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From Generic Bullet Fodder to Distinguished Heroes: Koreans in Video Games.

“Are you a North Korean?” I’ve been asked this question as often in America as I’ve been asked by Koreans if I own a gun, because all Americans own guns. The answer to both is “no”. The two questions are too absurd to be borne, and the answer to both questions is obvious, but if…

By Chi Lee Published February 29, 2012

Competitive Gamer’s Inflammatory Comments Spark Sexual Harassment Debate [Update]

Competitive fighting gamer Aris Bakhtanians has prompted some ire with inflammatory comments he made during a recent episode of Capcom’s “Cross Assault.” “Cross Assault” is a promotional competitive web-TV series that pits a team of Tekken players against a team of Street Fighter players. On the show, Bakhtanians made remarks about the entrenched sexism in…

By Kirk Hamilton Published February 28, 2012

You Can Play Street Fighter X Tekken Tomorrow… in PlayStation Home

Sony’s virtual playground turns bloody tomorrow, as the Street Fighter X Tekken Total Game Integration event elevates into violence. For the first time, PlayStation Home avatars will be able to beat the living crap out of each other. They’ve built a replica of one of the upcoming fighting game cross-over’s stages in PlayStation Home, and…

By Mike Fahey Published February 28, 2012

Is This Lady the Perfect Chun-Li?

You might have a notion of who you’d think could pull off the perfect Chun-Li. Then again, you didn’t develop Street Fighter II so what the hell do you know? Japanese illustrator Akiman, one of gaming’s most celebrated artists, illustrated Chun-Li—and a whole bunch of other cool characters. Recently on Twitter, he posted a series…

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 28, 2012

Let This Street Fighter II Song be Your Gateway to Shirtless Keyboard Fun

As Sonaje starts playing the Street Fighter II intro on guitar, you might think this is just another boring video of some guy playing the Zelda theme on violin, or the Mario theme on a tamborine, or whatever. It’s not. Stick with it. There are keyboards. Sonaje is a delight. And watching this video let…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 24, 2012

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Let a Fighting Game Master Teach You Secrets. For a Price.

IIf you follow the competitive fighting game circuit, you probably know Japanese Street Fighter player Tokido. If not, read this. And then stand up and pretend you are a SF character. Tokido is one of the top four players in Japan; he is up there with Daigo Umehara, who is arguably the most famous Street…

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 23, 2012

The Very Last Face I’d Expect to See on an Arcade Stick

I’ve seen many a custom arcade joystick in my days, but none moved me quite as much as the world’s first and only Michael McDonald Arcade Fighting Joystick, now available on eBay. Not possessing a joystick featuring former Doobie Brothers front man and five-time Grammy award-winning singer / songwriter Michael McDonald might be the one…

By Mike Fahey Published February 20, 2012

Capcom Teases Intra-Company Crossover With Asura vs. Ryu Image

You’ve got to hand it to Capcom: they’re not above crossing the streams to see what happens when their franchise characters meet up with other brawlers. Whether it’s the Marvel vs. Capcom series, X-Men vs. Street Fighter or Tatsunoko vs. Capcom, the powers-that-be at the Oska-based publisher will pit Ryu and crew against anybody if…

By Evan Narcisse Published February 20, 2012

Let China Show You How to Chun-Li and Final Fantasy

You might not know how to Chun-Li. You might not know how to Final Fantasy or SoulCalibur. Chinese photographer Mengjie Luan sure does. His work is showcases games like Final Fantasy Versus XIII, Street Fighter IV, and Dynasty Warriors, among others. The photos are dramatic and colorful. The 29 year-old has an eye for dramatic…

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 17, 2012

This Dancing Bear is My Favorite Part of Street Fighter X Tekken

One of the only things better than beating a friend at a fighting game is childishly gloating about it, and no gloating is complete without an amazingly victory dance. That’s why I’m a giant fan of Kuma’s victory dance in Street Fighter X Tekken. It’s snarky, clownish and exudes a sense of “Neener-neener-neener” that’s hard…

