I got a call from work asking me to take two of my co-worker's shift for a total of 11 hours in one day and at first I was thinking to myself “Hell no!” but then later changed my mind because I could use that money to pay for my arcade stick project. It was a long and boring shift but at the end of the day I went home and ordered my arcade stick case and some parts. After ordering the case to m...
Today has been a pretty crappy day with news of Ryan Davis' passing. For those of you who don't know who Ryan Davis is, he is a personality and journalist on a website called Giant Bomb. He has been the host for many features like The Giant Bombcast, This Ain't no Game, Big Live Live show Live, and almost every video feature they did that involved the entire crew. It was thanks to these feature...
So, it's been 5 months since I started using an arcade stick and I think I'm finally at the point where I can't return to a console controller anymore. I also have tried many different joysticks and pushbuttons from other manufacturers that are not from Japan. I have entered in local tournament and got murdered. Then I found out playing different fighting games was a bit of a challenge. In my p...
So my last entry into the Fight Stick Diaries was about buying the stick and trying it out for a couple of hours. In this entry I'm going to be talking about how I have been doing in the last month and two weeks with the stick and also talk about the arcade parts. Over the last few weeks I have been putting in some hours everyday into playing my arcade stick so that I could get better or used t...
About a month ago I bought the limited edition Madcatz Evo fight stick from my local game store and brought it home. I've always been itching to play with a stick for as long as I can remember, but was hesitant on it because of the price. Well it didn't matter anymore since I sold most of my movies and DVDs to save up for one and I did. Guess what happens after buying one? After playing with it...
GiantBomb is now one of my favorite sites. Before I didn't visit much becuase it was in blog format and took awhile to load but now its kickass and bitchin.