provide unlimited enjoyment even if it doesn't have half a dozen DLC characters on the horizon. your favorite fighting game does not have an allotted number of hours of fun that will run out unless there is a steady stream of new content for it. a fundamental reason fighting games are great is because they do not work this way.
linking your enthusiasm for something to corporate stewardship is a fast track to misery. finding cool people to play your favorite fighting games with will bring you more happiness than any "dev support" (whatever the hell that even means) ever could.
want proof? here's like, 11 or 12 hours of it:
so I was in Japan for about 10 days recently. visiting Japan is always neat because I love walking around and Japan is a great place to explore on foot. whenever I travel -- domestically or internationally -- I try to come away knowing something I didn't know before. so here's a few things I now know*.