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I Know Kung Fu

I Know Kung Fu

I Know Kung Fu

Fighting Games: A Tapped-Out Genre?

In 2009, Arc System Works released BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger, a 2-D fighting game available for Xbox 360 and PS3. The spiritual successor to ...
By Robert Bevill Legacy AuthorMarch 23, 2010
I Know Kung Fu

The Last Samurai

On a tiny island off the coast of Japan, two assassins, one male and one female, face one another. Both had trained for ...
By Jonathan Palmer Legacy AuthorMarch 23, 2010
I Know Kung Fu

Stepping Into the Ring

He shot a takedown as soon as the referee stepped away. I pulled him into my guard and baited him into a sweep. ...
By Marshal D. Carper Legacy AuthorMarch 23, 2010
I Know Kung Fu

Legend of the Drunken Mashter

I’ve always thought of fighting games as the truest representation of kung-fu within gaming, and not just because they involve characters beating the ...
By Brendan Main Legacy AuthorMarch 23, 2010
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