Weekly open thread for 20 June 2026
Yo, shmup fans! Another week down and another open thread! Feel free to talk about anything you'd like, shmup related or otherwise! What are you playing? Or watching? Or reading? Share with your shmup pals, if you're in the mood to!
Anyone else looking forward to Shmup Slam? It starts at 12:46PM GMT on 20 June, streaming here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8cjPwAtY40
Have a great weekend, everyone!
Had a birthday this week. Went for quanitity as a gift to myself to show my son that I could get 4 games for under €10 (he keeps asking me to buy Minecoins in Minecraft). I am now the happy owner of a few retro-styled games (Freddy Farmer, Donut Dodo, Galacticon, and Silver Bullet). As expected, I'm quite mediocre at all of them, but shmup skills help out a lot with two of them.
I forgot about Shmup Slam, but seeing as how it will be rather hot today I have a good excuse to sit and do nothing except watch a stream.
Happy birthday! Those are some good pick ups, too!