March 2009
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Movin' on up!
This blog has moved it’s way over to better-gaming.blogspot.com. Sorry Tumblr!
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Interlude: The Power of Rock
My computer here took a crap today, and so in the middle of fixing it I don’t have time for the third episode of my Street Fighter roundup - which will end up being a pretty long post I imagine. Instead, I figure I’ll throw out some thoughts regarding the newly crowded music game genre.
Guitar Hero is up to about 9 games now (GH1, GH2, GH80s, GH3, GH:Aerosmith, GH:World Tour, GH:On...
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Round 2: of gauges and their uses
We’ve discussed Ultras, but what of their close cousins, Supers? The fate of the two is somewhat intertwined, as there is sometimes a decision to be made regarding which of the two to use. Unfortunately, the decision almost always is in favor of the Ultra. Why, you ask? Well here’s a run down:
The Revenge gauge resets each round, the Super gauge does not - therefore if possible...
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Round 1... FIGHT!
The inspiration for this post, and this blog in its entirety, was a post I made over at the shoryuken.com forums, regarding my set of ideal, “fictional patch notes” for the game Street Fighter IV. It was only a list with no rhyme or reason to it, but I’m going to use this space to really expound on what I think are the games biggest areas in need of improvement.
I should add...
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So It Begins
Welcome to Better Games. A blog I will hopefully be updating semi-regularly with my insights and rants on whatever game I’m playing at the time. I’m not a game designer, nor a game programmer. Hell, I can’t even draw anything more fancy than a stick figure.
But I’d like to think I have a general handle on what works and what doesn’t. I’ve been a gamer for...