Mobcast 53: Fighting-Game Spectacular

by Brett Bates, COMMUNITY WRITER

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Mobcast Logo In this episode, Bitmob co-founder Dan Hsu hosts Capcom Senior Community Manager Seth Killian, SCEA Senior Social Media Specialist Sid Shuman, and GameVideos Executive Producer Richard Li for a special fighting-game spectacular. The group discusses which titles caused them to fall in love with fighting games, what makes virtual pugilism so engaging, subpar entries into the genre, how sites like YouTube have changed strategy, and whether or not fighting games have become too esoteric.

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Mobcast 53 cast

From left to right: Richard Li, Dan Hsu, Seth Killian, Sid Shuman.

Tags: Street Fighter 4, Mobcast, Mortal Kombat, killer instinct, Soulcalibur, Tekken, Time Killers

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Ben Jones

May 11, 2010

Quite a line up! Looking forward to listening!

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Don Duvall

May 11, 2010

SKillian is in on it? Downloading now...

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Steven Escobar

May 11, 2010

Very insightful podcast! I haven't been to an arcade in years, but I think Dan Hsu's surfing analogy was pretty spot on. I always felt out of my element/intimidated whenever I went to an arcade and tried to jump on one of the fighting games, whether it be Marvel vs. Capcom or the latest incarnation of Street Fighter.

Personally speaking, I've only owned two console fighting games - Tekken 3 for the Sony Playstation and, more recently, Street Fighter IV for the Xbox 360. I hadn't really played any Street Fighter games for several years, but I was eager to try out the latest incarnation. I enjoyed playing against the computer on the lower difficulties and wanted to try my hand at multiplayer. Unfortunately, I was immediately turned off after losing several rounds online to player of a MUCH higher caliber. I spent a little time with the training mode, but the learning curve still felt steep, and frustration immediately settled in. As much as I wanted to continue to improve my skills, I felt that it would take months of practice to get to the point where I could enjoy myself and be somewhat competitive online. However, that could very maybe that's part of the allure for fighting game fans - developing new strategies with each new incarnation of their favorite series while retaining old strategies and having an inherent edge over gamers who haven't stayed with the series and put the proverbial time in.

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smg

May 12, 2010

Awesome, guys.

As for fighting games; Kenshin, FX Fighter, Tobal 1 and 2, Bushido Blade, Die by the Sword, Street Fighter EX Plus A - I sometimes wonder if I'm the only person that ever played those. :P

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Jonathan Perry

May 12, 2010

I really enjoyed this podcast. I was really interested in what killian was saying about controlling space. Id like to hear more about his thoughts on fighting games all together. I just finished dl the controlling space article.