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"To overcome the issue, Maehiro says he and his team resorted to "sheer force" to create The Ivalice Chronicles."

Super-Fun-Pak Comix by Ruben Bolling for June 18, 2025 | GoComics

In the face of all the competition on the PS1, Airgrave doesn’t stand as one of the platform’s best shoot-em-ups and part of its appeal will be lost on anyone who can’t understand all the dialogue, but it’s a solid effort all the same and certainly worth at least one playthrough.

From the description:

NMK brings us a horizontal shooter from 1994 on the NeoGeo: with various weaponry, and a scoring system focused on shooting non destructible targets and objects. This is what we call "Tic" points. Our host, ggmaximo is an expert this time, along with our guest expert in Prickly_Angler.

As a big fan of Compile and Aleste in particular, I was happy to see this!

Exa Arcadia hardware is really intended for arcade operators, but some of these games may show up in your local gamecenter, if you're lucky enough to have one.

Games mentioned in the article (shmups in bold):

1. Bunny Bomber Blast
2. Earthion Exa Label
3. Triggerheart Exelica Exa Label
4. Asura The Striker
5. Jamjam’n Jelly EXA LENTE
6. Dragon Blaze Exa Label
7. Mugendan Infinity Bullets
8. Truxton II Exa Label

From Experiment 322 - Master Ninja I, an interview with the actor who played the sheriff.

Too Much Coffee Man by Shannon Wheeler for June 14, 2025 | GoComics

0:00: How to "upgrade" your vol. 10 DVD box set 3:39: The Giant Gila Monster 1:35:34: An Interview With Don Sullivan (star of The Giant Gila Monster & The Rebel Set)

(Star Trek: Picard episode Absolute Candor)