How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the TLB

I don't think I shared this in my original review, but there was one specific moment in the game ZeroRanger where I went from "rather intent on it" to "full werewolf:" the part where the true last boss deletes your fucking save file.

This is one of the most brilliant pieces of polemical or instructive game design that I've ever encountered. I think it's at the core of why this one particular game has such a startling track record on getting people Into Shmups, but it might take a minute to explain why.

( As foretold, this goes on for a little while! )

Anyway, that's why I'm hard-core now lmao.