By Chris Person Published February 10, 2012

Watch the Precious (?) Enhancements of Street Fighter x Tekken‘s Gem System

Street Fighter x Tekken‘s Gem System has been quite a controversy in the fighting game community. There are those who feel it makes the game too easy, that it will, in fact, break the game itself. After playing through SFxT‘s tutorial and pumping in a couple of hours into versus mode, I think that Capcom…

By Elyas Gorogo-Baker Published February 10, 2012

Float Like a Fireball, Sting Like a Dragon Punch

Take a look at this awesome graffiti found in the streets of Paris. A down and out Ryu from Street Fighter is added to that empowering image of Muhammad Ali’s quickly-won 1965 heavyweight championship rematch against Sonny Liston, which these days you may see more often on the walls of college students than of boxing…

By Pierre Bienaimé Published February 6, 2012

The Cast of Community Goes All Street Fighter

It seems like the character archetypes in every successful TV ensemble show are a bit interchangable—there’s the Rachel, the Ross, the Joey and the Chandler. Or the Samantha, the Carrie, and the Miranda. Or, if you watch NBC’s Community, there’s the Troy, the Abed, the Pierce and the Britta. Apparently, the characters of video game…

By Kirk Hamilton Published February 6, 2012

Leak Reveals Another Five Street Fighter X Tekken Characters, Including Akuma, Jin and Ogre

A Taiwanese gaming site has posted cards detailing the movesets for characters Street Fighter X Tekken, due for release in March. The big news here is that the movesets confirm M. Bison, Xiaoyu, Akuma, Jin and Ogre for the game’s lineup. Bison and Xiaoyu were leaked out already, but not officially confirmed. Neither are any…

By Owen Good Published February 4, 2012

Little Kids Make the Best Street Fighters

Ah, what a little PhotoShop and some Street Fighter outfits can do. Kids Changed into Street Fighter Characters [Branded Baron]

By Brian Ashcraft Published January 30, 2012

This Reenactment Won’t Win Any Awards, but Neither Did Street Fighter

Bravo to 1Up for getting Capcom’s Yoshinori Ono, producer of the Street Fighter series, to reenact this gem from M. Bison’s hilariously awful dialogue in 1994’s Street Fighter: The Movie. He dropped by their offices last week to talk Street Fighter X Tekken We’ll remind you that Ono-san is not an English speaker, so this…

By Owen Good Published January 29, 2012

To-Do in Washington, DC: See Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter and G.I. Joe Invade in the Mushroom Kingdom in a CGI Art Exhibit

What happens someone who grew up on the N64 makes art? You get Cammy, Sub-Zero and G.I. Joe rolling up on Mario’s stomping grounds in tanks. That’s part of what you’ll see in the premise of Jonathan Monaghan’s The Sacrifice of the Mushroom Kings, which is currently showing at the Curator’s Office gallery. Here’s their…

By Evan Narcisse Published January 27, 2012

See Mecha Pac-Man and Fat Mega Man Beat Ass Galore in Street Fighter X Tekken

We’ve known for a while that Kuro and Toro, the Sony cat mascots, would find their way into Street Fighter X Tekken. Also, Cole McGrath from inFamous. The inclusion of classic (i.e. shitty) box art Mega Man and Pac-Man also weren’t much of a mystery, but their appearance is confirmed in this video, along with…

By Owen Good Published January 27, 2012

Crazy Man Plays Street Fighter Against Himself

Watch, as Street Fighter player Desk grabs two arcade sticks, sits down and proceeds to kick his own ass at Street Fighter III: Third Strike Desk plays SF3 Third Strike against himself [Eventhubs]

By Luke Plunkett Published January 26, 2012

How Tales of Symphonia Created a Rabid Fighting Game Fan

Has one genre ever made you change your opinion of another? Commenter File2ish explains how Namco’s Tales of Symphonia made him a fighting game fan in today’s Speak Up on Kotaku. What game genre did you not like when you first played it, but you now like (after an extended period of time of not…

By Mike Fahey Published January 25, 2012