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A Million More Reasons Why Blanka Sucks
I’m sure it’s a familiar story. You or your friend gets a Super Nintendo with Street Fighter II. A horde of friends bumrush your house to play. One little bastard figures out Blanka’s electricity move. Then proceeds to dominate everyone before you figure out the Hadouken. Screw that kid. Ever since that day I’ve had a serious problem with Blanka, and this video just helps reinforce everything that is wrong him.
A Challenger De-Rezzes
Lightning Blanka Aids Haiti
SOTA Toys is giving Street Fighter fans a chance to snag a gorgeous, one-of-a-kind Blanka statue, while providing much-needed relief to the earthquake-ravaged country of Haiti.
Comic-Con 2009′s Sexiest Cosplay…
…is not this Pikachu girl. Imagine something two-hundred times cuter than she is. Someone so gloriously sexy that we couldn’t place them on the front page for fear of riots. Brace yourself, and continue.
Blanka Frolics With Livestock In Flock
In case wrangling livestock with a UFO wasn’t enough reason to buy Capcom’s Flock, how about a cameo by everyone’s favourite green-skinned electrified Street Fighter?
Ten People Who Look Like Video Game Characters
GamerHelp put together a quick-hit, funny photo collection of ten famous video game characters and the real life people who look like them… some frighteningly so. Take for instance Blanka and Carrot Top, an association I’ve never made my self for some reason, but one that is blindingly obvious when you see the two standing next to one another. The list also includes fleshy adaptations of GTA’s Claude, Daxter, Dhalsim, Mega Man hating Dr. Wily, Kratos, Leisure Suit Larry Laffer, Link, Mortal Kombat’s Sheeva and Wario.
See if you can guess who is who before taking the jump.
10 People Who Look Like Video Game Characters [GamerHelp]
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