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I mean specifically for bullet hell, because using the controller is common for fighting games. I play Touhou since 2019, and for years I always used a linear switch mechanical keyboard. A few months ago, I switched to controller and I love it. Do you play the bullet hells with controller?

I've been on and off my Xbox One controller over the years. Like what Pepi said, a keyboard without NKRO actually handicaps you into being unable to deathbomb in certain situations, so, without my mechanical keyboard, I would've probably stuck to the controller. To me, the main issue with a controller is precision. Light taps and movement adjustments require a lot more restraint to do with a stick than with static keys.¹ On the other hand, a stick gives you a lot more freedom of movement, and I greatly enjoyed the perks it gave in the likes of Deathsmiles, Dariusburst and so on.² Generally, I've found controllers to have helped my game sense, and afterwards, my gameplay with a keyboard improved as a result, since my brain started considering more complex pattern dodging paths than when I was exclusively conditioned to keyboard inputs. Although how much of that was actually due to experimentation and how much is just practice/rote learning up to anyone's guess. With my experimentation phase over, I mostly stick with the keyboard now. Still, I will move over to using a controller if a mechanical keyboard is not available or if my old hands are already giving me a prescribed dosage of joint pain, a result of the many micro inputs required in an extended play session. Little bonus fact: I had a similar journey with fighting games. While I used fighting game sticks/xbox 360 controllers in my early masher years, I moved from using the stick to eventually being fonder of the precise inputs of a keyboard. I can say that safely hasn't stopped me from sucking, but at least I suck while pretending to know what I'm doing now. Image credit: baalbuddy over at https://twitter.com/baalbuddy ¹ I will not consider the usage of a d-pad here, mostly because as far as an xbox controller goes, using a d-pad is very analogous to the keyboard. I am not sure if the pad in the PS4 dualshock is any better, but it is a popular choice for fighting game players. ² Old touhou games are actually not included here, since the way the game interprets movement inputs is very static. I don't remember if this trend is kept with the newer titles.

https://ohga-shrugs.fandom.com/wiki/Touhou_Project Oh! This reminded me of this wiki page that I love to bits, it's apart of a larger AU where basically Playstation never existed because well, Ohga Shrugs. So yeah, this is an AU for is Touhou was published by Rising Star Games

Here's my desktop! I have a slideshow of various wallpapers that I put together, so here's a sample of them. I don't remember the last time I used a desktop icon, so I could do without, but I'm just not bothered to.

I use Firefox with Brave search engine since I was fed up with Google and DuckDuckGo and wanted my privacy to be protected at the costs, so I made the switch and it was absolutely worth it.

When i started playing Touhou in mid 2022, i noticed that i missed a lot of my bombs. That's when i discovered my keyboard had Ghosting. That error happens on cheap (or even good membrane keyboards) when you press a group of keys very close together, making one or all of the pressed keys in the area stop registering input. Touhou is vulnerable to this, as you always press Shift + Z, meaning that when you go bomb, it will Ghost. As soon as i got my logitech controller, i improved A LOT. The movement using the D-Pad feels very responsive and bombing/releasing is very fast and fun (to the point you can deathbomb somewhat reliably.).

I use Firefox Nightly with a hardened setup

I found a pretty neat connection in one of the most unexpected places, in the PCSX2 Emulator for PS2. In this emulator, you can choose what theme to use (with a few built-in themes). What's the name for the red theme? Scarlet Devil. Am I overthinking this?

I am not sure if fangames count, but... Genso Wanderer -Reloaded- https://store.steampowered.com/app/931500/Touhou_Genso_Wanderer_Reloaded/