Method to Madness Podcast – Episode 04
Episode 04: “Mmm… Unidentifiable Meat On A Bone.”
Run Time: 73min 34sec
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In the Method to Madness podcast, I’m joined with my good friend Kevin “The Business” Gray to discuss great anime and video games that you should be watching as well as ones you should feel ashamed you are watching.
This episode, we discuss…
Arcade Beat ‘em Ups
Pull up a seat and take a class from the old school of arcade beat-em-up games. In the late 80s to early 90s, you and your friends would crowd around an arcade cabinet to wage a war against the streets. Enter a world where all you need is your fists to survive, pizza and turkeys can be eaten off the sidewalk, and life continues one token at a time.
I don't care... I'd still hit it.
November 11th, 2009 at 7:37 am
I must say, Godhand is most excellent. And good luck finding it, Gentlemen. Unless someone was dumb enough to sell a copy, I bought the last one in a 50 mile radius some time ago.
November 11th, 2009 at 10:47 am
I have heard that it’s the closest thing we’ll get to a decent Fist of the North Star game (if you exclude the super-sweet 2D fighting game).
December 10th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
[...] The short answer for Cody’s prison garb in SSF4 is basically this: Kids today are probably too young to remember what arcades are, let alone the original Final Fight. The most recent version of Cody that gamers might be familiar with is the design used in Street Fighter Alpha 3, just a decade ago. You kids… You just don’t know the guilty pleasure of a good arcade beat-em-up. [...]