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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, 2024

In case you just got here

Feb 13, 2024

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

I Was A TurboGrafx 16 Kid: The Games (2/3)

Like I said, I loved my six (wait, seven, I bought Tricky Kick one day) TG16 games. So I’m gonna lead off with the one everyone hates.

May 17, 2020

I Was A TurboGrafx 16 Kid: The Games (2/3)

May 17, 2020

I Was a TurboGrafx 16 Kid: Reviewing the TG16/PC Engine Mini

But what about the Turbo-Grafx 16? You know, from NEC? Who else grew up with that one? Just me? Well, alright.

May 17, 2020

I Was a TurboGrafx 16 Kid: Reviewing the TG16/PC Engine Mini

May 17, 2020

Sakura Wars 2019 (Sega): Good while it lasts, but it doesn’t last

Real Talk 2020: Things are rough for everyone right now. As a remote-working freelancer I’ve already started to lose work, so I’ve been…

May 9, 2020

Sakura Wars 2019 (Sega): Good while it lasts, but it doesn’t last

May 9, 2020

Summer 2019 Cute Robots Fight Cute Robots Anime: Granbelm

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Oct 15, 2019

Summer 2019 Cute Robots Fight Cute Robots Anime: Granbelm

Oct 15, 2019

User Interface Takedown: Gundam Battle Operation 2

Today I’m not going to talk about Gundam Battle Operation 2 the video game, I’m going to talk about its menus. You deal with menus…

Oct 7, 2019

User Interface Takedown: Gundam Battle Operation 2

Oct 7, 2019

For Those About To Dragon Quest

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Oct 2, 2019

For Those About To Dragon Quest

Oct 2, 2019

Otakon 2019 And Your Rules For Enjoying The Anime Convention

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Sep 3, 2019

Large stuffed dolls of a cartoony orange-haired girl and a blue-haired girl, both in school uniforms.

Sep 3, 2019

Samurai Shodown review — the weight of the blade

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Sep 3, 2019

Galford the blonde ninja and his faithful dog Poppy pose after a finishing move

Sep 3, 2019

Dead Or Alive 6: This Stuff Is Stupid

Recently I did consulting work for a medium-profile game. This involved very thorough critical analysis on every inch of the game, and…

Mar 13, 2019

Dead Or Alive 6: This Stuff Is Stupid

Mar 13, 2019

Dead or Alive 6: Guide to the neutral game

Putting aside its pervy gaze, Dead Or Alive 6 is a pretty high-quality game. From my brief time playing ranked matches online, I’d say the…

Mar 13, 2019

Dead or Alive 6: Guide to the neutral game

Mar 13, 2019

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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