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  • I'm a pixel. You may know me from...oh, I don't know...EVERY GAME EVER.

    Usually with sh'mups, I have to constantly handle costume changes, going from red during one sixtieth of a second to black to green to whatever other color is required of me. When I'm appearing on an LCD-based system like the PSP, it's a lot more work for me to change because I"m not just relying on light beams to illuminate me, I have to change three separate subpixels just to turn on. It's a tiring job.

    I guess that's why I like R-Type Command on the PSP. Because it's a turn-based strategy sh'mup instead of a standard sh'mup, whoever is actually playing the game has more time to think and plan out his attack, and the more time he spends thinking, the more time I can relax without having to go through another costume change.

    The only real downside is when I happen to be next to one of the blinking selection cursors, in which case I'm having to constantly change, and it's even worse when the player sets his PSP down so he can run to the restroom because I end up having to constantly change for 20-30 minutes while I wait for his stupid ass to get back and pick a different square! Not that I'm bitter.