This month we examine the mixed martial arts with UFC Undisputed 2010.
Continue reading...Saturday, May 29, 2010
Welcome back to the Digital Dojo. This month we are venturing into the realm of weapons with Electronic Arts' 1989 Budokan - The Martial Spirit.
Continue reading...Thursday, April 29, 2010
In honor of the new Super Street Fighter IV, our next lesson is on one of its predecessors, Street Fighter 3: Third Strike.
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Welcome back to the Digital Dojo, Multiplayergames’ dissection of martial arts accuracy in video games. Today’s lesson brings us to Mortal Kombat, developed in 1992 by Midway Games (now WB Games Chicago). Two things seemed to have brought this game success: One, realistic digitized sprites, which differentiated it from other fighters of the time that had [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, February 25, 2010
Welcome back to the Digital Dojo, Multiplayergames’ dissection of martial arts accuracy in video games. Today’s lesson reviews 1992′s Best of the Best Championship Karate, which has no relationship to the movie Best of the Best (1989), although the game does follow a similar story line about a fighter trying to battle to a fighting championship. Our fighter [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 21, 2010
Welcome back to the Digital Dojo, Multiplayergames’ dissection of martial arts accuracy in video games. Today’s lesson pits digital karate up against well… digital karate. We will begin our examination with Karateka from 1984, which was originally designed for the Apple II (and ported to a number of consoles), but we will be referencing the NES edition which [...]
Continue reading...Monday, December 28, 2009
Welcome back to the Digital Dojo, Multiplayergames dissection of martial arts accuracy in video games. Today’s lesson will pit old school digital Kung Fu against old school digital Karate. Let’s begin with the NES port of Kung Fu from 1985. This is a game most video game fans remember. It was a great straightforward effort, [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, December 17, 2009
Have you ever wondered if the fighting you see in video games is really possible? Are programmers really designing characters with the styles they say they are? Or, what if what is being showed on screen is technically accurate? Welcome to the Digital Dojo! While visiting us, it is our goal to educate you in the [...]
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Saturday, July 3, 2010
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