Twin Ruin is already in my wish list but I have to ask, whats up with the audio on your trailer? I thought my Audiobox wasn't working until I realized the video that was posted didn't have sound.

Posting a proper trailer with a pounding sound track and deep basey explosion sound effect to go with your shockwave effect would be my first suggestion. Can't give you any more suggestions beyond that as I haven't played the game yet.

You can reach us anytime in the group chat. Anyways, can't wait to check it out!

I'm happy to be part of a group like this that I never knew existed. Waves 2, Tesla vs. Lovecraft, Geometry Wars 3, and NEON Ultra are my favorites. Crowd control is my thing. Super Smash T.V. (SNES) is a classic.

Hi all. Feels like the right place to hear feed back on the game i'm working on
TWIN RUIN....
https://psteamproxy.yuanyoumao.com/app/1094400/Twin_Ruin/

Please have a look, and feel free to make suggestions...

Wow, it's been a little while. How y'all doing? Yeah, we're still here. Hit us up anytime on the group chat, we're always on!

Anyways, we used those fancy new library algorithms to make the associated list of 2stix games even more completiest! (Yes, that is a word... now)

I challenge you to go through that list to the right and tell us whats missing!

RX

Hi everyone!

Hello everyone. My game Archrobo is a twin stick shooter that you might enjoy:

http://psteamproxy.yuanyoumao.com/app/692110/ArchRobo__Robotic_Annihilation/

Would be great if it was added to this list!

Hi everyone!

I'm happy to annouce that 2stix will soon home to some exclusive alpha testing and personally I'm pretty excited about this one. Stay tuned as more details will be revealed this week.

Next build for 2stix:

CASE: Corsair Obsidian 750D Airflow Edition Full-Tower Gaming Case w/ USB 3.0, Full Side Panel Window
OS: Windows 10 Home (64-bit Edition)
MB: ASUS Z170-PRO GAMING ATX w/ USB 3.1, 3 PCIe x16, 3 PCIe x1, 1 SATA Express, 4 SATA3, 1 Ultra M.2
CPU: Intel® Core™ Processor i7-6700K 4.00GHZ 8MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1151 (Skylake)
GPU: EVGA GeForce® GTX 1080 FTW GAMING ACX 3.0 Edition 8GB GDDR5X (Pascal)[VR Ready]
RAM: 32GB (8GBx4) DDR4/2800MHz Dual Channel Memory (ADATA XPG Z1)
MAIN DISK: 512GB Intel® SSD 600p Series PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD - 1800MB/s Read & 560MB/s Write
BACKUP DISK: 3TB (3TBx1) SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD
SYSTEM COOLER: XSPC RayStorm Ion AX360 LCS Kit w/ 360mm Dual Radiator, Ion Pump & Reservoir, RayStorm CPU water Block (9 x Standard 120MM Fans)
PSU: 750 Watts - EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G1 80 PLUS Gold Power Supply

We'll be back up in running in 2 weeks!

Please add Iron Fisticle to the list - http://psteamproxy.yuanyoumao.com/app/306700/

Just wanted to say, "Hi" to everyone as I just joined. I love twin stick shooters. If anyone has yet to play, "WE ARE DOOMED", I highly recommend it.

Hi All... hope you all are doing well! Sorry about the lack of content lately, but we haven't forgot about you... For now I want to share with you an incredible looking game called Garbage Day thats on Greenlight. All you GTA fan's this is a must! http://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=428481609

If you own it ( if you don't, go buy it) the Geometry Wars 3 update is a must check out! A ton new content at a price that was unexpected from Activision, FREE!

For the first time ever, Steam has no Daily Special, and it happens on V-Day...

Hi all,

If you don't already own it, Waves is on sale this week for $.99. Not only is Waves an essential 2stix title but my boy 'Squid in the Box' really needs the funding for Waves 2: Arena.

Check it out, I highly recommend it!

http://psteamproxy.yuanyoumao.com/app/107600/

Oh yeah... there is also a demo available on his store page above.

Calling all Aficionados... We will be live for Nerd Night at Ald Dubliners in The District (Irvine) tomorrow night (1/28/2015 @18:00 till ????). Join us for drinks, 2stix talk, and maybe some thumb wrestling.

First round is on me for all Twin Stick Shooter Aficionado members.

Where the Nuke Throne fans at? What's up with the generous increase in difficulty?!

Back in business sooner than expect and my budget gaming rig is running nicely! Read more about it here and feel free to post your jealous comments:

http://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/groups/all_thumbs/discussions/5/620700960990214859/

(8O)

*** Attention All ***

Aficionado systems will be down for upgrades/updates til 1/9/2015.

Services will still be up and running but communication will be sporadic until the system upgrades are completed.

...in the meantime.
We are currently discussing our next contest for the Nuclear Throne gift copy, which I think we are leaning towards a "high score" contest... There are still "kinks" that need to be worked out for this one but I hope this get the juices flowing.

