Street Fighter II anyone?

Capcom, in conjunction with some company I've never heard of called iam8bit, is re-releasing Street Fighter II for the SNES. It's kind of cool until you realize it costs $100. Seriously $100 for a 16 bit game that was released 25 years ago. It glows in the dark and comes with a box, so I guess that's worth the extra $75 it costs at Game Lobster.

Frankly if it's not Turbo or Championship edition I'm not paying more than $9.99 for it. If I can't use E.Honda's hundred hand slap, and move, what's the point?

ESPN: Not a Fan of Virtual Butts

Last Sunday ESPN broadcast the EVO 2017: Street Fighter V finals. Yeah, professional video games on ESPN. It's been happening for a while now so that's not the surprise here. The surprise here is that ESPN made a gamer change his fighter's skin because he was playing as Cammy and Cammy has been all about the thong since 1993. Specifically he had to change from Cammy's default outfit to her "formal-wear" DLC outfit.

It's kind of funny to me that ESPN would have an issue with this just a week after they shipped their body issue. That thing is full of butts. Just butts everywhere. Also ESPN shows a lot of Beach Volleyball and while those ladies aren't jumping around in thongs the typical beach volleyball outfit shows a lot of cheek. Maybe they were worried that since this was a video game tournament there would be more kids watching? I don't know, seems like a weird hair to split.

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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.

Maker vs Marker

The Marker is totally cheating. Only punks use Akuma.

Street Fighter 2, now with portal gun

It's no secret I'm pretty unbeatable at Street Fighter II with E. Honda. In fact I'm pretty sure even if you had a portal gun and a car to drop on me I could still be you. I'm looking at you Loren.

Happy Birthday Street Fighter II

Street Fighter II turns 20 years old today. In unrelated news I feel 1,000 years old. thanks for nothing Capcom.

Jersey Shore Fighter 2

Clearly this is what Al Gore invented the internet for.