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Now You Know Your Video Game ABCs

A is for alien, B is for Bomberman, and C is for Chun-Li. Do you know your video game ABCs? Artist Fabian Gonzalez knows his ABCs. He’s created a series of colorful character-specific alphabets featuring superheroes and Simpsons characters ,and now he focuses his talents on creating 26 video game themed letters for your viewing…

By Mike Fahey Published May 16, 2011

The Double Fire Hadouken-OMGWTFBBQ Combo

Street Fighter’s Ryu and Team Fortress’ Pyro face off in this epic mash up battle by Robert Kim. As they always say, fight fire WITH fire! Related Rampage: Calm After Storm – MM Tribute Fire x Fire by Robert Kim (deviantART) Need your daily fill of geek eye candy? If so, head over to Justin…

By Michael McWhertor Published May 10, 2011

‘Brawl’ Art Contest Spawns Expertly Redesigned Cammy, Chun-li and Haggar Piledriving a Shark

When the CG artists who inhabit the Polycount forums direct their creative juices at redesigning the famous fighters of video games like Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Killer Instinct, Tekken and more, we’re the real winners. That’s because we get to see the polygonal fruit of their labors, which range from radical takes on Mario from…

By Michael McWhertor Published May 9, 2011

A Winner is Akuma in NES’ Pro Wrestling

Answering the bell in the NES classic Pro Wrestling is Street Fighter’s Akuma, who deploys the dreaded Shun Goku Satsu instead of a fork to the face like The Amazon. More images at the link, showing Akuma in-ring and his badass victory pose. Akuma: Pro Wrestler [pseudoroom design]

By Owen Good Published April 27, 2011

What Is Japan’s Fetish This Week? Glasses

In game after game, comic book after comic book, manga after manga, there they are: characters with glasses. And Japan is totally gaga for them. Of course, glasses fetishism is not unique to Japan as it’s widespread in the West as well. Universally, glasses represent intelligence as well as authority, giving rise to stock characters…

By Brian Ashcraft Published April 21, 2011

What’s It Like Fighting The Best Street Fighter Player?

It sucks. Well, unless you’re really, really, really effing good. And even then… In this clip, Japan-based YouTube user dabu0205 is in some arcade, where his opponent is none other than Daigo Umehara (note the back of his head), perhaps best known for this. He’s a fighting game superstar. Umehara is Street Fighter character Yun,…

By Brian Ashcraft Published April 21, 2011

When Competing In Street Fighter Turns Into Racist, Sexist Comments [Updated]

BurnYourBra (above, white shirt) is a very talented Street Fighter player. She’s one of the best in the world, placing in big tournaments like the Evo Championship Series. But it’s not only other players moves BurnYourBra must contend with, it’s their racist and sexist remarks. BurnYourBra is quick to point out that, of course, players…

By Brian Ashcraft Published April 15, 2011

Scott Pilgrim Certainly Knows His Street Fighter

Scott Pilgrim, a comic series never afraid to wear its gaming love on its sleeve, goes the Street Fighter Alpha 2 route for volume 5 & 6’s release in Japan (via WPIP) Scott Pilgrim Alpha 2 by Mariel “Kinuko” Cartwright

By Luke Plunkett Published April 12, 2011

The Incredible Video Game Art Of Toshiaki Mori

Toshiaki Mori is a man you may not know by name, but you’ll definitely know him by his work. As an artist working in the video game industry for over twenty years now, he’s produced some of gaming’s most striking and iconic pieces of promotional and cover art. Whether it be working for SNK or…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 7, 2011

Dhalsim, I Hope You Can See What’s Coming

Brazilian artist Victor Hugo Queiroz, who we last saw throwing Ryu into a decidedly unfair fight, is back with another amazing Street Fighter piece, this time pitting Blanka against Dhalsim. Two of the original Street Fighter II’s weirdest characters face off here, Blanka has lost a little weight, while Dhalsim is…yeah, his usual self. [Round…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 5, 2011

Street Fighter’s Cammy Gets An Unofficial Makeover

Cammy, a Lara Croft rival for “Most Beloved British Video Game Character Of All Time”, is looking a little old-fashioned in the 2000’s. I think it’s the boots. Time, then, for a change. Russian artist Bogdan Gabelko drew this redesign of the iconic character for a recent competition. There’s two pictures on show: one a…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 4, 2011

Could You Play Street Fighter IV With Your Face? And Win?

Mike “Broly” Begum is a Street Fighter IV player from Texas. And he’s pretty damn good. What makes Mike’s success notable, though, is the fact he’s so good despite having to play the game with his face Begum was born with arthrogryposis, which has left him with only partial use of one arm. While this…

By Luke Plunkett Published April 1, 2011

Street Fighter Needs To Be Like Soccer

Well, that’s what Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono thinks. And he’s even got an analogy to explain why “Until very recently fighting games have been a niche,” Ono tells the Guardian. “In order to play you needed to understand all the rules, you had to know exactly what to do in every situation.” In turn,…

By Brian Ashcraft Published March 31, 2011

CultureTotal Recall

Let’s Talk About The Very First Street Fighter

Not Street Fighter II , that was...the second Street Fighter

By Luke Plunkett Published March 31, 2011

Even Street Fighters (And Tekken!) Are Helping Japan’s Quake Victims

In a cute piece of national solidarity, Osaka-based Capcom has released a pair of supportive wallpapers for Japanese (and other!) fans to help parts of Japan get back on their feet following the devastating earthquake and tsunami.

By Luke Plunkett Published March 28, 2011

Willow Smith vs. M. Bison In Fashion Battle of the Decade

MTV’s hawk-eyed Mary H.K. Choi spotted the preternatural fashion selection of Willow Smith, best remembered for her now-decade-old hit, “Zygote To Dance (Feel That Kick)”, and dashing dictator M. Bison of Street Fighter and “Still sorry, Raul Julia” fame. [Style.MTV.com]

By Joel Johnson Published March 22, 2011

A New Perspective on Super Street Fighter IV

Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition is one of the must-have launch games for the 3DS. It’s packed with a lot of neat extras like online multiplayer, 35 playable characters, figurine mode, spectator mode and one option that will completely change your perspective on Street Fighter games… literally. It makes sense that a game coming…

By Brian Crecente Published March 17, 2011

Ryu Certainly Has His Work Cut Out For Him Here

There’s shades of Hulk Hogan vs Andre The Giant in this impending showdown between Ryu and Hugo (and Poison!). By Victor Hugo Queiroz

By Luke Plunkett Published March 14, 2011

Bored Of Fighting Games, Man Destroys Windshield Wipers

Thirty-one year-old Kenichi Moriai was unemployed. But after his fighting game-inspired rampage bent on destroying windshield wipers, he wasn’t just out of a job, he was arrested. Again. On January 28, in Yashio City in Saitama Prefecture, eight trucks in a freight company parking lot had their windshield wipers bent and mangled. According to the…

By Brian Ashcraft Published March 9, 2011

Street Fighter’s Akuma And The Art Of The Zanku Hadouken

There is a lot of power packed into this Street Fighter fan art by Tyler James Zanku Hadouken by Tyler James (Blog) (deviantART) (CGHUB) Need your daily fill of geek eye candy? If so, head over to Justin Page’s Rampaged Reality and get your fix. Republished with permission.

By Michael McWhertor Published March 7, 2011