It's no secret that fighting games are my bread and butter, some people like FPS, some like horror adventure...me? I live for a good fighting game, there's nothing better than beating the living crap out of your opponent in such a humilliating way that they proclaim that either their control sucks or the arcade joystick is busted; in any case, I thought i'd bring you guys today our top ten fighting game characters...so enjoy!

Number ten: Clark from the King of Fighters series
Clark? yeah, Clark, one half of the old Ikari Warriors duo. Why is he on the list you ask? Mainly because he's one of the coolest and toughest bad asses out there, He's got an original set of moves that can easily take down an unexperienced opponent, he's a balanced fighter and a breath of fresh air amongst the "grappling, hulking wrestler" characters...plus his special back breaker is just fucking sick.

Number nine: Sol Badguy from Guilty Gear.
I will be the first to admit that I am not a great fan of the Guilty Gear series, but whenever I play the game I always choose Sol, he's the hero of the series and a great balanced character with more attitude and visual appeal than many, in fact, he looks as if his design were based on many King of Fighters and Street Fighter concepts...he may wear a funky cowboy belt buckle, but that's okay.

Number eight: Jon Talbain from Darkstalkers
He's a friggin' martial artist werewolf who throws a funky dragon as a special move! Jon's kickass in every sense of the word, a great variation on the usual werewolf "brute" that we see in videogames and movies, and that, my friends, is why he's on the list.

Number seven: Kyo Kusanagi from the King of Fighters series
I'm not a fan of Kyo, but there's no denying the fact that his style is just fucking awesome, his moves are original and, as the hero character from the KoF series, he holds his own against the likes of other visually impressive characters (Iori Yagami anyone?) Still, Kyo is the quintessential fighting game pretty boy teenager.

Number six: Paul Phoenix from the Tekken series
Paul looks like Triple H, he's one of the cheapest characters in Tekken and has brought me a lot...A LOT...of victories, for those reasons alone he makes the cut, we salute you Mr. Phoenix!

Number five: Scorpion from the Mortal Kombat series
Mortal Kombat sucks, it's always sucked and it will forever suck...BUT...Scorpion is the best of the lot, the dead ninja who demanded you to come to him while ramming a spear on your face or chest and pulling you to him, he is the only character from Mortal Kombat that deserves to be considered classic...along with Sub Zero I guess, they inspired a whole lot of skittles ninja in all colors, Ermac, Reptila, Rain, Smoke (Come on, Noob Saibot? ugh) still, the man in the mustard suit is still the coolest one.

Number four: Ukyo Tachibana from Samurai Shodown
This man is the epitome of confidence, Haohmaru's original rival, he fights with his back to the opponent, has blue hair, carries an apple and is often mobbed by women, Ukyo is so damn cool that he even makes tuberculosis look freakin' sweet; the only bad thing about him? He fuckin' hovers in the air, I suppose that tuberculosis makes you light

Number three: Guile from the Street Fighter series
Dude, do I even need to say anything? He's damn cool, all his moves, all his quotes and even his hair. We loved Guile for his simplistic style and his cocky attitude, who else beats the shit out of you and asks if you're man enough to fight him? This original soldier is already a legend amongst fighting game enthusiasts, and his return in SF IV proved that he's still a fan favorite....along with Cammy's buttcheeks.

Number two: Terry Bogard from Fatal Fury and King of Fighters
The original SNK hero, Terry's been around for ages as the top fighter in his company, even replacing the old funky monkey as the mascot. His design might have been out of date before but all that changed in Garou Mark of the Wolves when Terry got a makeover complete with new jacket and hairstyle. He's a badass, a great fighter to pick and number two on this list only because of...

Number one: Ryu from...dude...COME ON! RYU!
I suppose this was obvious, i'm the biggest Ryu fanboy ever! But hear me out, he's the original fighting game character, his moves have been stolen by countless of characters, his look is still immitated (Ryo Sakazaki, Hanzo and Fuuma and even Akira from Virtua Fighter) and though the shotokan thing has been done to death, no one does it better than Ryu, NO ONE!

And there you have it, our pick for the coolest fighters around, if by some reason you don't ee your favorite, well, tough luck

Now go play some Street Fighter IV

-Jayfournines

Angry Robot Wear's Top 10 Video Game themes

We all know music plays an important part in our gaming, with that said, the Angry Robot team cracked down this past weekend at a boxing match/drunken hootenanny and after much deliberation, a few broken bottles and some purple nurples, we compiled a list of the 10 greatest themes in the history of videogames based on the fact that we like them.

