Remember back in the day when the best system out there was the NEO GEO? Sadly the only people who had that system were the kids whose parents drove cars that cost the same as houses… you know who you are? Back then the system cost about $1,000 and the games were damn near $600 a piece or something ridiculous like that; but hell they were arcade perfect with top of the line graphics and sound. Well collectors rejoice because... 

Everybody has their own personal top 10 lists for any genre of game, so I feel that I must preface this list by saying that this is the top 10 according to us here at 3GK and not a top 10 for the entire world. That being said I feel firm in our list because we play the hell out of Fighting Games, just about all of them since the original Street Fighter 2, so we don’t feel as if we’ve neglected anybody that should be... 

Check out Greg Dragon’s latest vlog on the current fighting game trend of giving us a full roster instead of unlockables (in newer games like TTT2). This could be remedied by offering tournament DLC with characters unlocked to organizers and keeping the vanilla games full of unlockables so that the games can have a longer life span for casuals.  Read More →

Dead or Alive is a fighting game franchise that has been slightly enjoyable but rather embarrassing to play… there I said it. I often think about doing a list on 3GK of games that I like but would be embarrassed to admit that I play them due to the pervert element that goes along with them. This topic is one that standard gamer stereotype gets up in arms about just like Japanese Anime Hentai, and collecting those Queens Blade... 

With all of the great fighting games out there that have gained momentum such as Super Street Fighter 4 AE, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, and The King of Fighters XIII, where does a game like Persona 4 Arena fit in? Coming from an experienced and varied fighting game background, I wanted to take a look at P4A and really flush out who exactly this Japanese RPG-based fighter caters to. Calling Persona 4 Arena an RPG-based game is... 

What’s up fellow Godkings!  I’m Frankie – writer and founding member of 3GK.  My handle is Shinzo.  My first experience with gaming was when I was at the Navy Exchange with my mom so many years ago.  I don’t remember how old I was, but I was small enough to fit in the seat of a shopping cart.  My mom asked if there was a toy I wanted.  I pointed at the stack of Atari 2600’s in the middle of the electronics... 

Awesome photo by Alexander Nerozya of 500px.com – Click Here for the original. I have had an excellent time with Street Fighter 4, hell beyond it being THE game to save the genre it has become as close to perfection in a fighting game than you would have expected. Still I have this hate for watching old tournaments that I have played in simply because I tried competing way before I was any good at the game. The old videos... 

Last Monday Japanese gaming site Famitsu posted part-1 of an interview with legendary fighting gamer Daigo “The Beast” Umehara. The interview was specifically about Daigo’s new book “Willpower to Keep Winning” and additionally a few things about the author himself. For anyone who has competed in fighting games or have had the privilege of watching any of the footage, you know that Daigo is seen as a mysterious, god of... 

“I can’t play those games” is normally the thought that goes through the mind of someone who isn’t familiar with consoles, twitchy video games and the gamers that master them. To the onlooker the games seem intimidating, there’s so much going on and they don’t want to be ostracized for being a NOoB by the usual suspects. So for us in “the know” that want to get our new gaming friends/family/lovers... 

After much anticipation, Capcom has finally released the follow-up to their staple series Street Fighter 4. “Street Fighter versus Tekken” has always been one of those “what if questions” back in the day when the respective games were out. But it never seemed feasible because one was a 2D fighter and the other a 3D fighter. The marriage of these titles seemed impossible though Capcom made attempts with the “Street Fighter...