The Electric Underground

Critique is Not Hate

Today's patreon ep discusses my thoughts on the role/importance of critique, the power of negative space in writing/game design, why I think British Youtubers have an advantage (lul), what makes games art, and how video games lack a history of robust and thoughtful critique.

Sudden Death Vote Winner! Gana Blade (IT WAS SO CLOSE)

Hi everyone,The sudden death vote has been counted and it's crazy how close it was (also great job voting everyone), but Gana Blade just slightly edged out MGRR. So we have a winner. Though I think for next month's vote if the MGRR fans band together you guys should be able to win ha!Thank y...

Patreon Vote SUDDEN DEATH! Submit for 24 hours

Hi everyone,so we have a sudden death vote! We had a tie between Metal Gear Rising Revengence and Gana Blade. So go ahead and vote again to break the tie between the two :-) Sudden death vote will end in 24 hours from now :-)https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdW9c2cuFAtBJk_KCEUzGVNXYlbS7g8Xuj...

Patreon Voted Review, VOTE TIME

Hi everyone,Sorry for the delay in the vote ha, IRL job got crazy this week. Here are the nominees:Nioh 2Super House of Dead NinjasDungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of MystaraMr. GimmickTriggerheart ExcelicaWild GunsSuper Star SoldierGana BladeBattle Mania 1 & 2Xross DreamsSoulCalibur IIThe Ninja Savio...

Monthy Patreon Voted Review Nomination Time

Hi everyone,A little behind schedule this month (still recovering from slam 6 ha - check out that podcast ep btw) but now it is time to nominate your choices for the monthly patreon voted review! We will begin voting 9/26 and don't worry I have been working on last month's winner, VF5, A LOT...

Shmup Slam 6 Put Me In the Hospital and Was WORTH IT | Patreon Podcast

Hi everyone,Today is a very special episode of the patreon podcast where I recap my experience running and participating in Shmup Slam 6, which was crazy but also awesome, and also my growing love for Manga (especially Berserk). With a fun middle school story mixed in ha.

Gungrave is Beautifully Written Tragedy | Patreon Podcast

Today I am on the road (literally) and am talking about my love for the anime Gungrave, which I consider extremely under-rated and beautifully written. I also discuss my thoughts on anime in general and about the cultural shield that anime and other foreign media, like K-Pop, benefit from. I give th...

Monthly Patreon Voted Review Complete! Cladrius Blaze (Topic Video)

Monthly Patreon Voted Review Complete! Cladrius Blaze (Topic Video)

Patreon Monthly Voted Review Winner! Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown!

Hi everyone,By a narrow margin, VF5 Ultimate showdown managed to squeak out the win! In second place was Metal Gear Rising, which is another really cool game I hope gets a second wind next month :-)I'd like to thank you all again for supporting the patreon and the channel, without your guys supp...

Monthy Patreon Voted Review, VOTE TIME!

Hi everyone!Here are the nominees:EschatosXross DreamsKaikanMGRRViewpointAce Combat 7: Skies UnknownVirtua Fighter 5 Ultimate ShowdownGuardian HeroesLike DreamerTrouble Witches Final! Episode 1: Daughters of AmalgamSuper Star SoldierAstral ChainHogs of WarGame Tengoku CruisinMix Special!Cotton Rock ...

Monthly Patreon Voted Review, Nomination Time!

Hi everyone!It's time to nominate games for the monthly patreon voted review! Just go ahead and write your nominations in the comments of this post :-) I will be completing the last winner, Caladrius Blaze, very soon. We start voting on 7/24/2023

Communities Abuse Their Creators - Electric After Dark Podcast

In today's episode I discuss my recent revelation about the role of "community" and how even though we often discuss the benefits of community (like meeting like minded people) there is also the uglier side of community where people get away with being treating others (especially new peo...

Patreon Review Vote Complete! Revenge On X-Play! Castle of Shikigami Review

It took me a while to put this one together, but I hope the wait was worth it :-) Up next in the cue of patreon voted games is Cladrius Blaze! I'm going to try to get that one knocked out soon as well :-)

Patreon Voted Review Winner! Cladrius Blaze!

Thank you very much for voting and supporting the channel everyone! This month's winner is the clothes shredding legend, Cladrius Blaze ha. The Castle Shiki review from last month's win will be here soon!

What Makes A Player HARDCORE? Patron Podcast

Today is quiet an episode ha. I do karaoke, talk about my emo highschool "band." discuss the importance of grinding shmups for connecting with the genre, and answer the deep philosophical question ... what makes a player HARDCORE!

Monthly Patreon Voted Review, Vote Time!