And of course this is our own personal list, if your favorite theme is not here, stop crying, make your own list.

And now, without further ado....the Angry Robot Wear TOP TEN VIDEO GAME THEMES!

Number ten: Rush n' Attack (The first stage)
This fucking game, first one I ever played on the NES (mine was gay and didn't come with Super Mario Bros) it took me almost twenty years to beat, I had to literally cheat my ass off with an emulator. I got my tiny pre pubecent self well acquainted with the theme from the very first stage, so much that in fact every time I listen to it I fondly look back on me throwing the NES controller at the wall and proclaiming that "this sucks anyway"

Number nine: Ryu's stage (Street Fighter II)
It's not a secret that i'm a huge fighting game nerd, I love all of them, even World Heroes and Fighter's History, so I used my powers to include the theme from the ass kicking master himself on this list...Ryu's Stage. Come on, just the very first notes makes you want to shoryuken the living shit out of someone. I know there are some Ryu haters out there, always saying how Ken is faster and has much more "flava"...well fuck Ken...fuck him; it's all about Ryu, baby! I will prove it anywhere, I take on all!

P.S. Fuck Ken! haduken to your face, bitch.

Number eight: The Tetris theme
I know it's a Russian folk song, I don't care, I first heard it while playing with Fat Mikey's gameboy a long long time ago; it may not be complex nor evoke sentiments of asskickery, but it always makes me want to get up and dance like Zangief after meeting Mikhail Gorbachev, it's catchy as hell, it's been remixed a million times...but it always stays with you after listening to it...forever...you won't forget it even if you want to.

Number seven: Halo theme
Ah, Halo, Pepper fought with tooth and nail to include this theme in here...and yeah, there's no denying the mass revolution that Halo caused, it has been branded into our gaming brains and, in twenty years i'm pretty sure Halo will be thought upon as the new millenium's greatest video game. The theme to it is fucking dark and makes you just want to tear a new one into the hordes of enemies coming at you.

Number six: Simple and Clean (from Kingdom Hearts)
Well...fine, i'll admit it, I liked Kingdom Hearts, in fact I LOVED, Kingdom Hearts, this theme makes us all want to go crying in search of that friend we lost from long ago or whatever. I don't care if it's a sissy theme, I love it, then again this was RPG Liz's pick...yes...her pick -shifty eyes-

Number cinco: Mike Tyson's Punch Out
Come on, this is an underrated classic, we should all love the music from this videogame, it's perfect! You just get all pumped up while trying to catch Bald Bull in his Bull Rush, it's instantly recognizable and even though it's not on anyone's classic list...it should be. Little Mac is the toughest sumbitch out there, he's got more heart than Rocky

P.S. Quit fuckin' laughing at me, Soda Popinski!!!! I FUCKING HATE YOU!!!!!

Number four: The Moon (From Ducktales)
This theme makes everyone's list almost all the time and it's not hard to see or listen why, it's catchy, nostalgic and it's got a certain thing to it that I can't place, every time I listen to it I remember my old NES and all the crappy/awesome games...there's a simplicity to it that makes it great

Number three: Terra's Theme (From Final Fantasy VI)
All you Cloud/Sephiroth lovers can suck it, Final Fantasy VI is the greatest game in the series, it has the most beautiful score ever...And while One Winged Angel and Aerith's Theme are great compositions, they don't hold a candle to the music from the 6th FF and to this amazing piece of music, Terra's theme is beautiful in every sense of the word.

Number deux: The Legend of Zelda theme
Do I even have to say anything? This could be perhaps the greatest theme in the history of themes, it's epic, I don't even need to describe it to you guys since all of you have heard it at one time or another...however, there is one thing keeping this theme from being the top dog in our listm and that is...

Numero uno: Frog's Theme (From Chrono Trigger)
The greatest RPG in the history of RPGs deserved the greatest theme ever...and that is what it got; it took the collective efforts of Yasunori Mitsuda and Mr. Final Fantasy Nobuo Uematsu to score this awesome game. In any case, this song is the definition of Epic, it evokes sentiments of honor and asskickery that no other theme does, it is, in our opinion, by far the greatest theme ever composed...and also quite underrated if I might say so.

So there you have it, our list, if you agreem leave some love, if you don't? well...give it a listen anyway, you might just like them.

-Jayfournines

The Legend of Chun Li

Wow, it's been a while since I posted anything here...so here goes!

