Down right fierce

Currently Listening to:
The Clash
London Calling:
Koka Kola

Street Fighter 2, for most gamers, was the game which sparked an interest in the fighting game genre. Many version of Street fighter 2 alone were released, being distinguished by various suffixes and pre-fixes. In a few days, the revival of these great games will take place with the release of Super Street Fighter II Turbo: HD Remix. Anyone interested in the game probably already knows a lot of about, so I will keep my description brief. The game features updated animations, drawn by UDON artists. UDON is the studio which currently owns the rights to Street Fighter comics and graphic novels. While they handeled the animations, the developers were said to have interacted with memebers of the street fighter tournament scene to give players what they want and to make sure they could put out the best game possible. The game looks absolutely amazing. In early shots, they showed examples of the visual upgrades by comparing the original games sprites to the newly animated figures. Here is the example for Ken:











As far as I know, the game features all the fighters from Super Street Fighter II Turbo, which I believe includes but isn't limited to:
Cammy
Akuma
DeeJay
T.Hawk
Fei-long


I can't emphasize how beautiful the game looks. It is presented in 16:9 widescreen































Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix comes out Tuesday, November 25 for the Playstation Network and November 26 for the Xbox Live Arcade.

Which, to me, is really cool. I remember when I was about 8 years old, it was the day before thanksgiving. I went to go see the inflation of the balloons for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. When I got home, I was playing Street Fighter II Turbo for most of the night. Come back to about 11 years later, I get to re-live a part of my youth by repeating it all again. I will be going to the inflation of the balloons for this years parade and I will be jamming to Street Fighter later on. Hope everyone has as much fun playin this as I will. Also, if you stumble upon this and happen to pick this game up for XBLA, add me at ERRRskate151!

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A look at going beyond the game

Currently Listening to:

The Living End

All Torn Down

Currently Playing:

PC gamers have always had the luxury of being able to screenshot an image from the game whenever they please.  One push of a button and boom, you have yourself a nice spur of the moment picture.  Only in the past year or two has the same applied to console gaming. Several titles have implemented a screenshot function into their game, so players can take cool shots and access them later on the internet.  Off the top of my head the games that do this are:

Skate

Gears of War 2

Halo

Project Gotham Racing 4

Forza

Little Big Planet? (I don't own a PS3, but it is what I am told)

My friend Suni and I  are the blues guys tearin' it up in this shot.

Crockett and Tubbs 2552 ftw.

A shot which I'm pretty sure everyone has taken so far.

I'm waiting for a nice headshot pic.

Skate takes it to the next level with the skate.reel. Users can upload pictures and even videos and access them via the skate webpage. There is so much to explore in the game and thousands of opportunities at cool shots. You know what they say : Without footage, it's fiction!

Rock Band 2  takes the concept in a different direction by using your in-game character to make cool pictures of  your character and band. You can also make posters, t-shirts, stickers

and other merchandise to using the pictures and poses the website has provided.  It is very innovative and a cool way  for players to become involved in the game more. 

That's all I got for now.  hope you enjoy it

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