Zissou
@madmrbacon.bsky.social
I make fighting game video essays. Waiting for the resurrection of Marvel 3.
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When I encounter myself as a different colored cursor because I have the Google Doc open in two tabs
December 21, 2023 at 10:09 PM
When I encounter myself as a different colored cursor because I have the Google Doc open in two tabs
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
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I started snort laughing
November 6, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I started snort laughing
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Because I want my work to be available to everyone, it's offered on itchio as a pay-what-you-want download with a suggested donation of $19.99. Includes both PDF and EPUB for use with your preferred e-reader.
All profits go to my local fighting game community organizing work.
Please share!
All profits go to my local fighting game community organizing work.
Please share!
November 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Because I want my work to be available to everyone, it's offered on itchio as a pay-what-you-want download with a suggested donation of $19.99. Includes both PDF and EPUB for use with your preferred e-reader.
All profits go to my local fighting game community organizing work.
Please share!
All profits go to my local fighting game community organizing work.
Please share!
Enjoying this so far!
"Once you become even remotely competent in fighting games, you will feel like you could learn to do anything in the world that you’re willing to put in the work for."
"Once you become even remotely competent in fighting games, you will feel like you could learn to do anything in the world that you’re willing to put in the work for."
FROM MASHER TO MASTER 2 IS OUT!
If you want to get into fighting games but don't know where to begin, this book will guide your journey.
Featuring art by @koh.money and a foreword by Gerald Lee of Core-A Gaming!
patrickmiller.itch.io/from-masher-...
If you want to get into fighting games but don't know where to begin, this book will guide your journey.
Featuring art by @koh.money and a foreword by Gerald Lee of Core-A Gaming!
patrickmiller.itch.io/from-masher-...
November 4, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Enjoying this so far!
"Once you become even remotely competent in fighting games, you will feel like you could learn to do anything in the world that you’re willing to put in the work for."
"Once you become even remotely competent in fighting games, you will feel like you could learn to do anything in the world that you’re willing to put in the work for."
I think about this a lot. I keep bouncing off new releases, but I loved picking up vsav for the first time in 2022.
November 3, 2025 at 8:17 AM
I think about this a lot. I keep bouncing off new releases, but I loved picking up vsav for the first time in 2022.
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Hi, I’m Alex goldman. I used to host a podcast called Reply All that some people liked. For the past year I have been making a show called @hyperfixedpod.bsky.social. We now have 25 episodes (50 if you count premium episodes). You might enjoy it! Listen if you liked reply all
November 1, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Hi, I’m Alex goldman. I used to host a podcast called Reply All that some people liked. For the past year I have been making a show called @hyperfixedpod.bsky.social. We now have 25 episodes (50 if you count premium episodes). You might enjoy it! Listen if you liked reply all
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According to Wikipedia, today is the 20th anniversary of The 1UP Show. I choose to believe this is true.
I miss this work. More, I miss my old coworkers. Still the best and most fun job I ever had.
I’ll let Jane and Eric’s killer tune race through my mind today.
I miss this work. More, I miss my old coworkers. Still the best and most fun job I ever had.
I’ll let Jane and Eric’s killer tune race through my mind today.
October 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
According to Wikipedia, today is the 20th anniversary of The 1UP Show. I choose to believe this is true.
I miss this work. More, I miss my old coworkers. Still the best and most fun job I ever had.
I’ll let Jane and Eric’s killer tune race through my mind today.
I miss this work. More, I miss my old coworkers. Still the best and most fun job I ever had.
I’ll let Jane and Eric’s killer tune race through my mind today.
Barbarian
Weapons
Midsommar
Get Out
(heavy recency bias T_T)
Weapons
Midsommar
Get Out
(heavy recency bias T_T)
Quote this with the first four Horror movies that come to your mind that are 10/10s for you. No cheating. Just the first four that pop into your head.
The Thing
The Exorcist
28 Days Later
Evil Dead 2
The Thing
The Exorcist
28 Days Later
Evil Dead 2
Quote this with the first four Horror movies that come to your mind that are 10/10s for you. No cheating. Just the first four that pop into your head.
