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Ever wake up with the urge to freeze somebody and then upcut them over and over again? I did. Rather than trying to do the act I previously mentioned, I decided to feed my urges with some Mortal Kombat wallpaper. This fantastic wallpaper I found takes the old Mortal Kombat dragon logo and gives it a modern and polished update.
Like it? You can grab it from here. You also have the option to download it in the following sizes: 1280×800, 1440×900, 1680×1050, or 1920×1200.
The first game I downloaded via the PlayStation network on my new PS3 was Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix. The name, is kind of a silly throwback to the fact that for the longest time the refused to make a Street Fighter 3 (back during the classic video game console wars).
Just as fun as the old Street Fighter II, this one also adds the whole HD aspect – which in translation makes things look “real pretty”. The game hasn’t changed up too much, you start it – find a friend and start beating the snot out of each other. I do like the fact that they put the moves into the pause window. Well, let me take that back, I like it as long as you are not one of those people who insist on looking ever 3 seconds.
You can also play online, which for me means I can get beat by people who have been playing this non-stop since it came out, fairly quickly. (VegasFan10543344, I am coming for you!) The full cast of charecters you know and love are in the game too, even Akuma. To play as Akuma in arcade mode, select Guile and press UP. To play as Akuma in Training/Versus modes, select E. Honda and press UP.
This game is still one of the best fighting games you can find. Now it just has a new look, which is ready for the HD era of entertainment.
The first PlayStation 3 game I got was Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe. All in all, it is a good fighting game. Of course, it earned major points with my by putting in Hal Jordan as the Green Lantern (best super hero ever) but that is another post for another day.
Playing the game for the first few times, you can’t help yourself from saying, “Oh cool!” or “Hey, did you see that?”. They did a good job with making everybody’s special moves fairly unique and the stages all look great too.
As far as characters go, you have people from both Mortal Kombat and the DC comics. Now, I am happy to see Aqua Man was left out of the mix (who like Aqua Man?) however a few more substitutions could have been made.
For example: Take Jax out, and put in Johnny Cage.
Deathstroke is another one I might be able to do without, however the only other comic book villains people know have to do with the Batman franchise, and they already had Cat Woman and the Joker in there – so I see why they had to be a little different.
If you have played any other Mortal Kombat game in the past few years, the controls are pretty easy to get used to. I am happy I picked it up as my first PlayStation 3 game – and would highly recommend it.
Fyrebug is a web site (new to me) that I have been playing with a lot lately. The idea here is simple, create, play and share your own original games with the world. There are several basic game “templates” to choose from – and you can fill in the blanks to create your own original masterpiece.
You can check out the creator here: http://www.fyrebug.com/create/
On this page you can select what type of game you wish to create, and then edit each feature as you see fit. You have shoot ‘em ups, arcade clones, word search, action games, fighting games and more. Once you are done creating you can play or share you game with others. Take for example, this game where I am a bouncing Harrison Ford head.
Click here to make your own Fyrebug game
This is one of those web sites that is fun to spend some time with when there is nothing else to do. Therefor, I put it in my time wasting hall of fame – right next to Friv.
Time you learned how to defend yourself, isn’t it? The only catch this time around is you must have a walking stick with you at all times. Ok, so maybe we don’t all do that anymore but after reading this article on the issue I am looking at the idea of bringing it back into style! Here is some more on the topic:
It will be seen that the figure on the right is exposing his body in order to insure his adversary attacking him there, and to be prepared with an immediate defence.
Directly the man with the alpenstock attempts to bayonette him, he diverts the blow by turning sideways, and making a circular downward cut, which hits the alpenstock and causes it to glide slightly upwards and sideways — a guard known in sword play as "Septime envelopé." The moment the blow has been diverted, the man with the stick must seize the alpenstock with his left hand, and, stepping in, strike his assailant a blow across the face.
At least you can say you had an entertaining start to your week now.
I am sorry, but anytime I see anything about Mortal Kombat, I just turn into a ecstatic fanboy. This screenshot from the new Mortal Kombat Armageddon was a nice surprise in my RSS feeds this afternoon.
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Mitch Keeler is nothing more than your average Joe trying to leave his mark on the world though both his professional work and his online projects, articles, podcasts and more.
