It has been a rather busy few weeks, and rather productive as well. Apart from being ill for a week in late March, I have managed to continue with several projects. Firstly, guitar has been front and centre. This is partly due to the isolation cabinet, and trying out different sounds to record with- certainly enjoying the Octafuzz ontop of the Laney IRT’s distortion channel. The RHCP album Unlimited love released in April, and I ordered the vinyl and have been enjoying it. There are some great guitar sounds on there, and the bass sounds brilliant as well. I’ll let you know what I think about the songs down the line.
Shoot You Sir recorded a podcast with Dace Anaxyrus from Shmuptopia. It was great to meet dace, albeit remotely. We had been messaging back and forth on twitter after I reviewed his book Shmup ascension. Both Graham and I had previously talked about getting other guests on for podcasts, and it made sense, and Dace was up for it.
So we recorded the podcast which is out on Tuesday 12th April. I look forward to seeing what people think, and I’m totally up for doing more. I also 1CC’d Espgaluda II (Switch), which I did whilst only wearing a towel and waiting for a demo game to download. Although it was only novice mode, I was quite chuffed as I only put it on out of blue because I hadn’t played it for the longest time.
These recent experiences have re-kindled my love for SHMUPs, and I look forward to playing and reviewing more in the near future. I have a trip booked in to go up north, and will visit SYS creator Graham whilst up there. I’m sure we’ll get a bit of gaming in! Fingers crossed the weather is good, as I’d like to get some walking in as well.