Battle Arena Melbourne (BAM) is Melbourne’s major 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 »
Quite frankly, life would be much better with a soundtrack to back it up. Moments of tension, excitement, hilarity and poignancy? They’d all be much improved with some music. You’d be hard pressed not to find a situation that wouldn’t be improved with some epic sounds. 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 »
Nobody can deny that Sony’s PlayStation Vita has been experiencing more than its fair share of troubles. A less than stellar launch, a distinct lack of games and even flailing support in the system’s motherland of Japan has plagued the system for months. The Vita centric Gamescom press conference aimed to change all that. But did it succeed? Read on as two Vita owners shoot the shit on the current state of the Vita and discuss what’s next. Read More »
On-disc DLC is quite the dirty word within the gaming community. That much is undeniable. As such, the new character DLC packs for Street Fighter X Tekken caused quite a bit of fuss when first announced, and even more so when it was finally released. The usual wave of discontent felt towards Downloadable Unlocks was enormous. And it was definitely not helped by Capcom’s reassurances. Read More »
Will the OUYA live up to the hype? Dusty Cartridge attends the Darksiders 2 event, Mark and Adam discuss South Park: The Stick of Truth, the team talk all things Tekken Tag Tournament 2, all this and more in the latest episode of the Dusty Cartridge podcast. 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 »
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