Probably obvious now by the fact that it's Saturday and there still hasn't been any change to the Pro Gam3r website.
Having been in the loop throughout the latter part of development, I have to say it will be awesome. I personally have been working with Jarod on getting a good fighting section together for the launch. While I have only had time to contribute one article of my own, I went out and compiled a solid list of external links to what I felt were some of the best fighting game articles and columns on the Internet. I reached way back for some of them, partially because it's material I felt every fighting gamer should read, and partially because there's just an overall lack of good fighting game coverage out there compared to the rest of the eSports world. I got some of the best writers in the genre in there, however. David Sirlin, Javier Moreno, and Seth Killian have written some of the best pieces on fighting games ever, both historical and instructional, so I felt their work was perfect for this setting, where I approached it as a likely first-exposure for many potential competitive players outside the community. Think of it as a companion database of sorts to my "Fighting 101: A Comprehensive Introduction to the Original eSport" feature in the upcoming issue #3 (which will be on sale in a couple weeks, FYI). I even included one of my Gamer 2.0 articles from 2006 in which I defended Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 as a game that should be considered for major tournament play!
I will continue to support the section with new material of my own, and will also drop external links in there any time I find good articles by other writers in the genre. I'm doing this in hopes that we might see a sharp rise in fighting coverage in general across the Internet. While this project gives me the chance to introduce readers to some of the best fighting articles ever written, it's depressing to think that part of the reason was simply that there wasn't enough recent relevant material available to build such a list around. A more explicit call to arms is forthcoming, I assure you. For now, I hope you all enjoy what I've put together when the site launches Monday.
See you in the arena,
Patrick aka Neobeast
Having been in the loop throughout the latter part of development, I have to say it will be awesome. I personally have been working with Jarod on getting a good fighting section together for the launch. While I have only had time to contribute one article of my own, I went out and compiled a solid list of external links to what I felt were some of the best fighting game articles and columns on the Internet. I reached way back for some of them, partially because it's material I felt every fighting gamer should read, and partially because there's just an overall lack of good fighting game coverage out there compared to the rest of the eSports world. I got some of the best writers in the genre in there, however. David Sirlin, Javier Moreno, and Seth Killian have written some of the best pieces on fighting games ever, both historical and instructional, so I felt their work was perfect for this setting, where I approached it as a likely first-exposure for many potential competitive players outside the community. Think of it as a companion database of sorts to my "Fighting 101: A Comprehensive Introduction to the Original eSport" feature in the upcoming issue #3 (which will be on sale in a couple weeks, FYI). I even included one of my Gamer 2.0 articles from 2006 in which I defended Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 as a game that should be considered for major tournament play!
I will continue to support the section with new material of my own, and will also drop external links in there any time I find good articles by other writers in the genre. I'm doing this in hopes that we might see a sharp rise in fighting coverage in general across the Internet. While this project gives me the chance to introduce readers to some of the best fighting articles ever written, it's depressing to think that part of the reason was simply that there wasn't enough recent relevant material available to build such a list around. A more explicit call to arms is forthcoming, I assure you. For now, I hope you all enjoy what I've put together when the site launches Monday.
See you in the arena,
Patrick aka Neobeast
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