With the recent wrap-up of EVO 2018, my own fighting game memories have been churning up a storm! With that in mind, here’s a little blast from my past, an edited version of a post that originally appeared on Recollections of Play, 13 May 2012. “So…do you play Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat?” It’s a…
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Is…is that a new Street Fighter EX game?
That’s exactly what I stammered upon seeing this the other day: It HAS to be, right? Those characters, that music…ahhh…the memories. Don’t worry, I’m not going to blather on about my history with Street Fighter or the middling relationship I have with Street Fighter EX 3 (the only SF EX game I’ve played), mainly because…
When Good is Just Okay Enough: Street Fighter EX3
The following post originally appeared on Recollections of Play, February 14, 2013. Street Fighter EX3 (EX3), released in late 2000, was the first 3D Street Fighter game I ever played. Up to that point we had been wearing thin our copy of…which game was it? Super SFII or SF Alpha 2…one of those. Plus, we…
A New [Fighting Game] Enters the Match!
Some of you reading may know that I’ve been running a fighting game series over on United We Game’s YouTube channel called “Not Zangief.” I started it as a way to revisit a number of games from my past, and, of course, to simply play more fighting games. In recent years, I’ve just not played…