Once the reality sinks in that there is no more Steam sale and the withdrawals sink in, you can always come the Aficionados group therapy sessions. We can help you through it!

http://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/groups/all_thumbs/discussions/4/620700960914420527/

Happy New Year all... 2015 is going to be a great year for us, fellow Aficionado's!

Well, after my 5 hour flight from hell, I'm back in Sunny Southern California, where the people on the road will kill you faster than the ice on the road in Minnesota! So I have been downloading now for a good 16 hours straight all the picks for my desktop rig and it's still not done! I wish I could say that "I might have gone a little overboard" but what I've spent so far is still in no comparison to what I spent in the sale of '08.

We'll see though, the wish list is still triple digits and there is still 96 hours left of the winter sale.

BIG news all!

We have received an INCREDIBLE donation from one of my favorite devs for the round 2 prize pool. The next round is going to be an extra special one!

This game is one of my favorite games of all time and has held the number one slot here on 2stix for best twin stick shooter. I’ve logged almost 200 hours just on this game alone. The Steam reviews are “Overwhelmingly Positive” as less than 1% of them are negative. Serious, 99.1% of the reviews are positive! It has won numerous awards and the crazy part is that it's not even done yet.

At this point you are probably dying to know what it is that I am referring to, that is unless you read ahead ( cheater ), it’s Nuclear Throne !!

You'll need to stay tuned, the contest doesn’t start until we hit 200 members and I’m looking to revamp this contest just a little bit.

A huge congratulations to Convienentbox for finally getting one of the funnest games on Greenlight, Shwip , finally on Steam!! It's been a long time coming (I know, I voted at least twice) and deserves a place on Steam... I highly recommend everyone check out this fine example of a Twin Stick shooter... you know, before he starts charging you.... LOL!!!!

Link to his Greenlight page and Beta testing below:

http://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=93006616

I don't want this to sound like I'm complaining because it's not...it’s merely an observation but every year I make a commitment to shorten my wishlist during the Steam sale and every year it only gets shorter by 1 or 2 games. Regardless of the fact that I'm spending… well, let's just say more money than I should!!! -LOL!

Eating food is soooo over-rated!

Merry X mas all... (…and yes, X is a variable, please use whatever holiday you feel necessary there and enjoy your day!)

Today the ‘Two Sticks Thumbs Up the Player of the Incremental Dates’ digital cup changes ownership, as we recognize a new members efforts here in at the Aficionado group. This member takes the “ew” out of kewl… please give a very jealous and spiteful congratulation to Koolie .

Koolie you have just earned the ‘2STUPID’ digital I/O cup!

Hi All,

So, I wanted to take a minute to wish everyone "happy holidays" and good luck hunting during the Steam Holiday sale! Also, so no one panic's, the Aficionado offices will be down starting Monday, December 21st, 2014 and back up and running at full capacity the following Monday, December 29th, 2014. During this time I'll be in and out of coverage area's as I'm traveling the U.S. to see this phenomenon called "snow" but I'll be on intermittently to see how things are going, what you all are scoring during this sale and more importantly spark some twin stick convo.

Have a great Holiday and I'll be talking to you all soon!

-RoX

Lemme just start off by apologizing, because I know it has been a little quite around the Aficionado group lately but this is mostly because I've been turning all my spare time into gems! The auction is too dang awesome! Though, I don't have much buy power left but I'm happy with my picks... so much so, that I had to create a bragging thread! Yes! ...and you know you want to brag about your finds too!

http://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/groups/all_thumbs/discussions/0/619574421199433639/

Okay.... who's loving this auction?! Get rid of some junk... put down some bids... come back from work/school and play some new free games. It's the best freaking idea Steam has ever came up with!! I love it!!

Bummer... looks like the event reminders were a bad way to send a link!

LOL!!! So, I guess I got a little trigger happy and it seems that I turned a couple of emotes that were used on the official game board into gems last night!

Hahahahaha..aaah man!

A whole new official board has been regenerated, which is in testing now and we are still on schedule for 20:00 tonight!

In other news, and your random "did you know..." of the day.

Did you know, that when you put credit in your Steam Wallet through PayPal, the funds come straight out bank account anyways!

It's true!

Kind of makes the "credit" part of PayPal credit pointless! *sigh*

Hahahaha... first hand experience!

So, I guess the storm is hitting the northern side of California pretty hard right now, with some parts under feet of water, and we in the southern side are up next, tomorrow. [sarcasm] Good timing! [/sarcasm]

I'm going to take this opportunity in advance to apologize if the storm delays me getting the board posted on time for the contest.

Regardless, as of today, I am ahead of schedule and the application to randomly generate the board has been tested and completed. Aside from some minor formatting, we are " GO " for launch tomorrow!

