Earlier I had mentioned that Street Fighter IV seemed to have brought a revival of the whole fighting game genre. It’s definitely cool to see the newest incarnations of popular franchises like King of Fighters and Tekken, but there are brand new titles like BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger by Arc System Works (maker of Guilty Gear). From looking at reviews of the game, it definitely brings back memories of the classic 2-D fighters. The graphics are extraordinary and the controls are responsive…it’s definitely a must by for hardcore fighting game fans. I definitely would recommend playing this game with a stick (as opposed to a controller) to get the good ol’ arcade feel. The game has an anime feel towards it and wouldn’t be surprised if an actual anime series were to spawn from the games success.

-Stephen

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With the excitement and anticipation of the Palm Pre becoming the next iPhone, some developers have been creating custom console emulators for the phone. A few years back, people were excited just to be able to play old 8-bit NES games on their phones…but now, we have reached Playstation emulation! I was amazed at home smooth Wipeout XL for the PSX ran on the Palm Pre. I could’ve sworn that the video was showing a portable PSX console!

The developer ZodTTD has been mentioning that similar performance can also be seen in the PSX4all emulator for the new Apple iPhone 3GS. Honestly, if a person like ZodTTD can produce smooth emulation of PSX games on the Pre and iPhone, I can’t see why Sony won’t capitalize on that.

-Stephen

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First off, I want to wish everyone a very Happy Canada Day! (Too bad I have to work today). Anyhow, many car buffs will probably tell you that the fastest street legal car today is without a doubt, the Bugatti Veyron. However, over a decade ago, the title of the fastest was owned by the equally exotic, Mclaren F1. I know a lot of people have been wondering which is faster? But the cost and rarity of each vehicle made a race between the two powerhouses to be unrealistic…until now!

The popular British series, Top Gear, actually made the dream race possible. Seeing each car in action is just a dream come true. Though I won’t spoil the actual result of the race, I gotta say that it was definitely a close one.

-Stephen

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Though it’s definitely cool if the Terran base can transform and merge into Terra-tron, it’s unfortunately an April Fool’s joke. However, just imagine if such a unit DID exist in the new Starcraft II game…I’m wondering how powerful it could be? I’m sure long after Starcraft II has been released to the public, some Transformer loving hacker may come up with an actual mod in the game. Maybe Hasbro and Blizzard can do a collaboration and create a RTS Transformers game!? (Sorry…I just watched the Transformers II movie and I have Transformers in the brain..lol).

-Stephen

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These days, many tech companies have been trying to create gadgets which merges multiple devices into one. For instance, the iPhone is Apples device which confines a multi-media player, phone and game device all into one. There has been speculation that Sony was planning to add cellphone capabilities to their PSP gaming console…and it looks like it may become a reality.

Recently, Sony has stated that it’s “considering developing a cellphone-game gear hybrid” on Sony Ericsson phones. I definitely think it’s a great idea, but i think Sony has been late to the game and now Apple dominates the market with their iPhone. If Sony can make the next incarnation of PSP to include cellular capabilities, I believe many gamers will buy it. If I had a choice of carrying two devices (PSP and cellphone) or a PSP-phone, I would choose the latter….it’s all about portability! Though news like this is promising, I won’t be excited until an actual product is announced.

-Stephen

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