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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 -
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 -
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 -
What’s Your Super-Powered Signature Move?
Today in Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter GunFlame craves his own super-powered video game special move. If you could have one, which would you choose? I wish I could do a Hadouken…no! a Rising Storm, no! a Buster Wolf, no! a Grand Viper…man, if only I had some kind of sci-mana-magic-tec-arte-skill-spell-synt-hyper-type power…:( About Speak-Up on Kotaku:…
By Mike Fahey Published February 18, 2011 -
These Video Games Are Now Art
For the next week, the CRG Gallery in Chelsea, New York, will play host to an artist who slips video games like Civilization and Street Fighter into his work. By “employing the visual language of engravings writ in the modern medium of ballpoint pen”, as the exhibition’s press release tells us, artist Butt Johnson “generates…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 13, 2011 -
Some Of These Plastic Figures Might Not Be Work Safe
Wonder Festival is a bi-annual event for figurines and cosplay. It’s one of the biggest of its kind, with D.I.Y. hobby figure-makers showing off their pieces as well as companies that specialize in turning resin into bookshelf sculptures. Here’s a taste of the figures on display, ranging from Nintendo DS love simulator Love Plus to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 7, 2011 -
Resident Evil Studio Working On Two Big Original Titles For 2011
It’s January, typically gaming’s slow month. But Capcom, best known for Street Fighter and Resident Evil, is hard at work on two big time original games. One will make you question Capcom’s sanity. Capcom is not one to shy from sequels or resurrecting its popular games. But in the latest issue of Japanese game magazine…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 26, 2011
