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Aug 21

How to play Guilty Gear Xrd Rev2 for the Sony PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Windows Personal Computer

[This essay was funded by my generous Patreon supporters. If you liked this and want to see more, please consider joining the crew!] When fighting game players decide to start learning a game, their first steps typically include playing through tutorials, looking up videos, asking for advice on Reddit and…

Game Design

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How to play Guilty Gear Xrd Rev2 for the Sony PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Windows Personal Computer
How to play Guilty Gear Xrd Rev2 for the Sony PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Windows Personal Computer
Game Design

11 min read


Jul 17

Mailbag: Footsies, hitboxes, lever grips, skill transfer, and more

[This essay was funded by my generous Patreon supporters. If you liked this and want to see more, please consider joining the crew!] Every now and then I get asks from people who are lucky enough to have questions that don’t require whole-ass essays, so I save them up until…

Fighting Game Community

9 min read

Mailbag: Footsies, hitboxes, lever grips, skill transfer, and more
Mailbag: Footsies, hitboxes, lever grips, skill transfer, and more
Fighting Game Community

9 min read


Jul 10

“Should I learn SF6 with Classic or Modern controls?”

[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, I’m writing to get your opinion on the choice of control style (Classic v Modern) to go with in Street Fighter 6 as a brand-new…

Fighting Game Community

16 min read

“Should I learn SF6 with Classic or Modern controls?”
“Should I learn SF6 with Classic or Modern controls?”
Fighting Game Community

16 min read


Jul 5

TOing as an exercise in vibe cultivation

[This essay was funded by my generous Patreon supporters. If you liked this and want to see more, please consider joining the crew!] Ever since I started TOing events about four years ago, I’ve been constantly experimenting with different kinds of event formats and play flows to see how they…

Fighting Game Community

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TOing as an exercise in vibe cultivation
TOing as an exercise in vibe cultivation
Fighting Game Community

8 min read


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

7 min read


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

13 min read

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

12 min read

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

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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