The Cool Kids are to hip-hop what Wilco is to rock: different, better, smarter. They’re superindie, having gone from dropping beats on myspace to build their hardcore fanbase to now starting to cross over into sorta mainstream radio and video play (in fact, I just heard this track on kexp.org, right beofre Moby stopped in for a guest DJ set). The Cool Kids get heads nodding with the backpack crowd with a sound as rooted in old school as modern hippity-hoppity, but some of their subject matter is supernerdy; witness the shoutouts in the above song “A Little Bit Cooler” to Star Wars belts and eating Fruity Pebbles (mmm… purple milk…) . More importantly, there’s an awesome homage to Street Fighter at the tail end of the track. Jump 1:32 in to hear the duo rap about playing SF on a Sega Genesis, closing with a sweet beatbox imitation of SF sounds. Street Fighter, Street Fighter!
We’re sold out (for now). You said you wanted the Mega Man Zero Official Complete Works art book. As soon as we made it available in the Capcom Store, you backed up your words big time. Orders are still coming in. Thanks! If you place an order and get a notification that your book is on backorder, please be patient. If stars Capcom and Udon align, we will be getting more.
Look out for the brief return of the Street Fighter Eternal Challenge, Shinkiro hardcover edition coming soon and the Street Fighter Tribute Book coming later this summer.
The action takes place on July 26th and 27th in London Metropolitan University’s Rocket Complex, and will feature the continent’s best competition on games including Street Fighter III: Third Strike, Capcom vs SNK 2, and Hyper Street Fighter II Anniversary Edition.
The event will also be the UK public’s first chance to get hands-on with the new Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, so it’s truly a “can’t miss” event for any fighting game fans.
Head over to battleofdestiny.com to check out all the details and register today!
Gaming jobs are awesome. Why? Well, just last week I spent the entire week in Las Vegas from Tuesday to Saturday, living it up in a posh hotel on the 32nd floor with free booze, food, video games and 150 like-minded video game folks to play them with. Plus we got to shoot at zombies. Now, before you’re overcome with jealousy, live the event vicariously by clicking through and checking out all the games we showed off at Captivate 08.
Whew! It’s a veritable tsunami of Capcom info here on the blog today. Just turned up a Newsarama interview with UDON’s Project Manager Jim Zubkavich about all the killer Capcom-related books they’re prepping for the summer and beyond. Jim talks about their work on the Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix project, new SF comics and the supercool upcoming Street Fighter Tribute book.
Some nice work from master illusionist and Capcom Unity member CptMunta. Click here to break the illusion’s spell, and here to see more on his Pavement Art website.
Spotted on the sometimes questionable but occasionally awesome 4chan, Street Fighter IV and Okami themed wallpapers! Click on the images to get to the original large sizes on our Flickr pool.
I’d credit the whoever made these, but they were posted as Anonymous, as most 4chan posters tend to do.
Update: Thanks to commentors, I can give credit where credit is due. The above SF4 image was created by Giovanny. The Okami image is entitled Okami - 13 Brush Gods, by syncaidia@dA over on Deviant Art.
Apparently Nintendo Power asked several WWE Superstars what character from a video game they would like to be and Matt Hardy said this, “I would be the dude with the claw from Street Fighter II, Vega. I was a big fan of Vega back in the day, just because he was so cool and he did flips and stuff like that.” Having watched many of his matches this makes a lot of sense.
With all the buzz about Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix and Street Fighter IV, it may seem that Street Fighter III: Third Strike (aka “3S”) is once again being left forgotten. Just in time to remind that 3S is still one of the best fighters there is, EventHubs.com, a site focused on all things Third Strike-y, has posted a brand new character guide, this time focusing on Makoto.
Makoto is one of the best fighters in Street Fighter 3 Third Strike. Most players put her right around the 4th best overall character in the game, although some feel she’s higher or lower based on their own preferences.
Very few people argue about how excellent she is in the right hands though. Makoto’s tactics are frustrating and deadly to beginning and mid-level players, and yet she’s still one of the best fighters against top competition.
I think it’s unfair that Kotaku has people sending them tips for cool news, but we don’t. That’s how they can have awesomely cool posts such as the following Street Fighter music mash-up video.
Created by Hyadain, it’s an awesome Street Fighter theme song remixed with tons of actual Street Fighter sound effects. Actually, I don’t know if it’s a theme song, because it’s mostly in Japanese, but they do say “Street Fighter” a lot in the lyrics. In any other circumstance, this would be horrible tacky and bad, but as always is the case with things like this, it’s another case of it’s-so-bad-it’s-awesome!
Whew! It’s a veritable tsunami of Capcom info here on the blog today. Just turned up a 
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