Under the Skin
The Loved Ones
The Wicker Man ('73)
Christine
Under the Skin
The Loved Ones
The Wicker Man ('73)
Christine
October 16, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Barbarian
Weapons
Midsommar
Get Out
(heavy recency bias T_T)
Weapons
Midsommar
Get Out
(heavy recency bias T_T)
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One of the top tier opening scenes hands down
October 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
One of the top tier opening scenes hands down
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David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)
October 9, 2025 at 4:42 AM
David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)
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after the talk a week or so ago about 2xko's button layout vs a couple other games, i thought about how it feels like many fgs atm have too many buttons
(this may or may not be a real hitbox)
(this may or may not be a real hitbox)
Fighting Games Have A Buttons Problem
YouTube video by LordKnight
youtu.be
September 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
after the talk a week or so ago about 2xko's button layout vs a couple other games, i thought about how it feels like many fgs atm have too many buttons
(this may or may not be a real hitbox)
(this may or may not be a real hitbox)
Great talk about fighting game design fundamentals!
🥊 How to Design a Fighting Game
Learn about balancing fighting game characters in a genre where every small decision can have cascading effects on game feel. Everything from vortex characters to the history of the Akuma fireball!
Watch this #PlayNYC talk on YT now!
🔗 Link: youtu.be/H0rJZjWWlq4
Learn about balancing fighting game characters in a genre where every small decision can have cascading effects on game feel. Everything from vortex characters to the history of the Akuma fireball!
Watch this #PlayNYC talk on YT now!
🔗 Link: youtu.be/H0rJZjWWlq4
September 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Great talk about fighting game design fundamentals!
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I found the worst Animorph
September 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I found the worst Animorph
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This is why everything sucks. It's not trans people. It's not immigrants. You are being robbed blind before your eyes and those same people also own all the tech and media networks to tell you that the cause is not them
September 18, 2025 at 6:56 PM
This is why everything sucks. It's not trans people. It's not immigrants. You are being robbed blind before your eyes and those same people also own all the tech and media networks to tell you that the cause is not them
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Interested how well this post from a year ago will hold up www.pressbuttonwin.com/p/2xkod-skep...
2XKO'd: Skepticism Rising
I still firmly believe in the theoretical potential reach of the traditional fighting game genre, 2XKO is not the game that’s going to realize it.
www.pressbuttonwin.com
September 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Interested how well this post from a year ago will hold up www.pressbuttonwin.com/p/2xkod-skep...
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This convo I had highlights the difference in what "respect your time" means in games.
A lot of players want to trade time for in-game progress. It's purely transactional: 1 hour = 1 progress
But I want to feel like my actions matter i.e. what I do with time creates progress, not time itself.
A lot of players want to trade time for in-game progress. It's purely transactional: 1 hour = 1 progress
But I want to feel like my actions matter i.e. what I do with time creates progress, not time itself.
September 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
This convo I had highlights the difference in what "respect your time" means in games.
A lot of players want to trade time for in-game progress. It's purely transactional: 1 hour = 1 progress
But I want to feel like my actions matter i.e. what I do with time creates progress, not time itself.
A lot of players want to trade time for in-game progress. It's purely transactional: 1 hour = 1 progress
But I want to feel like my actions matter i.e. what I do with time creates progress, not time itself.
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Ya ever think about how fuckin beautiful literally every CPS3 game is and how short lived the system was?
Man. We shall never see its like again
So please allow me to gush about it! Go over some lesser known details, and what makes it so special imo
Man. We shall never see its like again
So please allow me to gush about it! Go over some lesser known details, and what makes it so special imo
September 5, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Ya ever think about how fuckin beautiful literally every CPS3 game is and how short lived the system was?
Man. We shall never see its like again
So please allow me to gush about it! Go over some lesser known details, and what makes it so special imo
Man. We shall never see its like again
So please allow me to gush about it! Go over some lesser known details, and what makes it so special imo
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A Life Well Wasted episode 9: Game Over is up now. Grab a timed-edition poster by Olly Moss anytime in the next 7 days to support the show. Thanks for sticking with me! alifewellwasted.com
September 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
A Life Well Wasted episode 9: Game Over is up now. Grab a timed-edition poster by Olly Moss anytime in the next 7 days to support the show. Thanks for sticking with me! alifewellwasted.com