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    Friday
    12Feb2010

    Mid-Life Crisis II: Crisis Harder

    DateFriday, February 12, 2010 at 4:36PM

    Earlier this week I read two great articles from my journo-pals Gus Mastrapa and Jenn Frank on the subject of aging gamers. Apparently, this is the season for mid-life crisis' because even though I swore I had already gone through it (at the ripe, old age of 22), I've been thinking a lot about how my increasing age effects my ability to play video games. I should probably be more concerned about how aging is going to make my pre-existing back and knee conditions that much worse, but no, I'm instead going to focus on how every breath I take brings me one step closer to the day I can't pass Girls Rock EX in Pop'n Music.

    Like Jenn, there are times where I pick up a controller and instead of focusing on the further adventures of Commander Shepard and Master Chief, I'm thinking about how every second I spend sitting on this couch, I could be making babies so my parents don't pass away thinking I'll die alone shortly after them, having never accomplished anything beyond a very respectable score in 1941: Counter Attack.

    I'm being dramatic, but at the same time I'm really, really not.

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    Thursday
    28Jan2010

    Foxy Boxing: A terrible idea then...

    DateThursday, January 28, 2010 at 1:17AM

    I have an assignment for you readers out there: a simple two-step questionaire for you to spring upon your friends. 

    First, ask any video game fan who they think the strongest woman in the world is. Chances are they'll respond with Chun-Li, and why not? While Samus Aran may be considered the original "strong female lead" of video games, Chun-Li proved once and for all that women could kick just as much ass as the boys, still be sexy and at the end of the game she didn't even strip down to her underpants to prove it. With her iconic fashion sense and ferocious fighting style, Chun-Li has become a timeless icon for women in gaming. 

    Now for the second question: would you still respect Chun-Li had she entered a girls-only Street Fighter tournament? Suddenly, the persona of Chun-Li doesn't sound all that fierce or, for lack of a better term, badass. This is what the organizers of the annual EVO Championship Series fighting game tournament (whom I love dearly) are asking the community to do and I for one can't stand the idea one bit. 

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    Monday
    18Jan2010

    Mr Jared vs The World Live Stream Test

    DateMonday, January 18, 2010 at 9:41PM

    "Played [Jared Rea] in Street Fighter IV. He was way better than me and was kind of a dick about it."

    - Diatron5, Twitter

    First of all, that's not true! Everyone knows that us NorCal players play Street Friendly IV!

    Have you ever listened to me open my big mouth on a podcast or a stream and thought to yourself, hey, I bet that Jared kid isn't as good at Street Fighter as he likes to think he is. Who are you to doubt El Dandy -- I mean, me? Well, it's time to put your judgmental attitude and Street Fighter skills to the test because when you lose it won't just be me who will be laughing, but the world!

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    Friday
    27Nov2009

    NorCal Regionals 2009

    DateFriday, November 27, 2009 at 6:07PM

    The 2009 NorCal Regionals were this past weekend and I, along with my good friends at iPlayWinner.com, played host to an audience a little over 20,000 strong on the live webcast of the event. Overall, NCR was definitely one of the most enjoyable tournament experiences I’ve had in a long time, even though I spent the entirety of the event surrounded by hot equipment and smelly dudes. What we accomplished with a less-than-shoestring-budget on the webcast is nothing short of a miracle and you can read all about it in my postmortem for iPlayWinner.

    Before NCR, I never quite knew what my place was in the fighting game community. I’ve always done everything I can be it competing, hosting events and giving as much attention as I possibly can to both the fighting game and arcade scenes in the press, but hosting the webstream along with my friends was probably the most rewarding of everything I’ve done so far for the community. I hope that we’ll have another chance to show off our chops before long. 

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