Yesterday I played the new Scott Pilgrim vs The World Game with my brothers and I totally fell in love with Paul Robertson‘s sprite work.

I was so taken aback by it in fact that I had the uncontrollable urge to do some sprite work myself for the first time in years.

The end result is Chun Li, Ryu, Ken, and Guile redrawn with Paul Robertson’s trademark art style.

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Tekken, Dead or Alive, and Virtua Fighter are all in pretty much the same category to me. They are fighting games that I haven’t spent any real amount of time learning, but I do enjoy some button-mashing fun with friends on occasion.

So it’s true, I’m not much of a Tekken player. In fact, before my recent purchase of Tekken 6, the last Tekken I played was Tekken Tag Tournament more than 10 years ago. That doesn’t mean I wasn’t excited by the Street Fighter X Tekken and Tekken X Street Fighter announcement!

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Ah the wonderful world of Collectible Card Games.

I’ve played many over the years, and here are my personal top 5.

Please note that I sadly haven’t played every CCG out there, but those I’ve heard good things about have an honorable mention at the end.

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With the recent announcement of Street Fighter 3 making a comeback on current gen systems, and the indifference some of my  Street Fighter 4 playing friends have towards that announcement, I decided it was time I make this list and tell the world once and for all where I stand (and where they should) on the topic of the best Capcom fighting games ever!

I narrowed it down to the best 10 fighting games and limited myself to one title per series just so Street Fighter 3 doesn’t dominate the chart on its own. Buckle your seat-belts:

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After a few weeks of either not liking the shop contest of the week (another ad placement?) or just not having the time, I’m back in business with a new entry!

Hope you like this one as I actually am a big fan of Mister Hung. If not of this music, then at least of his name!

Let me know what you think:

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With the recent rumor that Marvel vs Capcom 3 is just around the corner, I feel it is my solemn duty to share with the world my humble roster request. Since the Marvel vs. Capcom 3 development team apparently said they will be blowing fans out of the water with the sheer number of characters, I’ll assume that means the roster will be somewhere around the 50 character mark since it’s close to MvC2′s 56. Therefore I will limit my request 25 per company.

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After a 2 week hiatus, Kotaku’s weekly photoshop is back! Which means I’m back as well with another submission!

This week’s theme is strange to say the least. We were tasked with showing video game characters and/or iconic video game weapons behind an X-Ray screen.

I couldn’t think of anything witty or clever so I just followed the instructions and am crossing my fingers

Oh, and my first submission, Pepto-Kirby, made top 20 by the way

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My good friend Brandon had a creative itch last week he just had to scratch. The result: The birth of Dr. Angry Face! Isn’t he beautiful?

Dr. Angry Face, or DAF as I affectionately call him, was originally conceived to be the arch nemesis of the future video game character Captain Smiley!

Brandon concepted and modeled the character himself, Hugo Dourado and I helped make the mock comic-book cover you see below. I must admit, I’m quite taken by the end result!

You can see more of Dr. Angry Face and Brandon’s other work on his online portfolio.

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Nearly a year ago, my friend Sebastien nudged me in the direction of this pretty cool and addictive game called Elements. I’m surprised to say that Elements has kept me playing on and off since.

What kind of game is it? Well it’s a free, web-based, flash, card, video game. Quite a mouthful, isn’t it?

It can be described as a poor man’s Magic Online, and it generally doesn’t have the balance and professionalism that Magic Online does, but it’s  far from just a clone. There are several elements that makes Elements (bad pun intended) stand out from it’s big daddy.

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So Kotaku is having a weekly Photoshop contest. The most recent being about showing what video game characters would do for money if times were hard. I decided to join in on the fun.

I’ll try to participate every week if possible, and I’ll of course post my entries on towardsmecca. This should theoretically mean that I would be posting weekly. Let’s see how long that lasts

Below is my entry: Pepto-Kirby! Enjoy

UPDATE: My entry made it to the top 20!!! YOOHOOO!!

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