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Japan's view of the US: the best we have to offer includes a wealthy industry heir who spends his time goofing around in martial-arts tournaments, and an obnoxious fat guy.

Random thoughts about Street Fighter IV (not exactly a review)

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  • Street Fighter IV is a lot of fun, and feels like a perfect evolution from Street Fighter II, which is perfect for me since I never got into the Alpha games or SF III.
  • While online matches are lag free more often than not, the rest of the online mode is broken.  The lobby system is just painful, there’s no way to have more than two people in a game/lobby at once, the lack of blind character selects can lead to balance problems (I wish I could count the number of Zangiefs and Guiles chosen after I choose Chun-Li), and the ranking system is weak. This needs to be fixed, period.
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Tekken 6 HD Arcade Machine spotted in Houston

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While I was down in Houston this week on business (yes, actual business, not “business”), I ducked into the Tilt arcade in the Houston Galleria for a quick couple of games on my way out of town.  I was pleasantly surprised to find a handful of clean, well-maintained, fun games.  I was even more surprised to stumble upon a very new looking Tekken 6 machine.

Honestly, I’ve never really been into Tekken — I’m more of a Soul Calibur and Street Fighter guy.  But the Internet tells me it’s running on an arcade board based on the PS3, and it’s not ever going to be More >

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