It is a common reaction by Gamers and movie-goers alike to groan and sigh when the announcement of a video game movie is made. How can you expect otherwise when we have experienced the failures of Street Fighter, Double Dragon and Doom? There aren’t many movies that have been acceptable to Gamers outside of the rendered CGI ones like Final Fantasy: Advent Children and a few other animes like the Street Fighter V series. So does it only work... 

I love Street Fighter 4, and if you have been a follower of 3GK for a time you know this to be true with my rants about rage-quitters, plug-pulling netplay kiddies and domination via bread and butter lightning kicks. Street Fighter 4 showed us that Capcom is really the king of fighting games with 4 completely unique installments within the series and the ability to keep fans happy up until now. It broke my heart with what happened to my beloved SNK... 

Chibi Dragon: Uncle Dragon why do you always pick the girls? Greg Dragon: Well Chibi Dragon, I like combos Insert juvenile, gamer, gay joke here, I’ve heard it all. Many people find it funny to see my 6’2″ frame walk up, grab a joystick and pick Ibuki, Akari, Yuri, Mai, Chun-Li, or Asuka to fight with. They wonder why a big guy like myself isn’t running out Zangief, Marco Rodriquez or Paul Pheonix. They never ask but when they... 

So what is the future of fighting games? Street Fighter 4 has jump started the genre by bringing back veterans of the old series and attracting new blood to the competition. With the next installment being released soon, the upsurge can only continue to build until like it’s predecessors it dies down until the 5th sequel. But it worries me that only a few games are viable as true winners in the fighting game genre. Offhand I think Street Fighter,... 

It still baffles my mind to this day as to why Star Wars Galaxies and Everquest (though not so much) are the only MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game) to cater successfully to different types of gamers. There is a continuous stream of newer, prettier MMO games being released yearly, yet they all offer the same crap in a different shell. They are one-dimensional, RPGs (minus the RP) that are meant as time-sinks to attract the loyal... 

The first major expansion for Street Fighter 4 came out on the 26th and I must say that it is all that. Capcom must have been listening to people like me when we screamed about RageQuitters because it has finally been addressed. When choosing an opponent you are now shown a percentage of times the person disconnects during a match. So if I see someone with 10% or more on that meter, I will kindly excuse myself from the match before it starts. This... 

Everyone has had those times where they didn’t feel like going to work, so they could stay at home and play that new game, or play another game on your John Madden Season. Several years ago it was easy to do, and the potential of your boss finding out if you were really sick was quite small. Well with the advance of the new online gaming networks, Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network you have to be quite careful when skipping out on work to... 

It will be difficult to not use Star Wars Galaxies as an example of Sony Online Entertainment’s decision making but I will try not to. There seems to be a pattern of releasing strong games and patching it into relative worthlessness for PvP. Which leads me to believe that the major decision makers over at SOE are not fond of this type of gameplay. When Everquest 2 was initially released, SOE anounced that the game would not have PvP, nor were... 

We all know that trash talk exists when playing video games in a variety of forms, but people that play the Madden series of Football games take trash talking to a whole new level. If you have ever had the pleasure of watching the “Madden Challenge” on ESPN you know exactly what I am talking about. Players getting in each other’s faces, nearly coming to blows, all because they made a “great play” on the game. I have gotten... 

Scenario: The scene is a matchup between Sagat played by some kid… let”s call him Ralph and my Chun Li. After losing the first round I switched into combo mode and pummel Ralph for a perfect. Third round rolls around and he”s pissed, unleashing all of Sagat”s rage on me, I bobbed and weaved past his telegraphed uppercuts and knees to place a well timed combo into her Super for the obvious victory… The screen freezes,...