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May 15

“How do I teach a new player fighting games without overwhelming them?”

[This essay was funded by my generous Patreon supporters. If you liked this and want to see more, please consider joining the crew!] Ayo Pat, I’ve always found I wanna help my friends who don’t understand fighting games to try and understand them, and I feel I can explain it…

Game Design

9 min read

“How do I teach a new player fighting games without overwhelming them?”
“How do I teach a new player fighting games without overwhelming them?”
Game Design

9 min read


Apr 10

“I lost the mirror match, should I switch characters?”

Hey Pat, I’ll be the first to say I’m not particularly good in the grand scheme of the FGC. I’m beyond flailing but get caught up in the all too common “I would like to play the game now” to my detriment. I have a particularly difficult time IADing or…

Games

14 min read

“I lost the mirror match, should I switch characters?”
“I lost the mirror match, should I switch characters?”
Games

14 min read


Mar 27

Breaking Bad Habits in Fighting Games

[This essay was funded by my generous Patreon supporters. If you liked this and want to see more, please consider joining the crew!] Patrick, Really appreciate all the work you do. I’m primarily a KOF player and I have a problem. Yashiro’s 214P is his main combo starter from lights…

Games

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Breaking Bad Habits in Fighting Games
Breaking Bad Habits in Fighting Games
Games

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Mar 13

Understanding your motivations and finding clean fuel

[This essay was funded by my generous Patreon supporters. If you liked this and want to see more, please consider joining the crew!] These days I think a lot about how absolutely ridiculous fighting games are, and the fact that people are willing to devote themselves to playing them is…

Fighting Game Community

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Understanding your motivations and finding clean fuel
Understanding your motivations and finding clean fuel
Fighting Game Community

13 min read


Feb 13

How to play neutral, for new fighting game players

[This essay was funded by my generous Patreon supporters. If you liked this and want to see more, please consider joining the crew!] “Neutral” in fighting games is the state where both players are capable of moving and hitting. Since both players are capable of using their full moveset in…

Fighting Game Community

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How to play neutral, for new fighting game players
How to play neutral, for new fighting game players
Fighting Game Community

5 min read


Jan 9

Finding our reasons for playing fighting games

[This essay was funded by my generous Patreon supporters. If you liked this and want to see more, please consider joining the crew!] The best damn advice column in fighting games is back for 2023, and we’re kicking it off with some updates from previous write-ins. Coincidentally, both of them…

Games

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Finding our reasons for playing fighting games
Finding our reasons for playing fighting games
Games

12 min read


Jan 3

2022 in review, 2023 in our sights

[This essay was funded by my generous Patreon supporters. If you liked this and want to see more, please consider joining the crew!] It’s been one hell of a year for me and fighting games, so I figured I’d do a proper 2022 wrapup/2023 kickoff post to digest it all…

Fighting Game Community

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2022 in review, 2023 in our sights
2022 in review, 2023 in our sights
Fighting Game Community

8 min read


Dec 21, 2022

“How can I teach my friends to play fighting games?”

[This essay was funded by my generous Patreon supporters. If you liked this and want to see more, please consider joining the crew!] Hi Pat, Over the past year or so I’ve been in the process of helping a group of friends get into fighting games. It’s been really cool…

Fighting Game Community

10 min read

“How can I teach my friends to play fighting games?”
“How can I teach my friends to play fighting games?”
Fighting Game Community

10 min read


Nov 14, 2022

“How can I get better at applying my training mode practice in a match?”

[This essay was funded by my generous Patreon supporters. If you liked this and want to see more, please consider joining the crew!] Hey Pat! I’ve been playing fighting games for quite a while now, but only in the past 2 years have I really made an effort to deliberately…

Game Design

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“How can I get better at applying my training mode practice in a match?”
“How can I get better at applying my training mode practice in a match?”
Game Design

7 min read


Oct 24, 2022

“How do I make learning a fighting game less boring?”

[This essay was funded by my generous Patreon supporters. If you liked this and want to see more, please consider joining the crew!] Hi Pat! Happy for you and Xrd, it’s been a long time coming. I’ve recently picked up Tekken 7 because it was on sale, and I’ve always…

Game Design

12 min read

“How do I make learning a fighting game less boring?”
“How do I make learning a fighting game less boring?”
Game Design

12 min read

Patrick Miller

Patrick Miller

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a little bit miyamoto musashi, a little bit yoga with adriene.

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