QCF + PUNCH. No other input can evoke a response from a gamer than that. Often imitated, never duplicated. The fireball. The HADOUKEN. And that is the second gift to us that street fighter gave to us.
Street Fighter week continues unabated at “Strawberry Scented Burnout”. At the end of each day I’m going to list 7 things that the Street Fighter franchise has given to us, its children bathed in arcade light and stale pizza from Chuck E. Cheese’s. Since this is the first day I figured that I should go…
Before I talk about the indestructible game of all time Street Fighter I gotta give a shout out to one of my best friend’s in college. Happy Birthday you crazy Owl. So street fighter is 25 just like me and I must say..we age damn fine! As a lad I detested,hated, reviled this game. Why? Because I…
We’ve come a long way, haven’t we? Street Fighter, the ubiquitous 2d fighting game has now turned 25 today. Happy birthday, Street Fighter!! And big congrats to Capcom and Ono-sensei for making such a wonderful fighting game. The franchise itself has gone through numerous twists and turns to get to where they are today. Mixing…
Ah, Dynasty Warriors. You took the formula of “1 dude versus a zillion peons + Lu Bu” and ran with it for a long time. You then mixed it up a bit by throwing in katanas. Then your Japanese sister came out and showed us how the Japanese get down with your formula. Samurai Warriors…
Too true, James. Too true.
Yes, shit was cray cray back then. 10 years ago, I was a member of an anime club. It was called the anime and games club. My claim to fame back then? My cousin was one of the founding members (and another founding member is part of Team Mixed Nuts today.) Our own MFNegatron also met…
I don’t like it when people put years in songs. It just makes me realize just how old I actually am. Also, VEVO. WHY DO YOU GOTTA CENSOR THE WORD ASS BUT THERE’S PLENTY OF ASS IN THE VIDEO!? WHY?!
I consider myself to be pretty damn lucky. I’m one of those otaku that tread the fine line between being an otaku while maintaining a somewhat normal social life. Believe me, it’s pretty damn hard to pull that off sometimes. One one hand, you’ll have a night like this where we all just ate chips,…
Any ideas on who I should be picking for my draft tomorrow? This is my first Fantasy Football season…and the last time I thought seriously about football was when this song was big. When Michael Vick was a Falcon and on the cover of that season’s Madden game. 2004.