They’re playing basketball. We love that basketball. We haven’t talked about it a ton on the show since the early episodes, but the three of us are all huge basketball fans. We’ve played a ton of the NBA 2K series … Continue reading Game On: NBA 2K13
The North American Producer for Tales of Xillia put up a blog post earlier this month saying that voice acting for the 2013 title was finished, bringing the game that much closer to release. What does it mean for Tales fans? Well, voice acting is one of the biggest road blocks to an international release. Other than localization (think of all the text that needs to be translated), it’s also one of the most time-consuming, as the producer notes in the post: Eight hours of voice recording across an eight week span, filled with late nights catching up on emails, … Continue reading Tales of Xillia Recording Finished?
Okay, I finally have a recent game here. Sure, the original came out in 2009, but Street Fighter IV has continuously had updates (including ver. 2012 at the end of last year) to keep it fresh and balanced. I’ve mentioned … Continue reading Music to My Ears: Street Fighter IV
I told myself I wasn’t going to get NBA 2K12. Then the game was good enough that I did anyway. I made no such promises this year for 2K13. As I find myself starting to play fewer video games, the … Continue reading Review: NBA 2K13
As much as I enjoy playing sports video games, there’s always been a certain limit. For the most part, picking up the latest annual title has never done much for me. If the changes from year to year merely boil … Continue reading NHL 13 and the Days of Old
Well, needless to say I’m excited: Tales of Xillia is coming to North America in 2013. This is pretty big news considering how things had been going for the series up until the release of Graces f. Remember, it had … Continue reading Tales of Xillia Localization: Hallelujah
There’s never been much of a debate between 2D and 3D fighting games for me. I was a Street Fighter kid from the start.
My grandparents had an NES when I was little, so I got some playing time in with Mario 3, Dr. Mario, Chip ‘n’ Dale Rescue Rangers, Metroid and all the classics. But when the Super Nintendo came out and my dad picked one up, Street Fighter II was the first game I had for it — not Super Mario World like 95% of the rest of America.
SF II was interesting for a few reasons. It’s what got me started on the chess-like nature of fighting games. It was also the genesis (see what I did there?) for my love of video game music, as I would let some of the great stage themes play in the background while I worked on other things. Ryu, Ken, Guile and later Cammy’s stages became the accompanying soundtrack for life.
Why does all of this matter? Because Street Fighter x Tekken incorporates a long-standing 3D franchise into my 2D wheelhouse, and that’s just the way I like it. Continue reading “Review: Street Fighter x Tekken”
Gray Areas 