Japanese artist Kei Suwabe created profiles for characters that don’t exist in Street Fighter IV, but Japanese pop culture.
I met Jonny “Humanbomb” Cheng back in 2009 in a table-top gaming and arcade shop but didn’t know who he was at the time. He was playing Street Fighter IV with members of OzHadou, and I took the opportunity to get some game tips off them for an upcoming media tournament (that I lost very badly). While the tips were good, I probably should have asked Jonny for advice because, well, he’s the best Street Fighter IV player in Australia.
Filmmaker Jon Rafman made about arcade fighting games, childhood, junk food, and the tragedy of beating a video. There’s a lot of big ideas here, and Codes of Honor is worth a watch.
Here’s a look at Finalroundbats, a Tokyo-based fighting game tournament. If you’ve ever wondered what the fighting game scene looks like in Japan, this is a window in.
