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CMVs
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Daybreak: A TAS MBAACC Combo Video The ultimate dedication for the Climax of Night era of Melty Blood history. I am so proud to share a community with the author.
[MBAACC CMV] 月蝕-輝 Premiering at Climax of Night 6, this ode to international collaboration resonates in a way CMVs usually aren't expected to.
[MBAACC] Lunatic Phase Novice and co.'s "farewell" to the game. No expense is spared in emptying their playbook of setups.
MBAACC Last Combo Movie "AKASHIC RECOEDS" [Melty Blood Combo Movie] Frenetically moves through the entire cast in release order.
【MBAACC 1.07】Ryougi Combo Video 『Innocent Sorrow』 Monarch shows off the in-game reasons for the Ryougi "Prophecy" joke.
GGXrd REV2 [VORACITY] JAM's CMV I just want to eat.
【GGXrd REV2】ポチョムキンコンボムービー「RED ALERT」 A collection of varied 100% stun routes on training dummies representing other arcade-era Xrd players. Quickly snapping to the kill ties it all together.
【GGXXAC＋R】Potemkin Combo Video「already champion」 Nearly every routing concept +R Pot has is exhbited here.
GGXXACPR Community CMV 「Every time…」 The first big post-rollback community collab for +R, revolving around punishing Dizzy's coffin super. Moments from this video are still recurring bits in the scene to this day.
Baiken Combo Video - Legend of Kyoto Baiken's specialty of turning defense into offense (or offense into more offense) is displayed here.
ALL GUNS BLAZING The original PS2 release of Accent Core forgot to remove the Slash clean hit boxes. This video shows the "double clean hit" in action.
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Bridget Combo Video - "Get Happy" In a better world, "Bridget Discourse" would refer to the question "How can we develop Ruu-tier mental".
Mini/One-shot Documentaries
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Testosterone: A Love Story Go in blind and watch for yourself.
The Search for the Saddest Punt in the World It is a damn shame that the Surrender Index has not achieved the same widespread recognition that Scorigami has. We should be hammering coaches with Surrender Index scores to have them face to face with exactly how bad their fourth down decisions are.
The People You're Paying to Be in Shorts Often cited as a teardown of the Michael Jordan hagiography as seen most prominently in The Last Dance, the companion piece to this that exists in my mind is Jordan's ongoing segment on NBC's NBA broadcasts. While still obviously very defensive about his place in basketball history, it seems that since selling his majority stake in the Hornets, Jordan seems to have developed a greater appreciation for the sport beyond using it as an avenue to dominate his opposition.
Section 1 A look into a set of circumstances with big parallels to modern society writ large: chiefly that those in power love to pass the buck on stopping bad things from happening to the general populace.
The Quest to Beat Matt Turk SummoningSalt's most "old school" story, a recollection of what it took as a community to take down a bar that was set very high very long ago. A Turk anecdote that is outside the scope of this video: he got the chance to meet Tyson irl and inspire him to grind the game that despite being the namesake of, was notoriously bad at.
The History of Tetris World Records I love that when players defy the logic of Tetris, the game defies its logic too.
Fighting Further - Defiant vs BigBlack Every UNI major culminates into some of the greatest things you'll ever see, even if its chalk.
Silksong and the Biblical Apocalypse My review dedicates just one sentence to Silksong's ludonarrative resonance, as that isn't a terribly high priority for me. Jacob Geller takes the time to stake the claim that said ludonarrative resonance is what ties the game together and makes it a masterpiece in the first place.
Online Games
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Love Train Play the game blind, and then go down this rabbit hole that details the level of optimization achieved in the game.
Suku Game Nuko de Ppou (the doujin circle that invented the concept of the Sukusuku Hakutaku) branches out into game dev.
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