February hasn’t been very kind to my free time – with my workplace restructuring and changing my schedule on top of getting sick twice, I haven’t done much outside of work and rest. That’s why it’s a good thing I have a couple of simple content creation series I can fall back on when I […]
I touched on Final Fantasy Theatrhythm Final Bar Line by Square-Enix in a preview in December, and since that time the company has released a trial version to allow players a sampling of the game and a chance to get a head start on leveling up a few characters before the release of the full […]
I spent 2022 quite differently than 2021, opting to greatly reduce my travels for the year, and this resulted in a shift in GemuBaka’s content. I’ve spent time since 2020 making plans to greatly ease off my use of social media, and this has fully kicked in for 2023. The motivation behind that is in […]
Every now and again, I think about how the debut issue of the Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine rolled out with a “Ghost in the Shell” cover. I always keep this among a group of sleeved and protected magazines. Even though this likely isn’t all that valuable compared to something like Nintendo Power #1, I have […]
“Die like your father, you pin-headed son of an icecream maker.” – Geese Howard, now 70 years young as of Jan. 23, 2023. I’ve spent the past few years marking Geese Howard’s birthday on Twitter, usually highlighted by his Fatal Fury challenge quote that could only come from a 1990s U.S. SNK game translation. It’s […]
As much as I’ve soured on social media over the past couple of years, I still love a good fighting game combo tag. The first favorite I found a few years ago was #日めくり即死ぬ – summed up as a 100% damage combo tag. More literally translated, that tag was started by a Japanese player who […]
I predominately keep my focus on older fighting games, because the arcade format still intrigues me to this very day. Still, when one of the most popular fighting franchises in the world gears up for a sequel, it’s difficult to ignore it. Doubly so for Capcom’s Street Fighter 6, as the company looks to move […]
Inland Productions produced two WCW Wrestling video games for the PlayStation, and I have documented quite well how a single change can completely flip the gameplay of WCW/NWO Thunder. While WCW Nitro isn’t quite as feature rich as its sequel, the gameplay is a little more strait-laced. More importantly for December, though, WCW Nitro is […]
GemuBaka readers and viewers will have likely seen the occasional piece on music and rhythm games, but these have largely fixated on more recent arcade releases. Those with a keen eye on my Round One videos will have noticed short clips of game play on Konami’s beat mania IIDX – which is now on its […]
Konami’s 1992 arcade release X-Men probably doesn’t need much of an introduction. It was during that year that I happened to be in our area arcade, and someone had abandoned a game of X-Men arcade, leaving Nightcrawler to idle on the screen. I took over the free game, and I was HOOKED. I should have […]
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