Hi Everyone,Here are the nominees:Gimmick!Ace Combat 7: Skies UnknownHuntdown1944 The Loop Master ie the final Toaplan gameMetal Gear RisingAir GalletResogunJudgement SilverswordGuardians: Denjin Makai IIEinhanderTriggerheart ExcelicaAir GalletCaladrius Blaze!Xross DreamsAleste 2 (MSX)Super Aleste (...

Monthly Patreon Voted Review! Nomination Time

Hi everyone,It's time to nominate games for the monthly patreon voted review! Just go ahead and write your nominations in the comments, and we'll start voting on 5/22 :-)Thank you so much for supporting the channel!Sincerely,Mark MSX

Patreon Voted Review Winner! Castle Shikigami!

Hi Everyone!This month's winner is Castle Shikigami!!! This is going to be an awesome game to cover and thank you so much for supporting the channel! The Lords of Thunder review is almost complete and will be the next vid on the channel :-)Cheers!Mark

(Audio Version) The Esports Dream is Dead - Patreon Exclusive

THE ESPORTS DREAM IS DEAD! PATREON VIDEOCAST!Hi everyone, this month's electric after dark is a special video cast where I talk about the end of the grassroots esports era for fighting games and arcade games as well as other topics like the end of e3 and the silent death of AA game studios.Thank...

THE ESPORTS DREAM IS DEAD! PATREON VIDEOCAST!

Hi everyone, this month's electric after dark is a special video cast where I talk about the end of the grassroots esports era for fighting games and arcade games as well as other topics like the end of e3 and the silent death of AA game studios.Thank you so much for supporting the channel!Since...

Patreon Voted Review, VOTE TIME!

Hi Everyone,Time to vote for the Patreon Voted Review! Here are the nominees:Bullet Hell Monday: BlackGimmick!Jitsu SquadBangai-o1944 The Loop Master∀kashicverse -Malicious Wake-Assault Suit Leynos (2015)Clash: Artifacts of ChaosPanzer DragoonViewpoint 😅metal gear rising revengeanceSoldier Blad...

Monthly Patreon Voted Review, Nomination Time!

Hi everyone! It's time to nominate your games for the monthly patreon voted review! For people new to this process all you need to do is write the game you'd like to nominate in the comments, and then we'll vote on the games from 4/19 - 4/28! Also I'm really excited to cover last mon...

Patreon Voted Review Complete! Terra Diver :-)

SPAIN QUEST COMPLETE! Recapping My Trip to Cave Mikado Event in Spain

In today's exclusive Electric After Dark episode I recap my experience traveling to Spain for the CAVE Mikado event and what it was like prepping for the documentary, prepping a crazy converter for Jaimers to use, Getting over my fear of airplanes, Trying to feed my Coke Zero on ice addiction in...

Batch Recording This Weekend, Lots of Vids (including Terra Diver) are Going to Pop Out Next Week :-)

Hi everyone,Just a quick update, because I ended up being crazy busy in Spain, I am batch recording a bunch of vids this weekend and included in them is the Terra Diver Review :-) So just a heads up that this coming week a bunch of vids are going to be flying off my hard drive and the Terra Diver re...

Patreon Voted Winner! Lords of Thunder!

Hi Everyone!Lords of Thunder won this month's patreon voted review! This will be a really fun game to cover I think :-) I have the Terra Diver Review pretty much finished, so it should be done this weekend when I return from Spain :-) Thank you so much to everyone who has been supporting the cha...

Exclusive Sneak Preview (Audio)! My GUEST REVIEWS FOR JUNKIE'S UPCOMING SNES VIDEO

Hi Patrons,I thought it would be fun to share with my favorite fans, the patrons, a little exclusive for an upcoming project. For Shmup Junkie's SNES Shooter video, I am contributing three reviews that I am very excited about, SNES FOX, Star Fox 2, and Wild Guns. This will be just the audio so i...

Monthly Patreon Voted Review, VOTE TIME!

Hi everyone, time to vote for the monthly patreon review :-)Nominees are:GundharaViewpointMr. GimmickLords of ThunderChain DiveXross DreamsAssault Suits ValkenRiding FightArmored HeadBee StormXeno CrisisSoldier BladeLink to voting: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdW9c2cuFAtBJk_KCEUzGVNXYlb...

Twitch Is a DEAD END! Electric After Dark Podcast

Today I have a really fun episode full of all kinds of stories and tangents, including the main topic of why I think Twitch is a dead end of hardcore gamers to create an audience (though it will be good to launch a reality tv career).

Patron Voted Review Nomination Time!

Hi everyone, time to nominate games for the monthly patreon voted review. I'm currently working on last month's votes so those vids should be coming out soon. In the mean time go ahead and leave your nominations in the comments :-) We begin voting on 3/7/2023 :-)And thank you so much for sup...