Today has been a great day for KoF and SNK fans. What is known: The character select screen groups the characters into teams in classic KoF style. Mai, King and Yuri are back and make up an all-female Team (Ladies Team?). Several tea...

A few facts about me: I am a console/arcade gamer. There are a few reasons for this. I don't like Windows, never have and I doubt I ever will. I enjoy problem solving but I don't have a desire to have to configure and work to play games. Th...

I received the Cthulhu board on Monday and the 30 AWG wire arrived today. That stuff is microscopic. I'm worried more about dealing with that wire than the soldering of the PS2 wire. Anyway, 4 lamelabels later and I've finished the graphic ...

Tatsunoko vs Capcom is out and SSFIV will be out soon. That means that Capcom's fighting game branch has some free time coming up. I figure they should take a break and then get back to work on some of these brilliant ideas I have. TvC is ...

I got the first few parts for my stick in today - one pink bubbletop and 6 clear violet Seimitsu snap-in buttons. When an arcade stick features clear pink and purple, you know it's manly. In all seriousness, I have a PS2 extension cable, ...

See that stick up there? It's been collecting dust since I finished my KoF themed HRAP3 mod. Part of the reason is that the HRAP3 plays backwards compatible PS2 games on my PS3. Having an arcade stick laying around is not cool, so I have ...

Graphics TvC is the most beautiful 3D fighter ever made. The designers did an incredible job translating the characters from their origins as either anime or sprite-based characters into polygons. The cel-shading over these polygons is s...

I've got the game. It's time. I will be online tonight at 8:00 PM Central. I'll post my friend code here and in the forums once I have it, likely around 5:30 PM Central. If you're interested, post your friend code, location, controller p...

Tomorrow's the day. TvC will finally be released in the West. Overall, most fighting game fans seem hyped for the release but a few seem uninterested. For those hyped, plan to exchange friend codes tomorrow. I plan on spending an hour or ...

If there are two words that will get me to buy anime, those words are Mamoru Oshii. I love Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, the Patlabor films and Jin-Roh (he wrote it). When I first saw The Sky Crawlers on DVD, I was interested by the de...

It seems that some misguided souls think Jan. 26 is not about the incredible combination of Tatsunoko vs Capcom and No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle. Something about that touched me and made me want to show these misguided souls the err...

From a gaming standpoint, 2009 was a bit of a letdown for me. The year started out very strong with SFIV, BlazBlue and a few other titles. Post-Evo, there were only a handful of games that interested me. During the holidays, I managed to fi...

I received my Mad Catz Tatsunoko vs Capcom stick today. MarkMan, the MC employee who works heavily on their arcade sticks, requested that I try out the stock parts before upgrading to the Sanwa stick and buttons I have. I decided to give hi...

Fighting game fans have had a wonderful 14 months. In that time Super Street Fighter 2 HD Remix, Tatsunoko vs Capcom (Japan), Street Fighter IV, BlazBlue, King of Fighters XII, Tekken 6 and Battle Fantasia have all been released. This is th...

2009 marks the end of the 00s. I've seen a lot of lists and debates over the best games of that decade and decided to throw in my list. Action I don't play that many pure action games. I was once an avid fan but have been driven away by ...

Tatsunoko vs Capcom will arrive in January. I already have my pre-order in. This game looks better than SFIV and I find the controls to be a bit tighter. It's not as fast as MvC2 but that's a good thing. Along with 4 new characters, onlin...

I had to take some time off. I'm not really interested in any of the games coming out this holiday season. I also fell back into comics. I spent a lot of time reading comics and got back into drawing, which was needed. I'm into having my ol...

I must admit that the King of Dtoiders 2009 really sapped me. But I'm back on the wagon, putting in more time with KoF XII and a few other games. Here are some impressions. A Boy and His Blob This game is beautiful and the mechanics are qu...

Here's the list of the winners and their chosen prizes: 1st - Kirbilot; Neo SNK Pack 2nd - Zoel; Neo Geo Pocket Color and games 3rd - Senisan; Classic SNK Pack 4th - BulletTrain; CvS2 Keychains Most Improved Player - The CleaningGuy; 6" PV...

The King of Dtoiders 2009 is over. Overall, I'm pleased with the results. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves and the whole community improved. In the first week, I had quite a few victories. That dwindled in the second week and plummeted...

The end is near; in fact it's less than 48 hours away. There are 5 players still in the contest who have not played their last 5 games. I may be on tonight, but I make no promises because I'll be at Zombieland and Coolgreens. If it works ...

We're at the mid-point of the final week. I've played some really good games this week and have several more games to play before the week is out. I can already tell that choosing the Most Improved Player will be tough. Everyone has improve...

Week 2 was absolutely amazing. The community has really stepped up its game and forced me to improve my game. Early in the week, I felt my Kim had improved and then everyone decided to ruthlessly stomp the champion of justice and Tae Kwon...

Some stuff came up and I was on later than expected. I missed Gen Eric Gui buy 15 minutes and CWal37 by seconds. I'll be on tomorrow around 7 pm and will hand around as late as I can. I hope to catch up with you guys then. Tomorrow is the l...

Week 2 is winding down. Senisan made a strong statement this week. He's out to take #1 from Kirbilot and he won't let me stand in his way. Kirbilot, for his part, is staying strong and playing the dirtiest of dirtiness. It's brutal. 6 playe...