After playing Street Fighter 4 for a couple months and seeing a lot of the cutscenes and victory lines, I’ve come to a realization. It’s a comedy. Not the funniest one around, but there’s a fair amount of ridiculous in the game. Just look at Dan. If you’ve played him at all, you can see […]

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Playing fighting games with a controller is a painful experience. In fact it’s so awful I’m surprised there aren’t support groups for us poor souls who have been afflicted with this condition for so many years. However, there is hope for us. I recently found salvation in the form of the MadCatz Tournament Edition FightStick. […]

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I took my time doing it, but I’ve now unlocked all of the characters in Street Fighter IV other than the (very difficult to unlock) three bosses. I’m glad to have done so, because two of my favorite characters in the game were initially locked: Fei Long and Rose. But here’s my take on each […]

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For all the new stuff that’s been thrown into Street Fighter 4, there are only four new characters if you overlook the unlockable and boss characters. And I am overlooking the unlockable and boss characters. So that leaves us looking at Abel, Crimson Viper, El Fuerte, and Rufus. Abel isn’t a bad character, and he […]

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I didn’t expect much before I’d played this flash game version of my old arcade favorite. But other than the fact that you’ve got to play with a keyboard, it’s a really perfect emulation of the original. Check it out! Play Street Fighter 2 Championship Edition

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Frank’s article about his days in the arcade really got me thinking about the time I spent at working at Skooters Family Entertainment Center in Bristol, Connecticut during my college years. I started off at the guy making pizzas in the back. Within a couple years, I was making employee schedules and running the LazerTron […]

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Having finished the single-player game in Street Fighter 4 with both Sagat and Sakura on the same day a couple weeks ago, it really dawned on me how much stronger certain characters in the game are compared to others. I’m not talking about characters like Dhalsim and El Fuerte – I think they’re both pretty […]

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Bosses? But isn’t Seth the final boss in Street Fighter IV? Yes, Seth is the final boss. And his name is awesome stupid. Capcom might as well have named this formidible opponent Horace or Bob. In any event, what I mean when I refer to “The Bosses” is that in the original Street Fighter 2, […]

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I’ve been trying to limit my posts about Street Fighter to one per week, but I’ve been playing the crap out of the game, so it occupies a good bit of the video game namespace in my mind. And although I’ve been having a lot of fun with it, I do have some complaints I […]

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As I may have mentioned, I’ve been playing a good bit of Street Fighter 4 of late. I’ve always enjoyed switching up characters, and always held a disdain for those who refuse to play any character other than Ken, Ryu, or maybe Akuma. Guile is arguably my best character, but I’ve always loved playing the […]

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