Electric Underground Podcast

Strategic Shmup Marketing and Community Building with UBO (Podcast Part  2). In this 2nd half of the Electric Underground Podcast, UBO and I  discuss his further efforts to support the shmup community on Steam,  Reddit, Twitter, and Twitch.  Check out UBO's Twitter: https://twitter.com/STGshmups https://twitter.com/ShmupDeals STG Shmup Reddit: https://new.reddit.com/r/STGshmups/ STG Shmup Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/directory/game/STG%20Shmups/ STG Shmup Steam Curator Group! https://steamcommunity.com/groups/STGshmups https://store.steampowered.com/curator/39015759-STG-Shmups/

REVIVING SHMUPS! Marketing Arcade Culture into the 21st Century with  UBO. In today's episode of the Electric Underground Podcast, we talk  about the financial history of the genre and discuss new ideas for  marketing shmups to the current gaming audience  Check out UBO's  Twitter: https://twitter.com/STGshmups https://twitter.com/ShmupDealsSTG Shmup Reddit: https://new.reddit.com/r/STGshmups/STG Shmup Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/directory/game/STG%20Shmups/STG Shmup Steam Curator Group! https://steamcommunity.com/groups/STGshmups https://store.steampowered.com/curator/39015759-STG-Shmups/

A RARE OCCURRENCE of the internet, two people with different viewpoints on input lag have a respectful discussion around the issue. In this episode, we talk about if and when input lag matters. I also share my thoughts on the Nintendo Life reviews I did and my personal standards for input lag. Hopefully, this episode will put the controversy to bed, or at least make it take a nap for a bit ha. Shout outs to Shmup Junkie for being on the episode, he was a great guest!

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August 1st is now officially Shmup Day! Today the Shmup Wiki, Hall of Records, Shmup Leaderboard, and Calice Cup are all announced! In this episode, I talk with Plasmo (Shmup Historian) and Queen Charlene (Creator of Shmup Wiki) about these new projects, their potential to grow the genre, and what the future holds for the genre!

Check out the Shmups Wiki:

shmups.wiki/library/Main_Page

Hall of Records:

shmups.wiki/library/STG_Hall_of_Records

Shmup Open Leaderboard:

electricunderground.io/shmup-leaderb…d-philosophy/

Calice Cup:

calice.snowcrash.fun/tournaments/

Also, if you enjoyed this podcast I now have a weekly exclusive Patreon podcast called 7th Day Electric :-)

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www.patreon.com/electricunderground

Website:

electricunderground.io/

Twitch:

www.twitch.tv/the_electric_underground

STG Revision 2020 Discord:

discord.gg/snRueeH

In this episode, Pearl and I discuss the submission practices and requirements of the now controversial scorekeeping entity, Twin Galaxies. Pearl has submitted runs to the website before and I discuss with him my concerns about why I have trouble seeing Twin Galaxies as a future home for shmup and arcade game scorekeeping.

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This episode was streamed live and in it I celebrate two years of the  podcast and talk about the history of my content, as well as the future.  I had fun ha :-)

SUPPORT GUS And SHMUPS AND TUNE IN FOR HIS RUN JANUARY 8th: Here is the stream schedule (it will auto adjust for your timezone):

Part 2 of my interview with Gus.

Gus Stream: www.twitch.tv/gusyphus2

Track 1 from Kof 2003

At AGDQ 2020, Gus, the Futari Master, will be repping the shmup scene with a demonstration of Mushihimesama Futari Ultra Mode 1.01! In Part 1 of this ep I talk with him about his history with Shmups and Futari. In the upcoming Part 2, we'll talk all about his upcoming AGDQ run as well as his previous demonstrations at Stunfest earlier in the year.

You can watch Gus Stream and practice Futari here:

All music in the ep is from the Futari Arrange soundtrack you can find on khinsider.

In this second part of the episode, we talk about the  topic of Japanese world record verification and the future of world  records and score keeping. We also talk some trash on Twin Galaxies  (which is always fun). We talk about our issues with TG's ignoring of  Japanese world records, being generally shady, and their current silly  record submission practices (which Pearl had a delightful experience  with).

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A really fun episode with fellow Shmup Slam Co-Host, KZ the Kusoplayer.   In this episode we talk about the struggles of being midtier players  and  the scene's tendency to only pay attention to top tier level play.  We  also talk about the grind, getting into scoring versus survival  only,  and other attitudes we've run up against.