[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…

[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…

[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…

[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…

[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…

[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…

[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…

[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 am relatively new to fighting games and Rev 2 specifically and I love your content and the work you have done for your community…

[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’m a relatively new fighting game player who’s, unfortunately, become smitten with a set of fighting games that have… not so great netcode (Granblue, UNI…