It is the Sunday of the BAM5 (Battle Arena Melbourne) weekend, it is finals day and it is MAHVEL, baby. Sitting in the crowd one can feel overwhelmed by the level of sound in the room; you have gasps, cheers, jeers, tribal chants and even pleading. It is loud and it is hype. Read More »
Battle Arena Melbourne (BAM) is Melbourne’s major in the Australian fighting game tournament circuit, and will be celebrating its 5th anniversary this year with an expected attendance of over 300 competitors. This weekend, competitors from all over the country will congregate in one place to test their minds and skills against each other in a grueling three day long tournament. Read More »
If you’re a follower of the fighting game community here in sunny Australia, chances are you’re familiar with the annual fighting game tournament OzHadou Nationals. As Australia’s longest running fighting game major, players from all over the country gathered in Sydney from Feb 22nd to the 24th to duke it out at the 11th national event. Read More »
The OzHadou Nationals 11 were recently held in Sydney, and the gang got to watch some of Australia’s best players go head to head for the chance to compete in the Evo 2013 world championships. I also got to catch up with Dusty Cartridge’s biggest fan (and by biggest we mean muscliest mother trucker in town) Ali ‘X’ Abdo from The Shadowloo. Read More »
2012 has proven that once you go Barack you never go back. But what of video gaming’s presidents? Don’t their exploits and achievements deserve to be remembered? We thought hell yes, and decided to make a list of the five most dynamic US game presidents of all time. Read More »
Well Evo 2012 has come and gone, so no doubt many of us have caught videos of those epic matches. Surprise defeats, epic comebacks and everything in between. We witnessed a veritable clash of the titans as luminaries such Daigo, Justin Wong, Gamerbee, PR Balrog (I’m quite partial to UMvC3′s the Man with the Bionic Plan: Combofiend) went head to head. When the dust settled, fame and fortune (relatively speaking) was theirs for the taking. Read More »
If there’s one thing the fighting game community can prove, it’s that anything is possible. Although Daigo set the bar stupidly high with he’s seemly superhuman ability to parry in Street Fighter III, we might have a new contender for the greatest comeback in fighting game history. Read More »