Good crap, I just saw this movie and I have to say it is far more horrible than I had anticipated, sure, I went in with low expectations, it's not like I knew it would be a good movie...but goddamn, it is way, WAAAAAAAAAY crappier than anyone had ever imagined.

I don't know why Hollywood keeps making these terrible flicks, Street Fighter's got a pretty decent storyline, appealing characters and a cool set up; so why flush all of that down the toilet? I have nothing against the dude from the black eyed peas but he looks nothing like Vega. He's supposed to be a tall, lean, blonde, handsome spaniard and Taboo is...not...at all.

However, the actors did the best they could, if you forget that Chun Li is a buff ass chinese lady with a killer ass then you can easily see Smallville chick isn't bad, Neil Mcsomething, who plays Bison, is pretty fucking cool, he's menacing, charming and scary, Michael Clarke Duncan is a kickass actor...so why not use his abilities? And Chris Klein? well...he just sucks.

The thing is, the movie's poorly written, with fucked up dialogue and no characterization whatsoever, the characters don't resemble anything of the source material, they don't look, act nor fight the part; I can honestly say the first one was a million times better, at least it was funny and we got to see Raul Julia play a cartoonish Bison

The Angry Robot team was pissed, Pepper and Mikey actually demanded their money back while Pornstar Liz locked herself in the game room to play SF IV
The only thing that could have saved this movie? Jean Claude Van Damme =P

I'll see ya folks later

-Jayfournines

P.S. it's not even worth illegaly downloading, I swear, don't try it.

When good shit goes bad

So, I’m a geek…a massive geek, I like stuff ranging from anime to comic books to games to…fuck me…world history. Now, with that being said, I have my immense geekout moments in which I scream like a school girl in the presence of latin sensation Ricky Martin, said moments occur usually before awesomeness such as The Dark Knight, Iron Man, The Ending to Saint Seiya, Street Fighter IV and…well…you get the picture. Now, sometimes, a thing which is supposed to be beautiful for the geek community is tarnished and horribly ass raped, in such case I can only evoke what is commonly known as a Sith Scream (NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooo!!!) and this, my good people…evokes such a scream. The trailer to the Dragon Ball movie, it is a fail of epic proportions of which I have never seen the likes of…hell, not even Elektra failed THIS epically before. Watch it before it's gone! =)

Suicide Watch

Why the fuck are wrestlers crazy? no, really, I want to know. What makes them more prone to suicide than even Rockstars?

Super Street Fighter Alpha Legends Third Strike Ex The New Challengers Cuatro!!!!

So, one of the few games that I really want to play right now is Street Fighter IV; I’m a huge SF fan…like…idiotically huge, I got comic books, toys, games and posters. I remember playing the first one at a local 7-11 here in San Diego when I was like…7 or something like that, didn’t make much of it and I even forgot about it until Street Fighter II came out. I must have spent a small fortune cause my mom used to yell at me for raiding her purse for quarters. I used to take a bus to the coolest arcade in town (I was about 11 at the time) and, if I didn’t have that many tokens I would just walk about an hour to the mall…yeah…that’s how fuckin addictive it was; I stayed there for hours just playing that game over and over, standing in line to challenge this big fat college dude that seemed to live there (much like me). To this day fighting games are my favorite ones…ranging from Street Fighters to Kings of Fighters to Soul Caliburs, I like almost all of ‘em (even Fighters History…and that game sucked). Ryu’s still my all time favorite fighter, can’t go wrong with a classic…and though Terry Bogard’s a close second, you can’t beat the man with the karate gi.

P.S. Fuck Ken, inferior mawfucka.

New vs Old

Y'know...i'm often asked why do I focus more on old games instead of new ones, the truth is that I don't know. I love some of the new stuff, i'm a huge Soul Calibur fan and I loved Gears of War....but there's someting about playing an old 8-bit game that makes me smile like an idiot. Sure, it may not be as flashy or realistic as the newer stuff...but honestly? I would take the old school Ninja Gaiden over the new ones any day. There's something about having three lives, no continues and no save points that appeals to me, about dumb plots like "The President has been kindapped by ninjas" or "All the gangs went back to school and became honor students" (you get extra robot points if you know which games those quotes came from). In any case, that's my two cents on it...you may agree or disagree with it, but there's something that we all will agree on...the classics are fun as hell.


Also, it took me 18 years to FINALLY finish Rush n' Attack (which was my fave game ever)