In this era of Ultimate Fighting Championships and Professional Wrestling, it’s easy to forget about the real fighting pinnacle to shoot for: Street Fighter’s World Warrior tournament! Fortunately, I’m here to help. Follow these tips, and you’ll be ready to take your place as a world warrior among the likes of Ryu and company. Yes, you. If I can do it, anyone can do it.
SWAG goes to the Capcom release party for Bionic Commando for PS3 and 360.
Last Saturday, John Diamonon of Capcom posted in his PlayStation blog that Capcom is hard at work to become the #1 digital publisher on the PlayStation Network. After seeing much success in 2008 (thanks to hits like Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix), Capcom and SCEA are forming a plan to make more downloadable content available through PSN in the future.
Gamer Culture, PC, Playstation 3, Virtual Worlds, Xbox 360
There’s plenty of reason to look forward to the upcoming Fallout 3. For starters, it’s being handled by a company known for its “Game of the Year” awards, genre-redefining RPG games, and a sheer in-game size and depth that rivals the Grand Theft Auto series. But I’m looking forward to something much more meaningful (at least to me): the return of one of the most interesting, most detailed, most engaging post-apocalyptic gaming universes ever created. While the complete Fallout history would take at least a few days to completely learn, here’s a quick step-by-step of the important rules, regulations, history and quirks of the Fallout universe.
Sony supporters, rejoice; this week’s PSN update is one of massive proportions for both the PS3 and the PSP. The content is voluminous and consists of full game downloads, demos, add-ons, trailers and themes. PS3 users received the bulk of this new content but PSP users, fear not: two full game downloads are available, along with a few additional add-ons. So re-up your PSN account balance, because this week’s update has plenty to offer.
Are you one of the lucky 10,000 PS3 users to have received an invite yet? Did you know that King Leonidas actually commanded 10,000 troops at the Battle of Thermopylae, not the 300 Frank Miller would have you believe? Answering “yes” to either of these questions means one of two things: either you are a classical history dork like me, or you still believe in Sony’s oft-mentioned yet never-released Playstation Home Service.
Gamer Culture, Nintendo Wii, Playstation 3, Xbox 360
Okay, so here’s the deal: when you read this, I want you to grab a beer, or whatever (I’m having some Beam on the rocks) and recline for a minute. I want to have what St. Louis radio commentator, Dave Glover, calls an honest, 3 beer discussion… about gaming console fanboyism. I think there needs to be a hippie-like conciliatory discourse with less patchouli. No, it’s not the most pressing issue of our time, but it is one that rears its ugly head all too often on social websites and the comment sections on Kotaku, etcetera. Most often, these arguments center around sales numbers, but I don’t think that the bandwagon argument is the most meaningful in quality debates… especially about video games.
Pop quiz: Name a successful video game company (and their flagship, late-blooming, overcomplicated black monolith of a console) whose leading luminaries can’t seem to pull their ideas together for a unified vision of their company. Pencils down… or rather keys up. Partial credit if you answered “Atari,” but this is Current Events, not Ancient Video Game History. Of course, they say those who don’t know the past are doomed to… something.
