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Tag: fighting games

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Rising Thunder – How We Learn Fighting Games and Why It’s a Problem

There is a problem with fighting games. People aren’t playing them. I don’t mean that copies of Street Fighter IV are gathering dust ...
By Angelo M. D'Argenio Legacy AuthorSeptember 1, 2015
E3 2015

Street Fighter 5 Preview – New Fighting System Breakdown

It’s hard to believe now since it seems we’ve gotten a new version of Street Fighter 4 basically every year since 2008, but ...
By Mitchell Saltzman Legacy AuthorJune 20, 2015
Reviews

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS Review – Master Handheld

Developed by Nintendo. Published by Nintendo. Released October 3, 2014. Available on 3DS. Copy provided by publisher. It’s been six years since the ...
By Jim Sterling Legacy AuthorSeptember 26, 2014
Extra Punctuation

It’s Time For Mortal Kombat vs. Everyone Else

The 1v1 fighting game is a slightly stricken one in today’s gaming industry. I remind you again that virtually every fighting game that ...
By Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw Legacy AuthorMay 7, 2013
Featured Articles

The Banning of Meta Knight

Meta Knight didn’t just take top honors at January’s APEX 2012 Super Smash Bros. Brawl tournament – he dominated. A look at the ...
By Suriel Vazquez Legacy AuthorMay 8, 2012
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

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
Editor's Choice

Albert’s Arcade

After winding my way around quiet suburban streets of San Jose, California, I pull into the driveway of a fairly nondescript house. Some ...
By Pat Miller Legacy AuthorFebruary 24, 2009
Minority Report

Diversity, One Dragon-Punch at a Time

Post-Mortem on Championship Gaming SeriesThe rise and fall of the Championship Gaming Series provides plenty of fodder for those interested in figuring out ...
By Ray Huling Legacy AuthorJanuary 13, 2009
Waypoints

Waypoints: The Soul Just Started Burning

Last week, against my better judgment, I picked up a new copy of Soulcalibur IV. It’s the first fighting game I’ve ever purchased. ...
By Adam LaMosca Legacy AuthorAugust 19, 2008
Still Street Fighting After All These Years

Street Fighting USA

Puny reader! Your feeble willpower is as nothing to my limitless skill in stylish browbeating! Submit, and read this masterful article on Capcom’s ...
By Allen Varney Legacy AuthorMay 8, 2007

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