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About mtvillwock

Matt is a software developer living in San Francisco. In his free time, he enjoys running, reading, writing, fighting games, and swing dancing.

Salty Saturdays 4: Return of the Salt

Welcome back, Injustice fans! On this long overdue return to Salty Saturdays, I am discussing some of the niches characters fall into, and common problems that arise when facing them. I’ll also touch on a few tactical lessons that I … Continue reading

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Secondaries? We’re talking about secondaries?

Welcome back, Injustice fans! No, not those secondaries. This week I’m talking about secondary characters. As the Green Bay Packers are learning after losing Aaron Rodgers to a fractured collarbone, having a good backup is important. Why do I bring … Continue reading

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Back to the Grind

Welcome back, Injustice fans! I don’t have too long of a post for you this week, as I’ve been busy dealing with a myriad of non-Injustice related life events (friend’s funeral, family illness, and my part-time job). With that disclaimer … Continue reading

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Baited! IMDB 10 and The Path Forward

Welcome back, Injustice fans! Like the title says, this week I’m discussing my tournament outing at the Injustice side event at IMDB 10, a local Madison Smash Bros. tournament series that happens every few months. The problem is that these … Continue reading

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The Tom Brady Tell-All: Aquaman Explained

Welcome back, Injustice fans! This week’s topic is a series of YouTube videos put out by Tom Brady, the tournament winning Mortal Kombat and Injustice player. In these videos he explains some misconceptions many people have about Aquaman and how … Continue reading

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Salty Saturdays 3: Running Ranked

Welcome back, Injustice fans! This edition of Salty Saturday will cover my Ranked matches from this past week. I can’t give too much in-depth detail but I’ll run down a few things I learned from each matchup. Bane: Once a … Continue reading

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Training Week 3: Running Ranked

Welcome back, Injustice fans! This week I’m discussing Ranked matches. Instead of my usual practice of playing Player matches, I decided to play only Ranked matches in hopes of finding good competition leading up to IMDB in 10 days. So … Continue reading

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Salty Saturdays Week 2

Welcome back, Injustice fans! I’ve only got a few items this week to discuss for overall gameplay issues, and a lot of matchup specific problems I ran into. I won’t waste your time repeating issues listed in last week’s Salty … Continue reading

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Training Week 2: Water Shield, Mindfulness, and the Patch

Welcome back, Injustice fans! This week I’ll be discussing Aquaman’s Water Shield special move (DD3), the importance of mindfulness as well as the impact of the latest Injustice patch v1.06 which went live last Tuesday. Aquaman’s Water Shield is one … Continue reading

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Salty Saturdays

Welcome back, Injustice fans! What’s this, a non-Wednesday post? You bet. Salty Saturdays will serve as a game log for my matches during the week. I’ll start by addressing recurring issues that were not matchup specific, and later I’ll touch … Continue reading

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