All Posts by: Jason Fanelli
Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition marks the end of a significant drought, as it is the first Street Fighter game to appear on a Nintendo console since 2002’s Game Boy Advance iteration of Street Fighter Alpha 3. It also… Read More »
A year and a half ago, in August of 2009, Square Enix made many a Final Fantasy fan happen by releasing Dissidia: Final Fantasy, a fighting game featuring most of the prominent heroes and villains from the many Final Fantasy… Read More »
When Pokemon Diamond and Pearl were announced, we were all happy, but not surprised. The DS was a Nintendo handheld, and every Nintendo handheld had Pokemon, so why not the DS as well? Also, by the time of the DS,… Read More »
As I’m sure everyone has heard by now, recent events in Japan have taken a turn for the tragic. Hundreds are dead with more hundreds missing after a 9.0 earthquake and ensuing tsunami leveled Northern Japan. Aftershocks are still being… Read More »
I offer the following story as a lesson, dear readers: no matter how well you perform against your friends in video games, no matter how good you think you may be, do not think you’re going to waltz into a… Read More »
Everyone talks about Final Fantasy Tactics being the best turn-based strategy RPG from the PS1 era. While it was certainly a great game with a great premise, I believe calling it the best is a bit short-sighted. Tactics Ogre: Let… Read More »
For eleven long years, fighting game fans have clamored for a sequel to one of the craziest fighting games of all time, Marvel vs Capcom 2. Petitions were written, message boards were flooded with requests, rosters were pondered and predicted…. Read More »
Anyone who purchased the Marvel vs Capcom 3 Strategy Guide along with the game got an interesting surprise: full-blown character sections for the first two announced DLC fighters: Resident Evil’s Jill Valentine and Shuma-Gorath, one of Doctor Strange’s many… Read More »
Civilization 4 composer wins Grammy
[flash width="540" height="328"]http:/www.youtube.com/v/Tmut6FBx4xk?fs=1&hl=en_US[/flash] It seems the world is FINALLY learning something gamers have known for years: video game music is more than just beeps and boops. Last night at the Grammys’ pre-taped awards banquet, composer Christopher Tin took home a… Read More »
Ladies and gentlemen, we are gathered here today in this column to mourn of the loss of a great franchise, a franchise that took dreams previously thought unattainable and made them a reality, a franchise that, despite its creator’s best… Read More »