I'm friggin' psyched!!

Free game Heads Up! Right now, Origin has 'Sim City 2000 Special Edition' as their 'On The House' give away.

Check out this Community created short film by James McVinnie called 'End of the Line' made in a free program offered here on Steam called Source Film Maker. It's a 14 minute long film I thoroughly enjoyed and it's very well done! Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aLjwVVNq4s&list=UUah8NTcZ1Ct5ElESx5cQRlQ

Leave it to Activision to be soooo predictable!! Nothing has been made public yet, so this is mostly speculation!

So, I'm updating my Steam profile with one of my favorite games today, Geometry Wars 3: Dimension and as I'm typing in 'Geometry' I run across a 3rd game in the list... odd there are only 2 Geometry Wars on Steam but it says 'Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions - Secret Eye and Blood Count Pack'. I scoured the internet looking for some answers but the only solid information I could find on this were the database updates made in Steam which have yet to be made public:

https://steamdb.info/app/333630/

More info here:

http://astats.astats.nl/astats/Steam_Game_Info.php?AppID=333630

To me, this looks like the bonus levels that were offered to the pre-sale customers and that this is the start of Activision's GW3 DLC campaign. We'll see soon enough, I'm sure.

Today we crown a new member with the most un sought-after ‘Two Sticks, Thumbs Up, the Player of the Incremental Dates’ cup made of pure digital I’s and O’s. This members efforts help spring The Twin Stick Shooter Aficionado’s group membership to 0.00000378% of the way to surpassing Steams largest group! If you all are wondering why we are crowning a member with a cup, it’s because it’s virtually wearable, probably !

…and now the moment of truth. The recipient of the 2STUPID cup goes to…. J.Meadows ! Please give him a warm and non-spiteful round of applause!

Congratulations J.Meadows ! You have earned this 2STUPID award!

@mattBLiTZ - Funny I was just talking to another member about Spartan Assault today. Personally, I didn't care for it. It was slow, easy and was really redundantly redundant with redundancy! The levels and enemies all were all very repetitious. I know there were some people who liked it but it really isn't my flavor. I don’t really like knocking anyone’s hard work but you can find my short review here: http://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/id/2d_invasion/recommended/277430

You guys know if that Halo game on Steam is any good? My instincts tell me it isn't going to be as good as I hope. But apparently there's a new one coming out soon too, so was wondering if the first one was good :p

Thanks Rox! Means a lot to hear that in this group :)

We've made huge improvements from the comments we received on our Greenlight and love hearing from the community. The beta was just a small portion of the game and a pretty early one at that, really hope everyone enjoys the final version!

@Convenientbox - As far as I'm concerned... I've given thumbs up to your Greenlight Submissions in the past and present. I've scanned and verified all the files I downloaded from you (can't be too careful) and I've finally got to beta test your game... You are far from spamming our group! You are a welcome guest here! We are honored to have a developer of fine Twin Stick products here in our group!

The Twin Stick Shooter Aficionado welcomes you and we support your Greenlight submission. I wish you good luck with your endeavor (not that you need it because you have a great product)!

@Convenientbox: BTW- This isn't your first time submitting this to Greenlight is it? Since the last time I've given this a thumb, it looks like you've made a lot of improvements and even more progress.

Hey Everyone, don't mean to spam but I'd love to hear what you think about our twin stick shooter Shwip :) Check out our page, we could use the votes!!

http://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=93006616

So Mafia II is on sale this weekend. Great game BUT a HUGE Radeon graphics user buyer beware!!! The graphics do not play well with your graphics card, especially if you are using the HD series! It ran smooth but I experienced a lot of display corruption with my HD 5750 graphics card and it seems that it is something AMD has no intention of fixiing!

Check the recoommended spec's before you buy!!!

The guilt has been eating away at me and there is something that I must confess to you all… I applied for work at Blizzard Entertainment…. I’m sooooo ashamed of myself!!!

-LOL

Upcoming curator reviews...

Gauntlet

And the most surprising Twin Stick game of the year.

Lara Croft and the Guarian of Light!

Is it just me or does I Am Bread look like a freaking awesome game?!

http://psteamproxy.yuanyoumao.com/app/327890/

I bet the main character has a yeast infection! LOL!

I love rainy days in sunny southern California! Gives me more reasons to test out all the new games I got on sale!

I'm back on the gambit, after my short little fam bit.

...and Rox is back on the clocks...

You know you've had a good Thanksgiving when...

...the empty bottles of beer collecting in front of your monitor are making it hard to play. Hope you all had a good one too!

Happy Thanksgiving,
Rox

Hi all,

I've posted my review of Geometry Wars and the Bio is soon to follow. I've also updated the curator page to link to the review. It is quite extensive but effective. Lemme know what you think. Much love in the support!

http://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/id/2d_invasion/recommended/310790/