Hax$, Toonification, and the Death of Private Confrontation

A little while ago, I posted a Twitter thread that got a fair amount of attention for espousing what my views were on a recent video from Super Smash Bro. Melee player Aziz “Hax$” Al-Yami, which was epic in length and scope. In it, Hax$ gave what could generously be described as a post-apocalyptic lens […]

I Don’t Give a Shit About “Tom Brady”

I got a DM on Twitter from someone I’m familiar with in the Netherrealm games sub-community the other day, and it was a simple question: “Have you ever written about Tom?” “Tom” is “Tom Brady,” AKA Bill Menoutis, a longtime fixture in this particular sub-community and in the greater fighting game community for years and […]

The FGC Ban Catalog: Why It Exists

…A brotherly mind will love in me what you teach to be lovable, and will regret in me what you teach to be regrettable. St. Augustine of Hippo, Confessions If you follow me on Twitter, you’ve likely seen me post daily updates regarding a Google Doc I put together, the FGC Ban Catalog. It is only […]

Rethinking “Negativity”

“Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound like it’s from Neptune.” Noam Chomsky It is a tale as old as time – Some hot gossip or horrible truth takes over the fighting game community section of Twitter and other social media, and […]