What do these four men have in common? Maybe videogame developers are getting tired, stressed out, or just downright drunk, but if I didn't know any better...I'd say there's a rash of copycats in all the new games, or someone's suffering from a serious lack of creativity. Each of these Lucha Libre...

I owe most of this post to David Hinds, the guy who loaned me the initial 100 yen that in turn saved me from walking to the end of the line in the HEY! arcade at Akihabara. Thanks, David. Because of you, I was able to play Street Fighter IV for a brief 5 minutes before the other guy beat me to a...

Earlier in the week I wrote about the lack of innovation in fighting games and their sequels. Most of my grievances stemmed from the fact that sequels scarcely seek creativity in their games and focus upon building up the established system. Most of the time arcade sequels just include a new...