Evo, the premiere fighting game tournament of the
world, is underway, and yeah, that is happening. This what it's all been
building up to, question mark. The qualifiers, the smack talk, the runbacks, the stream
monsters and footsies, beam cannons and whatnot.
If you are an old timer and like me and decide to get all
voyeuristic this year, don't be surprised if the fighting game world
has changed, because it has. You may only recognize Alex Valle and
Ryu.
Not so much has changed though, it's cut from the same
wrestling cloth. The high drama is there, the funny acronyms in front
of the funnier names are there, the lingering doubt that any of the hits are on
purpose are there, but don't worry, they are. Take comfort in the
fact that if you drove your x-box live skills up there and plugged your
controller in, you would get mopped.
Street fighter 4, Soul Cal Las Vegas ballroom
in summer is as close as it gets to the arcade environment of old.
