DeathsmilesDeathsmilesDeathsmiles IIAs the scrolling shooter, long an arcade mainstay, quietly followed its native venue into obscurity, diehard fans found some solace in an offshoot niche aimed squarely at their sensibilities – this intimidating subset, trademarked by crowded, hard-to-navigate screenfuls of unfriendly bullets, came to be known as danmaku (literally “bullet curtain”), and eventually grew prominent enough to … Continue reading Deathsmiles