Travel Posters Inspired By Street Fighter
Fro Design Company just unveiled a brand new series of travel posters inspired by the Street Fighter series. See all six below:
Someone Wrote A Book About Street Fighter's Greatest Match
It's been ten years since the greatest comeback in competitive video games happened. In the decade since Daigo Umehara and Justin Wong met in a fateful match of Street Fighter III: Third Strike, EVO Moment 37 has become the stuff of legend. Now there's a book about it.
A Game For Salty Fighters
Based on a recent act of fight stick destruction, Stick Chucker doesn't care if you win or lose a game of Street Fighter. It only cares how far, and how hard, you can throw your stick once you lose.
Posters By The Designer of Monument Valley
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Love the stylish look of iOS game Monument Valley? The artist and designer is Ken Wong, who previously worked on Alice: Madness Returns. Enjoy more video game art by him below, including posters you can buy now, and his takes on the Link and Morrigan:
Street Fighter's Ken Cut From The Tournament For Obvious Reasons
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With Ryu making the roster despite serious translation issues, there's absolutely no use for Ken in Pete Holmes' Street Fighter tournament.
Breaking Bad Meets Street Fighter
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British reader Junior, along with some friends, figured we'd like to see what would happen when Ryu fought Breaking Bad's Jesse. Um, yes.
Mike Tyson Finally Meets Street Fighter, Punches Dudes In The Face
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Considering he had a character in the game - Balrog - based on him, it's a wonder it's taken someone this long to bring the worlds of Mike Tyson and Street Fighter together.
Street Fighter II Characters Are Very Sorry for Screwing Up
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What did Ryu do? Why is he grovelling? Because of a new series of collectible figurines.
Street Fighter's Dhalsim Should Lose Those Baby Skulls
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In the real world, Dhalsim would have been arrested a long time ago with those skulls around his neck, as the latest Pete Holmes 'Red Tape' sketch points out.
Seven Things You Might Not Know About Street Fighter
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Now that we know who the final character in the upcoming Ultra Street Fighter IV is, it seems like a great time to look back on the franchise. Since the franchise is almost 27 years old (!), there's a ton of trivia to reminisce about.
Who Should Have Been Street Fighter's Latest Character?
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You can't please everyone, especially on the internet, so the people at OutsideXbox have offered up 9 suggestions for characters that should have been the latest addition to Ultra Street Fighter IV, instead of "Cammy with a mask".
The Newest Street Fighter Character Is...
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The fifth and final new fighter to be added to the upcoming Ultra Street Fighter IV will be Decapre. She's new, while also being not new. It's weird.
Interviewing Chun-Li is Awkward
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Criticising Chun-Li's outfit is probably not the way one should start an interview with her. But here's Pete Holmes, making every possible mistake in the next installment of his Street Fighter series.
Vega From Street Fighter is Useless Without His Claw
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Pete Holmes is back with his latest series, portraying characters from Street Fighter as complete idiots, and this time it's Vega's turn.
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Ultra Street Fighter IV has a "Select" mode, which lets you choose from any character across any version of the SFIV games. Balance be damned!
Does Your Insurance Cover Street Fighter Characters?
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I'll tell you what. When I park my car, the thing I fear most isn't theft, careless drives, or hazardous weather. It's Ryu.
Street Fighter's Ryu Has No Idea What He's Saying
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Now that he's finished harassing the X-Men, Pete Holmes takes his one-man battle against fictional characters to the streets. What does the Ryu say?
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There's nothing more romantic than curling up with someone you love and watching Poison kicking ass in Ultra Street Fighter IV. And here I didn't get Capcom Japan anything. for Valentine's Day. I feel like such a heel. I should probably be punished.
Classic Video Games as Romance Novels
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The fine folks over at Shutterstock and illustrator Echo Chernik teamed up for Valentine's Day, and imagined what romantic pulp fiction would look like with video game characters.
Cat Heads Make Gay Anime Love Scene Hilarious
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Late last year, the people over at Manga Entertainment started putting out a series of animated shorts where they take a clip of an anime and replace the characters' heads (and sometimes bodies) with those of cats.