http://tigsource.com/articles/2006/09/23/shubun-no-hi-feature en-us 40 <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tigsource/245932530/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/88/245932530_b44316c897_m.jpg" width="164" height="240" align=left hspace="10" vspace="10"></a></p> <p>Yes, it&#8217;s that time of the year again &#8211; Shubun no hi, the Japanese Autumnal equinox Day. To celebrate this special occasion, I&#8217;m going to feature a game. A game &#8220;of the month&#8221;, if you will. And I use this phrase very loosely because it&#8217;s not so much an &#8220;award&#8221; as it is brownie points. Well, it&#8217;s more like pats on the head or giving a gold star to a well-deserved child or a three-dollar martini.</p> <p>So without further ado, I&#8217;d like to present this three-dollar martini to <a href="http://www.hermitgames.com/frenze.html">Fren-ze</a>, a vertical shooter with vivid, vibrant colours. It&#8217;s probably a bit too dazzling because my poor little blue fighter can&#8217;t seem to last 5 minutes. I blame my genetic code that lacks the <span class="caps">SHMUP DNA</span> that would otherwise let me do <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToBdzV7w5Pc">this.</a></p> Sat, 23 Sep 2006 22:09:00 +0000 urn:uuid:128a2647397a345579ada3204e1cb836 Eos http://tigsource.com/articles/2006/09/23/shubun-no-hi-feature Shoot-em-ups Community Windows <p>Nice looking game, and the Ikaruga double-play looks incredible!</p> Fri, 29 Sep 2006 16:41:58 +0000 urn:uuid: http://tigsource.com/articles/2006/09/23/shubun-no-hi-feature#comment-1082 <p>Defcon comes out soon!!!!!</p> Sun, 24 Sep 2006 11:42:41 +0000 urn:uuid: http://tigsource.com/articles/2006/09/23/shubun-no-hi-feature#comment-1052 <p>oooo, colors&#8230;.</p> Sun, 24 Sep 2006 11:41:14 +0000 urn:uuid: http://tigsource.com/articles/2006/09/23/shubun-no-hi-feature#comment-1051