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For The First Time, Evo’s Top Street Fighter Player Is From The United Kingdom
The eight Street Fighter V competitors that made it into Evo 2018’s finals today looked very different from last year’s lineup. Aside from last year’s winner, Hajime “Tokido” Taniguchi, every single one of the other finalists wasn’t on last year’s stage. Everybody assumed Tokido would win. But Evo 2018 finals have proven assumptions to be…
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EsportsThe Street Fighter V Tutorial Has Me Convinced Ryu And Ken Hooked Up
Street Fighter V came out two years ago, and I still can’t stop thinking about how homoerotic the tutorial is. I don’t know who wrote the English translation for the tutorial, which features young rivals Ken and Ryu sweating through a workout under the direction of their master Gouken, but I can’t let it go.…
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It’s A Good Time For A Street Fighter III Revival
The recently released Street Fighter 30th Anniversary collection has led me to playing a lot more Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike. I wasn’t expecting this. The new collection rounds up 12 Street Fighter games from the past three decades and allows ranked and casual online matches for four of them: Turbo: Hyper Fighting, Super Turbo,…
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Street Fighter Was Almost Released For The 8-Bit NES
Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection is out today. In addition to including the arcade versions of 12 different games in the series, ranging from 1987’s Street Fighter to 1999’s 3rd Strike, it also has an impressive virtual museum built into it, with some surprising revelations. Among other things, this repository includes the only known screenshot…
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Esports
The Umeshoryu Is The Gutsiest Move In Fighting Games
Daigo Umehara has built a legacy on fearless calls, and he added one more to his story at Stunfest in Rennes, France last weekend. Down on life and with his back against the wall, the fighting game legend shot off a clutch Flash Kick to catch his opponent off guard and steal a victory with…
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EsportsStreet Fighter Footsies Explained In Two Minutes
Street Fighter V pro Justin Wong placed first in the Canada Cup Master Series tournament with the new character Falke, described by some pros as “the worst character in the game.” The reason Wong can succeed with Falke is due to his expert defensive play, particularly when it comes to engaging in the back-and-forth duet…
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Nicki Minaj Seems Confused About Chun Li In Her New Track
Nicki Minaj just dropped her new track “Chun-Li,” during an interview with Zane Lowe on Beats 1. It’s not bad, although I am concerned that she thinks Chun-Li is the villain. Nicki hasn’t recorded much solo music recently, and a lot of her features on other people’s tracks have sounded like she’s been asleep. While…
By Gita Jackson
