Top Fifty: 14-16

The closer I get to the top of my list, the more verbose I expect my text on each game to become. We’re closing on Lungfishopolis’s two year anniversary, and I can’t speak highly enough of each game listed here. 16- Okami (Clover Studio, Playstation 2, 2006) Okami is squarely within the genre carved out […]

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Lungfishopolis Best of 2009

2009 is over, and this week in Lungfishopolis, we’ll be talking about which games were our favorites this past year. Today, I’ll be starting by talking about my own favorites. It’s a tough call, but I’d probably have to say that my favorite game of 2009 is Dragon Age: Origins. The game’s difficulty has certainly been a struggle […]

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2009 – The Year in Review

Now that the end is in sight in terms of 2009’s video games, I thought I’d look back at all the games I played this year. I’ll definitely be playing Scribblenauts, Dragon Age: Origins, and Borderlands before the year’s over, and I may also be playing Uncharted 2 or Brutal Legend. But they’re all games that I’ll […]

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Street Fighter 4 is a Comedy

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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Street Fighter 4 Character Analysis: The Unlockables

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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Street Fighter 4 Character Analysis: The New Crowd

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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Thoughts on Street Fighter 4 and Game Balance

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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Street Fighter 4 Character Analysis: The Bosses

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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Gripes about Street Fighter 4

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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Street Fighter 4 Character Analysis: The Original Eight

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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