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David Cabrera

In case you just got here

Hi! An old story of mine just got a very sudden and very large amount of traction because I made a joke about the current big Vtuber drama…

Feb 13

In case you just got here

Feb 13

Kind of An Otakon 2021 Report

You might have guessed that Otakon was a little weird this year.

Sep 13, 2021

Kind of An Otakon 2021 Report

Sep 13, 2021

Give Virtua Fighter 5 Real Competitive Netcode: An Open Letter to Sega, Sega-AM2, and Ryu ga Gotoku…

Dear Sega, Sega-AM2, Ryu ga Gotoku Studio, and anybody else whom it may concern:

Jun 3, 2021

Give Virtua Fighter 5 Real Competitive Netcode: An Open Letter to Sega, Sega-AM2, and Ryu ga Gotoku…

Jun 3, 2021

Justly Forgotten Double-Retro Robot Anime: Z-Mind

Back when I was a teen and the Internet was less reliable, I used to read Animerica magazine to find out what was going on in Japanese…

May 12, 2021

Justly Forgotten Double-Retro Robot Anime: Z-Mind

May 12, 2021

Glass Mask and Soap-Grade Melodrama

When I started on Glass Mask I remarked on Twitter that I was about to begin on a “good old fashioned telenovela”. In American terms, a…

Apr 11, 2021

Glass Mask and Soap-Grade Melodrama

Apr 11, 2021

What’s so important about Melty Blood?

If you were on games social media recently, you might have noticed that the announcement of Melty Blood: Type-Lumina got a lot of old…

Apr 7, 2021

What’s so important about Melty Blood?

Apr 7, 2021

Astro City Mini review — hardware perfect, software mixed

Sega Toys, 2020 ($140)

Mar 18, 2021

Astro City Mini review — hardware perfect, software mixed

Mar 18, 2021

Galaxy Angel — Our Invincible Success Story

2020 sucked in every way, and I have had nothing but time during the lockdown. I bought a small mountain of Blu-Rays, mostly anime and…

Mar 17, 2021

Galaxy Angel — Our Invincible Success Story

Mar 17, 2021

Game Gear Micro review — You might not need this, but I did

I’m the kind of Sega lover who buys silly merchandise like polygon-accurate Virtua Fighter action figures and scale model kits of the…

Oct 27, 2020

Game Gear Micro review — You might not need this, but I did

Oct 27, 2020

Also, Games: Reviewing the TurboGrafx 16/PC Engine Mini (3/3)

There are 40+ games on the Mini, but it mostly serves the arcade niche… not that I mind.

May 20, 2020

Also, Games: Reviewing the TurboGrafx 16/PC Engine Mini (3/3)

May 20, 2020

David Cabrera

David Cabrera

Sooolar wind. Anime/games writer. Sometimes on @polygon? @Kawaiikochans is the sum of my efforts. Serious about stupid.

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