come to think of it, someone recently asked about this and I forgot to answer, and bc I'm in a reflective mood I figure I'll answer here: I ended up not going ahead with the idea of a formalised STG news resource, for three reasons (>)
one, doing it the way I think it ought to be done would mean covering euroshmups (which, like them or not, do occasionally and quietly find success, aspects of which are worth analysing) and so many other games/events that I just don't have the necessary time to keep up on
two, it's thankless work, and seeing the tiresome horseshit that gets thrown at shmups twitter dude, various youtubers, etc by jaded old dudes for having the temerity to ask for attribution or share their content with ppl with their intended audience makes me not want to bother
three, there's been a recent influx of positive contributions & initiative from other ppl across a number of fronts, shmups.wiki chief among them, that makes me feel like the imperative for me to do something that existed as recently as this time last year has faded
so yeah, probably won't happen, but I will find some more substantial ways to contribute beyond what little I do now, lord knows I have Ideas (but do not have Money)
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