Archive for January, 2008

Sonic boom, my head’s gettin’ lighter…

Thursday = new blog post time, so here we go!

With all of the hype and information flowing out of 1up and EGM about Street Fighter 4, I’ve found myself in a familiar position, one in which I haven’t been in in a fairly long time. That’s right, I got that craving to beat the crap out of something – it’s time to play a fighting game.

sf-anniversary.jpgSo I’ve been searching recently for a copy of Street Fighter: Anniversary Collection, which contains two games: Hyper Street Fighter II, and Street Fighter III: Third Strike. For those who don’t know, Hyper Street Fighter II is an old school world warrior’s wet dream; it lets you pit any version of any character against any version of any other character from any of the multiple releases of Street Fighter II. You think SFII: Championship edition’s M. Bison was cheaper than the Super SFII Turbo version? Or that Street Fighter Turbo’s Ryu did more damage than the original SFII’s Chun Li? Here’s your chance to prove it! Every character retains their original properties, move sets, and sound effects from their respective games, so you can literally play as any version of any Street Fighter II character you want. That’s pretty awesome.

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Episode 26: Hey Justin

Put together your elemental rings; it’s time to form The Rumble Pack. Back from a week hiatus, Tony, Nick, Tom, Justin and Kaz get together to discuss their feelings about 2007 and the future of 2008. Before that everyone gives an epic update of what has been in their trays. Tom and Justin discuss Contra 4. Nick talks about his Rock Band exploits. Kaz discusses why Final Fantasy VI still rocks. Tony rants about the accuracy of Kane and Lynch, and Justin waxes poetic all over Super Mario Galaxy.

Check out the message boards for the lost top fives of The Rumble Pack. And listen to the second half of the episode for a long discussion of 2008 resolutions. Including resolutions for the podcast, resolutions for each podcaster and resolutions for the games industry and every publisher and developer we could think of.

Intro music for this episode brought to you by Tony and Nick with special guest artist Justin. Keep in mind the podcast’s recording studio is in transition so there are rough moments in the podcast audio quality, all should be well by next week.