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Street Fighter V is in an interesting predicament. When launched, it faced countless issues including missing content, network errors, and the 8 frame delay. Fast forward to today, and we still have a myriad of issues plaguing the title. It’s by no means a bad game, or one undeserving of your hard earned money. But…
I wanted to take a moment to address the elephant in the room; finding party games can be a challenge in this day in age of online multiplayer centric experiences. Often times, it can be a matter of playing a fighting game like Street Fighter that most people will just button mash to, or a…
Gaming is a medium that may evoke a lot of emotion out of those who choose to play them. For anyone who has played one, you know the emotions may range from raging, to laughing, and occasionally to even crying. The fact that video games are able to get us to have such feelings is…
Big news coming off the heels of E3 as Microsoft has dropped a megaton bomb that they are in fact releasing a new console in the 2017 holiday window. Microsoft’s console will be called the Xbox Scorpio, and that bad boy will come packed to the brim with features that cannot be currently found in…
Welcome to yet another “Through the Lens” article, a segment in which I give you detailed visual analyses of games through the lens of an artist! Here, we will take a look at Street Fighter V, and talk about the unique characteristics that set this game apart from others and how that stylistic difference impacts the overall feel for the game.…
Finally! After a 12 year long wait, we get our hands on the renowned FPS shooter that is DOOM. Launch date is coming faster than we think, due out Friday the 13th of May 2016, and in anticipation of said launch id Software gave some of us an exclusive look with their closed beta. Servers…
When Dying Light first graced our consoles early last year, I was greeted with a really interesting surprise. Sure, we had seen zombie games before, and the very similar game Dead Island launched on PS3 with the premise of being an open world zombie slaying action game, similar to what Dying Light is doing with it’s title. But there…
Will “Black Oni” Wiggins here to discuss the viability of using a Fightstick over a traditional controller. With SFV quickly approaching, you may be asking yourself “Do I need a fightstick?” “Will it make me a better player?” “Are there any actual pros or cons of using a fightstick over a controller?” I’m here to…
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It’s no secret that I absolutely love Street Fighter. From the moment I played Street Fighter 2 at arcades and on my home console, the SNES, I knew I had an itch to become a better gamer. The allure of competing with other players in a battle of wits, situational awareness, and complex maneuvers was…