Posts Tagged 'Street Fighter'

Martial Artists: How Fighting Games Can Look As Good As They Play

Fighting games are a genre with complex structure, fierce competition,  and devoted player bases worldwide. Despite rising popularity, fighting games aren’t appreciated for their aesthetics. Instead, their mechanics take focus, and define what makes them different—but this is a mistake. Visual

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Martial Artists: How Fighting Games Can Look As Good As They Play

Fighting games are a genre with complex structure, fierce competition,  and devoted player bases worldwide. Despite rising popularity, fighting games aren’t appreciated for their aesthetics. Instead, their mechanics take focus, and define what makes them different—but this is a mistake. Visual

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Games as Medium, not as Art: Performative Beauty in Videogames

Have you ever watched someone play a videogame? I don’t mean in the way that a partner or spouse of a hardened “gamer” watches him or her trawl around Liberty City ad nauseum until 9:00 mercifully rolls around and it’s

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Games as Medium, not as Art: Performative Beauty in Videogames

Have you ever watched someone play a videogame? I don’t mean in the way that a partner or spouse of a hardened “gamer” watches him or her trawl around Liberty City ad nauseum until 9:00 mercifully rolls around and it’s

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Into the Lion's Den: An Outsider's Look into the Fighting Game Community

I am imagining Final Round XV to be like something out of Hollywood dystopia, replete with roving bands of unkempt men glaring at me in open and violent animosity, perhaps even menacingly swinging industrial-grade chains, pointing at me, and then

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Into the Lion's Den: An Outsider's Look into the Fighting Game Community

I am imagining Final Round XV to be like something out of Hollywood dystopia, replete with roving bands of unkempt men glaring at me in open and violent animosity, perhaps even menacingly swinging industrial-grade chains, pointing at me, and then

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Justin Wong Shares More Tips on Becoming a Great Fighter

Video game fighting expert Justin Wong must be looking for some stronger competition. In the last few weeks, he has been sharing his personal formula for success so that fans of Street Fighter IV and Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 can

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Justin Wong Shares More Tips on Becoming a Great Fighter

Video game fighting expert Justin Wong must be looking for some stronger competition. In the last few weeks, he has been sharing his personal formula for success so that fans of Street Fighter IV and Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 can

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There Is No Such Thing as Honor or Cheapness: Artificial Rules in Multiplayer Gaming

I am not a good person. Or, so I’m told, anyway. Be it XBL, PSN or Steam, I’m constantly inundated by cries and BAAAW’ings about how cheap I am, how I make the game less fun, how I shouldn’t be

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There Is No Such Thing as Honor or Cheapness: Artificial Rules in Multiplayer Gaming

I am not a good person. Or, so I’m told, anyway. Be it XBL, PSN or Steam, I’m constantly inundated by cries and BAAAW’ings about how cheap I am, how I make the game less fun, how I shouldn’t be

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Check Out Some Street Fighter x Tekken Gameplay

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUP7EfNTBqc] For the most part, Street Fighter characters operate in expected, unsurprising ways (though the astute will notice small changes that will alter the SF4 metagame considerably, I’m sure). It’s not until about a minute and thirty seconds in that

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Check Out Some Street Fighter x Tekken Gameplay

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUP7EfNTBqc] For the most part, Street Fighter characters operate in expected, unsurprising ways (though the astute will notice small changes that will alter the SF4 metagame considerably, I’m sure). It’s not until about a minute and thirty seconds in that

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SSF4 Zero Damage

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smHQiaDVBsg&feature=player_embedded] If you know what you’re doing, the things possible in this game border on ridiculous. Scrubtalk would dictate that it’s all bullshit, but it’s just balance, baby! Every move can be avoided by something else, if executed and timed

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SSF4 Zero Damage

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smHQiaDVBsg&feature=player_embedded] If you know what you’re doing, the things possible in this game border on ridiculous. Scrubtalk would dictate that it’s all bullshit, but it’s just balance, baby! Every move can be avoided by something else, if executed and timed

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55 Best Street Fighter Artworks

M. Bison Zbrush (via Rv_el) Hongkiat has created a tribute to the Street Fighter franchise, in the form of 55 character pieces. As you can see above, many of them are awe inspiring–so, if you’re a fan, you should definitely

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55 Best Street Fighter Artworks

M. Bison Zbrush (via Rv_el) Hongkiat has created a tribute to the Street Fighter franchise, in the form of 55 character pieces. As you can see above, many of them are awe inspiring–so, if you’re a fan, you should definitely

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Street Fighter X Tekken Official Trailer, Screenshots

The title was officially announced today by Capcom at Comic-Con, and here’s the trailer to go along with the announcement. I know I’m not the only one that can’t get enough of this inky style, though I am certainly tired

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Street Fighter X Tekken Official Trailer, Screenshots

The title was officially announced today by Capcom at Comic-Con, and here’s the trailer to go along with the announcement. I know I’m not the only one that can’t get enough of this inky style, though I am certainly tired

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EVO 2010 Top 10 Moments

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PmWl8dI6HU] As dictated by G4, anyway. Two quick notes: Adon is better than we thought indeed, and, the actual “top moment” is pretty lame. Nothing particularly exciting or interesting about that win. Still, EVO had plenty of epic moments, no?

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EVO 2010 Top 10 Moments

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PmWl8dI6HU] As dictated by G4, anyway. Two quick notes: Adon is better than we thought indeed, and, the actual “top moment” is pretty lame. Nothing particularly exciting or interesting about that win. Still, EVO had plenty of epic moments, no?

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