I love shmups. Shoot-em-ups. Galaga, Asteroids, Defender, Robotron, Gradius, R-Type, Dodonpachi… if it involves a plane, big explosions, lasers, gruff sounding announcers and a P-Capsule the size of a city bus, I’m there. It’s because I watched a LOT of Stephen J. Canell shows growing up. I think the pentultimate shmup has to star Tom Selleck and feature Airwolf as an unlockable bonus. A Gradius is fine too. They’re the essence of men’s videogaming — no involved multi-layered fantasy plots, no sturm and drang of military history over the barrel of a virtual gun, no Grand Theft Auto quasi-’realism’ of smacking down an innocent bystander. Just you in the game’s environment, navigating the terrain and reacting instinctively to any threat that emerges… with a giant quantum explosion.

-Crybringer

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