Keits posted an article on the front page of SRK in regards to Joseph Gordon Levitt commenting on Street Fighter. For those of you who don't know, JGV was in the recent big hit movie, Inception. JGV appears on the Jimmy Fallon show and takes a quick minute towards the end of this video to talk about Street Fighter. After watching this video, I had a few words to say: I respect this guy.

Slasher sent me this video which breaks down Devastation and the emergence of fighting games as a legitimate competitive e-sport. DJWheat and Slasher also interview Justin Wong and Marn on their thoughts of Devastation, Marn's victory over Alex Valle, and moving to the Golden State. Also included in the video is the official statements from Marn and Justin on leaving Empire. SSF4 talk begins roughly at 25:00, and the interviews begin at the 37:00 mark.

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Devastation just wrapped up with a great set of matches for all the games. You can view the VODs at http://www.djWHEAT.blip.tv. 

Here are the results for Super Street Fighter 4 and Tekken 6:

SUPER STREET FIGHTER 4

1. Marn (VI/RU/DU)

2. Alex Valle (RY)

3. Juicebox Abel (AB)

TEKKEN 6

1. Nin (Steve)

2. Holeman (DevilJin/Lars)

3. Suiken (Lei)

This is more of a face palm moment for me than anything else, but nonetheless, entertaining. Kineda actually sent me this link, and for that, I'd like to say that he is by far more lame than Lamerboi. But seriously... Guile Theme goes with everything, and apparently at e3 as well. Someone please confirm that this is actually the song from the game itself. Kineda told me it was, but I frankly don't believe him yet. Enjoy the video!

Update on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 at 8:16AM by Crackfiend

Fresh Prince of Bel Air version.

 

Fresh Prince Guile Theme @ Yahoo! Video

 

Alright guys, believe me when I say that I usually dislike/hate movies based off video games. And I'm talking about Mortal Kombat on a site that primarily talks about Street fighter?! However, this was a pleasant surprise for me and I'm pretty excited to see if this is for real or not. The trailer is pretty violent, so watch at your own discretion. 

I was given a link last night by my idiot brother, Lamerboi, and being the lame Guile player that he is, he finds a YouTube channel of some dude who replaces game/movie/show themes with Guile's theme song. Much to my surprise and amusement, I got some pretty good laughs. Although, they were cheap ones. Love me or hate me for this, I thought this was worth sharing with you guys, and here are the two videos that provided me with cheap and quick entertainment. Enjoy! Edit: This is definitely a guilty pleasure for me.

The fighting game culture has evolved immensely since the release of Street Fighter 4: there are more sponsors involved with events, more coverage, more money involved, and most importantly, more people in the fighting game community. I've met a lot of these people through attending events, gatherings, and sessions. I've also been privileged to have been acquainted with many of you who I've never met, but have talked to online through chat or e-mail. 

One of them is an individual named Sean Thurman.

Sean is a high school senior in Pennsylvania who e-mailed me about 3 months and said, "As a requirement for us to graduate, we have to complete a graduation project that we create on our own. My graduation project is on the Fighting Game Community and I'm learning what it takes and how to prepare for higher level play."

Since then, we've kept in touch and he's come up with a tutorial video for his senior project. This isn't the best tutorial video available, however, you get to see the effort he put forth into it.

On a note, if you're going to comment his YouTube video, please be constructive with what you say. This young gentleman has put in a ton of effort to create his project/tutorial video. He chose to do the project about who and what we are, followed through with a tutorial video, and then e-mailed it to me. Someone who's done all of that should earn some respect. The community will continue to have young blood, like Sean, who are interested in what we do. How we treat and cultivate them will help determine how much further our community can go. In other words: be nice to the new guys.

Just as a reminder, tomorrow is the large scale Reno tournament. From what I've heard, there will be a live stream of this event. For those of you nearby, come by for some top-tier caliber competition! Especially with a list of these confirmed players attending:

Vangief
CrackFiend
LPN
Filipino Champ
Ricky Ortiz
Hiro 
Jason Nelson

Rumored players to be attending:

Jwong
Valle 
Erik Choi
John Choi

For original information regarding the tournament, click here.

Reno has decided to host their own event in the casino of Atlantis, with a guarantee prize of $350 on top of the entry fees for each game. With a relatively quiet community in Reno, they're making the effort to bring it's city into the spotlight! If you are from around the area, try to make it to Reno for this large event! Here are the details:

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Last week, I wrote about Street Fighter references within MMA culture. This week, I found a video on Sherdog that is sponsored by Tatsunoko vs Capcom, which you can view on the video below within the first few seconds. (The rest of the video displays an MMA technique, nothing else SF related)

Yet another sign of the fighting game culture infiltrating or making an attempt to integrate with mainstream media. However, with all the events, streams, and promotions occuring with the fighting game crave, an impending question is raised: Will the fighting game culture ever make a breakthrough into mainstream audiences across the US or the world? What do you guys think?

Source: www.Sherdog.com