Eh....that honestly depends on the context and who you’re talking to. Its fair to say I think that fighting game players generally prefer “more options and playstyles”. Often this leads to an attitude of “let it rock”, but there are instances where a certain strategy or tool so completely dominates the meta that to…

Well, first off Evo isn’t run by Capcom, but more to the point:

Again, I want to stress I’m not a part of the smash community so I don’t have firsthand experience, but my understanding is that the community generally is at *best* divided with regards to iterations of smash past melee. Now its fair to say there’s…

Not a melee fan: but what this boils down to is that they are filling a void Nintendo wont. Capcom, NRS, Namco, Arksys, etc. all now offer longterm support for the games competitive lifecycle.

Nintendo doesn’t care about the competitive scene, so they’ve decided to make due on their own.

“but it’s still unsettled whether fighting game pros need to entertain spectators while trying to do so.”

Uh, no, that is settled. Players are under absolutely no obligation to do this. If boring to watch strategies are what come to dominate the meta then its on the developers to adjust the systems in place, not the…

The whitewashing criticism is a bit overblown to me. Someone can feel free to make a case otherwise, but unlike Avatar or Ghost in the Shell there’s nothing I can think of in the series that makes being japanese/asian a defining character trait for Light or the plot. I see nothing wrong with making him white or L…

Honestly I think about the only thing which could get me more hyped for this is if they announced a Team fourstar voice pack.....

**“Again I don’t fully agree. First I think Lincoln’s move to end slavery was less about morality and more about damaging the South’s ability to prosecute the war on the backs of slave labor. If Lincoln was so moral about it the Emancipation Proclamation would have applied to all states but it only applied to the…

Quote: “Why did...*insert point here*”

All of this circles back to the same point I already made. Slavery in a modern context is a black and white (no race pun intended) issue. It is objectively as evil as it can get. In the time of the civil war it was not.

Its fair to say Lincoln and the Union were, at least…

Wrong.

Even in the first article you just cited the author states “Yes, slavery was of course the central point of contention.....” and then he goes on to do all kinds of mental gymnastics to downplay.

And to this ideological point: slavery was demonstrably more important to the confederacy than state’s rights by the…

Yes it was. Period. Any argument suggesting otherwise is complete revisionist history and I’ve never heard a single credible historian suggest anything otherwise.

This. The Romans were pieces of shit also, but if you ask me why I and most of the western world reveres them and has statues of them I’ll cite their contributions to art, science, philosophy, military strategy, statecraft, etc.

We don’t revere them for the fact that they owned slaves and/or the many “servile…

TIL, fascinating! So out of curiosity, every sprite sheet from the NES era was effectively limited to 3 colors then? Matches up with how most pixel art from the era looked so that makes sense, didn’t know that. What was the maximum sprite sheet size the NES would accept? 

The Gif is twice the size of the largest NES cartridge made in terms of storage...so definately not. Cut the framerate down to something more choppy and you could do it probably...and it would be more fitting stylistically IMO

Ok, I just preordered on steam. I haven’t done that in a loooooong time, and I just did it for a sonic game.

This Sega. More of *THIS*. Kick Sonic Team’s ass to the curb and give more money to headcannon.

*THIS* is Sonic the goddamn hedgehog. Beautiful.

I know its been 20 years and all...but its kind of amazing to realize that the real time render of these characters for the current generation actually looks *better* than what the original pixar animation team probably spent months and months to render out a small section of footage.

I agree mostly, but I have a slightly less cynical view. Especially in today’s age there’s a *lot* that goes into being the face of a big budget blockbuster like this, both on set and off.

Casting someone who’s “safe” is as much about audience toleration as it is about someone who’s experienced working in the…

I dont agree. Whatever chance there was to detrmine GOAT marvel 3 champion has long come and gone for reasons stated in the article:

“With the release of Street Fighter V in 2016 and the formation of numerous high money leagues, players who once reigned supreme in Marvel vs. Capcom 3 have moved onto the greener…

False.

It is fair to say that people, especially fighting game players, are often far to quick to jump to blaming matchups and their character for their losses.

It is simply wrong however to argue that bad matchups and tiers do not exist even without infinites as a factor. Oftentimes some characters either have tools…

Said for years that the biggest problem with ACIV was that it felt like an awesome pirate game that they shoehorned into the Asasin’s creed series for the sake of having an established brand. I always hopped they’d do a spiritual successor that let go of the AC stuff and that’s exactly what they did!!!!