No it isn’t Vogue, GQ, Tiger Beat, Sports Illustrated, Cosmo, House & Garden or the Source.  It’s FAMITSU!  I use to dream about being in Nintendo Power when I was a kid.  But this was an honor in itself!  The Famitsu Weekly Magazine Staff interviewed us (Red6, Evil, Cheko & myself) about being “A Foreign Gamer / Gaijin OTAKU).  The interview turned into a 3 page feature in one of the world’s most famous video game magazine.  Of course I had to represent Rival Schools to the fullest! I’m working on translating the article but for now at least you can check out the article scans themselves at: http://www.dfpradio.com/?p=1996

On November 3rd,  Forgenjuro and I slid into the Street Fighter IV National Tournament at the Shinagawa Inner City Hall in Tokyo with press passes! (Jeah!) The SFIV competition was off the meter! I knew Dhalism was good but he’s Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 GOOD in SFIV!  Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom staff dropped a couple of new character announcements for the Wii release.  Viewtiful Joe being the most exciting addition to an already impressive roster and Fate Unlimited Code, the anime based fighter along SFIV were all on free play!  And of course the Capcom SFIV models for Chun-Li, Sakura, and C.Viper made an appearance!

The Shinagawa Inner City venue itself was spacious as hell and well ventilated. Which is very important when staging a video game tournament because “gamer funk” gets real nasty after a couple of hours of gaming!  The high ceilings made for a great museum space which Capcom put to damn good use by draping these giant character banners from SFIV down from the upper railing.  The back wall of the hall served as a stage with theater sized screen overhead.  This set-up made it very easy see the finals from anywhere in the hall but it would be nice to have some chairs yo’.   Uncomfortable as it may have been, the finals were so entertaining that many viewers ignored the pain as we sat in awe mesmerized by captivating high level SFIV game play!  Watch the video and I bet you can’t tell me that, “Dhalism ain’t Awesome!”

But for more info and pictures of the event check out my post on dfpradio.com:

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