Today's patreon ep discusses my thoughts on the role/importance of critique, the power of negative space in writing/game design, why I think British Youtubers have an advantage (lul), what makes games art, and how video games lack a history of robust and thoughtful critique.
2023-10-27 14:51:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everyone,
The sudden death vote has been counted and it's crazy how close it was (also great job voting everyone), but Gana Blade just slightly edged out MGRR. So we have a winner. Though I think for next month's vote if the MGRR fans band together you guys should be able to win ha!
Thank you so much for supporting the channel!
Mark
2023-10-07 20:35:23 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone,
so we have a sudden death vote! We had a tie between Metal Gear Rising Revengence and Gana Blade. So go ahead and vote again to break the tie between the two :-) Sudden death vote will end in 24 hours from now :-)
2023-10-05 15:31:24 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone,
Sorry for the delay in the vote ha, IRL job got crazy this week. Here are the nominees:
Nioh 2
Super House of Dead Ninjas
Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara
Mr. Gimmick
Triggerheart Excelica
Wild Guns
Super Star Soldier
Gana Blade
Battle Mania 1 & 2<...
2023-09-30 17:33:57 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone,
A little behind schedule this month (still recovering from slam 6 ha - check out that podcast ep btw) but now it is time to nominate your choices for the monthly patreon voted review! We will begin voting 9/26 and don't worry I have been working on last month's winner, VF5, A LOT! So that should be finished soon :-)
2023-09-22 03:04:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everyone,
Today is a very special episode of the patreon podcast where I recap my experience running and participating in Shmup Slam 6, which was crazy but also awesome, and also my growing love for Manga (especially Berserk). With a fun middle school story mixed in ha.
2023-09-18 22:11:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Today I am on the road (literally) and am talking about my love for the anime Gungrave, which I consider extremely under-rated and beautifully written. I also discuss my thoughts on anime in general and about the cultural shield that anime and other foreign media, like K-Pop, benefit from. I give the example of Britney Spears, who was mostly ridiculed by her own culture (very unfairly I think), but I am quiet sure was extremely influential globally (Christy from Tekken for example). I think p...
2023-08-14 19:48:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Monthly Patreon Voted Review Complete! Cladrius Blaze (Topic Video)
2023-08-11 00:56:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everyone,
By a narrow margin, VF5 Ultimate showdown managed to squeak out the win! In second place was Metal Gear Rising, which is another really cool game I hope gets a second wind next month :-)
I'd like to thank you all again for supporting the patreon and the channel, without your guys support times would be rough, that's for sure. Also I have been working on the Cladrius Blaze review, and hopefully I can get that finished this weekend for next monday or so :-) Thank you ve...
2023-08-03 19:22:55 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone!
Here are the nominees:
Eschatos
Xross Dreams
Kaikan
MGRR
Viewpoint
Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown
Guardian Heroes
Like Dreamer
Trouble Witches Final! Episode 1: Daughters of Amalgam
Super St...
2023-07-25 21:22:10 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone!
It's time to nominate games for the monthly patreon voted review! Just go ahead and write your nominations in the comments of this post :-) I will be completing the last winner, Caladrius Blaze, very soon. We start voting on 7/24/2023
2023-07-14 21:19:20 +0000 UTC View Post
In today's episode I discuss my recent revelation about the role of "community" and how even though we often discuss the benefits of community (like meeting like minded people) there is also the uglier side of community where people get away with being treating others (especially new people) unfairly and also can suppress truth in order to meet some kind of larger goal. This is why I have become increasingly uncomfortable with the community label and instead have been wanting more and more to...
2023-07-02 09:35:58 +0000 UTC View Post
It took me a while to put this one together, but I hope the wait was worth it :-) Up next in the cue of patreon voted games is Cladrius Blaze! I'm going to try to get that one knocked out soon as well :-)
2023-06-23 15:40:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you very much for voting and supporting the channel everyone! This month's winner is the clothes shredding legend, Cladrius Blaze ha. The Castle Shiki review from last month's win will be here soon!
2023-06-05 19:40:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Today is quiet an episode ha. I do karaoke, talk about my emo highschool "band." discuss the importance of grinding shmups for connecting with the genre, and answer the deep philosophical question ... what makes a player HARDCORE!
2023-05-30 16:28:59 +0000 UTC View PostHi Everyone,
Here are the nominees:
Gimmick!
Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
Huntdown
1944 The Loop Master ie the final Toaplan game
Metal Gear Rising
Air Gallet
Resogun
Judgement Silversword
Guardians: Denjin Makai...
