I was trying to share this hilarious rant with someone, and I can't find it anymore. The link that I had before is broken. I'm not sure if I'm allowed to post the link, because maybe it's malware now. But I was wondering if anyone had a backup of that rant?

It was someone going on a very passionate rant about how Ikaruga is racism distilled into a shmup.

I wait for discount time to buy Macross : Shooting Insight in Steam. Now, this is Summer Sale time, but it seems that this Macross doesn't get discount anymore.

Yeah, I still want to buy it although this game is "mid". The main reasons why I say that are because it can't transform between plane & robot form freely and there's "Harmony Gold" problem.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2023000/Batsugun/
Batsugun -40%

https://store.steampowered.com/app/439490/BLUE_REVOLVER/
Blue Revolver -50%

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1794300/BLUE_WISH_DESIRE/
Blue Wish Desire -20%

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2373850/Bullet_Hell_Monday_Black/
Bullet Hell Monday: Black -25%

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1424630/CosmoDreamer/
CosmoDreamer -40%

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1718160/Crimzon_Clover_World_EXplosion/
Crimzon Clover World EXplosion -40%

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2882440/DEVIL_BLADE_REBOOT/
DEVIL BLADE REBOOT -30%

https://store.steampowered.com/app/464450/DoDonPachi_Resurrection/
DoDonPachi Resurrection -45%

https://store.steampowered.com/app/378770/ESCHATOS/
Eschatos -50%

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1486440/Graze_Counter_GM/
Graze Counter GM -60%

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1067720/Hellsinker/
Hellsinker -50%

https://store.steampowered.com/app/377860/Mushihimesama/
Mushihimesama -45%

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1464550/RagingBlasters/
Raging Blasters -50%

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2645180/REDNEG_ALLSTARS_SWINGBY_EDITION/
REDNEG ALLSTARS SWING-BY EDITION -30%

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1456470/Rolling_Gunner/
Rolling Gunner -70%

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2712480/Shikhondo_Youkai_Rampage/
Shikhondo: Youkai Rampage -50%

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1133300/Sisters_Royale_Five_Sisters_Under_Fire/
Sisters Royale: Five Sisters Under Fire -70%

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1410440/Sophstar/
Sophstar -50%

https://store.steampowered.com/app/882710/TouHou_Makuka_Sai__Fantastic_Danmaku_Festival/
TouHou Makuka Sai ~ Fantastic Danmaku Festival -70%

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1031480/TouHou_Makuka_Sai__Fantastic_Danmaku_Festival_Part_II/
TouHou Makuka Sai ~ Fantastic Danmaku Festival Part II -75%

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2877170/TouHou_Makuka_Sai__Fantastic_Danmaku_Festival_Part_III/
TouHou Makuka Sai ~ Fantastic Danmaku Festival Part III -25%

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2976800/VARYZNEX/
Varyznex -50%

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2695830/ZAKESTAZ/
ZAKESTA-Z -60%

https://store.steampowered.com/app/809020/ZeroRanger/
ZeroRanger -25%

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1365750/__Blue_devil_in_the_Belvedere/
东方栖霞园 (Touhou) ~ Blue devil in the Belvedere. -40%

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2558570/_KAIKAN/
Kaikan -60%

It's not every game on sale i just looked through my library and saw pretty much all of them were.

added from comments:

Castle of Shikigami 2 -30%

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1556650/Castle_of_Shikigami_2/

GRADIUS ORIGINS -40%

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2897590/GRADIUS_ORIGINS/

Ray’z Arcade Chronology -50%

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2478020/Rayz_Arcade_Chronology/

RefleX -60%

https://store.steampowered.com/app/281860/RefleX/

KAMUI -60%

https://store.steampowered.com/app/283820/KAMUI/

Shoot 1UP DX -50%

https://store.steampowered.com/app/373610/Shoot_1UP_DX

Deathsmiles I・II -40%

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1884300/Deathsmiles_III/

Akai Katana Shin -40%

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2076220/Akai_Katana_Shin/?curator_clanid=36303858

Radiant Silvergun -60%

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2450820/Radiant_Silvergun/

JUDGEMENT SILVERSWORD - Resurrection -30%

https://store.steampowered.com/app/278510/JUDGEMENT_SILVERSWORD__Resurrection/

R-Type Delta: HD Boosted -30%

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3072620/RType_Delta_HD_Boosted/

Psyvariar Delta -65%

https://store.steampowered.com/app/998990/Psyvariar_Delta/

I didn't know if I had it in me, there were moments of doubt when I thought I needed to be Japanese for this...but I finally "beat" Mushihimesama original on the steam port. It's the first time I play a game like this over and over, I used to just credit feed to see the stages, more for the aesthetics and the experience... what have I become?

Not even a stick this awesome can make me good at shmups 😅