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What Does Your “Street Fighter 2” Character Say About You? As loathe as I am to post anything from buzzfeed this article has some truth to it. Also E. Honda is the best. If you time it properly (and you're playing SF2: Tournament Edition) you can destroy an enemy with a single combo. Jumping strong kick, strong kick, throw, hundred hand slap, drink your slurpee while your opponent cries.

12 Successful Kickstarters That Never Delivered. Here's why I would never give money to Kickstarter, there's no guarantee that your dollars will turn into the product you want. Don't get me wrong, I like that Kickstarter exists, I'm sure it's been quite the boon to people who couldn't get money through traditional venture capital means but It's not for me. If I'm going to spend 10 bucks on a video game It's going to be on steam and I'm going to be playing it immediately.

Leveling up the barcade: A visit to Chicago’s Pac-Man themed Level 257. Whooo Daddy, this Chicago barcade looks pretty sweet. I'm a big fan of Dorky's down in Tacoma but it's not exactly the classiest joint in the world.

Farewell, Bro: How Matt Fraction’s Hawkeye changed Marvel Comics. I'm not sure I'm down with saying Hawkeye changed Marvel Comics, I think it was more of the result of a shift in thinking at Marvel but whatever. Matt Fraction's Hawkeye was rad, if you're ever over at the house ask me to grab you some issues.

Hawkeye, the non-review

It's taken a couple months but I'm finally catching up on my comics. About a month ago I pulled the trigger on moving to a shop closer to my house. Closing out one pull list and opening up a new one has given me motivation to take a harder look at what I'm actually enjoying vs what I'm actually buying.

Which brings us to Hawkeye.

I picked up Hawkeye solely based on the creative team. Don't get me wrong, I like Hawkeye as a character but he was sort of my least favorite part about the Avengers movie (Jeremy Renner rubs me the wrong way) and I was afraid this new take on the archer would be all movie-fied. Well I was way wrong. Matt Fraction and David Aja have pretty much picked up right where they left off on Iron Fist.

Their Hawkeye feels like the same Hawkeye I grew up reading in the West Coast Avengers, all they've done is change the context. Instead of battling Hydro Man or The Masters of Evil, Hawkeye is working a case on the streets of his neighborhood. It doesn't conflict with any of the adventures he has as an Avenger but it still allows for a fresh view of the character. It's a cool book, if you haven't tried it go pick it up. Or just borrow mine next time you're over.