2023-05-23 16:03:16 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone,
It's time to nominate games for the monthly patreon voted review! Just go ahead and write your nominations in the comments, and we'll start voting on 5/22 :-)
Thank you so much for supporting the channel!
Sincerely,
Mark MSX
2023-05-14 21:09:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi Everyone!
This month's winner is Castle Shikigami!!! This is going to be an awesome game to cover and thank you so much for supporting the channel! The Lords of Thunder review is almost complete and will be the next vid on the channel :-)
Cheers!
Mark
2023-05-01 16:09:30 +0000 UTC View Post
THE ESPORTS DREAM IS DEAD! PATREON VIDEOCAST!
Hi everyone, this month's electric after dark is a special video cast where I talk about the end of the grassroots esports era for fighting games and arcade games as well as other topics like the end of e3 and the silent death of AA game studios.
Thank you so much for supporting the channel!
Sincerely,
Mark
2023-04-23 07:38:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everyone, this month's electric after dark is a special video cast where I talk about the end of the grassroots esports era for fighting games and arcade games as well as other topics like the end of e3 and the silent death of AA game studios.
Thank you so much for supporting the channel!
Sincerely,
Mark
2023-04-23 07:35:50 +0000 UTC View PostHi Everyone,
Time to vote for the Patreon Voted Review! Here are the nominees:
Bullet Hell Monday: Black
Gimmick!
Jitsu Squad
Bangai-o
1944 The Loop Master
∀kashicverse -Malicious Wake-
Assault Suit Leynos (2015)
Clash: Artifacts of Chaos...
2023-04-21 23:18:36 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone! It's time to nominate your games for the monthly patreon voted review! For people new to this process all you need to do is write the game you'd like to nominate in the comments, and then we'll vote on the games from 4/19 - 4/28! Also I'm really excited to cover last month's winner Lords of Thunder! That should be finished within the next few weeks :-)
Thank you again for supporting the channel, the patrons are what keep the underground going!
2023-04-13 16:01:09 +0000 UTC View Post
In today's exclusive Electric After Dark episode I recap my experience traveling to Spain for the CAVE Mikado event and what it was like prepping for the documentary, prepping a crazy converter for Jaimers to use, Getting over my fear of airplanes, Trying to feed my Coke Zero on ice addiction in Europe, meeting players IRL, and so much more!
2023-03-31 22:18:21 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone,
Just a quick update, because I ended up being crazy busy in Spain, I am batch recording a bunch of vids this weekend and included in them is the Terra Diver Review :-) So just a heads up that this coming week a bunch of vids are going to be flying off my hard drive and the Terra Diver review is one of them :-)
Thank you so much for supporting the channel!!
Sincerely,
Mark
2023-03-25 18:48:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi Everyone!
Lords of Thunder won this month's patreon voted review! This will be a really fun game to cover I think :-) I have the Terra Diver Review pretty much finished, so it should be done this weekend when I return from Spain :-) Thank you so much to everyone who has been supporting the channel, it means a lot and you guys are the backbone of what keeps the electric underground going, no doubt about it!
2023-03-21 14:47:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi Patrons,
I thought it would be fun to share with my favorite fans, the patrons, a little exclusive for an upcoming project. For Shmup Junkie's SNES Shooter video, I am contributing three reviews that I am very excited about, SNES FOX, Star Fox 2, and Wild Guns. This will be just the audio so it will be really cool still to see the final product on how he edits my audio into the video.
Cheers and thank you so much for supporting the channel!!
Sincerely,
<...
2023-03-13 08:53:56 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone, time to vote for the monthly patreon review :-)
Nominees are:
Gundhara
Viewpoint
Mr. Gimmick
Lords of Thunder
Chain Dive
Xross Dreams
Assault Suits Valken
Riding Fight
Armored Head
Bee Storm
Xeno Crisis
Soldier ...
2023-03-09 00:01:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Today I have a really fun episode full of all kinds of stories and tangents, including the main topic of why I think Twitch is a dead end of hardcore gamers to create an audience (though it will be good to launch a reality tv career).
2023-03-01 09:55:29 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone, time to nominate games for the monthly patreon voted review. I'm currently working on last month's votes so those vids should be coming out soon. In the mean time go ahead and leave your nominations in the comments :-) We begin voting on 3/7/2023 :-)
And thank you so much for supporting the channel!!!!!!
Sincerely,
Mark
2023-02-28 21:52:06 +0000 UTC View Post