Tekken For Granted

The controls are a bit stiff and a tad slower.
When compared to THIS at least....

or THIS....

and even THIS!

Or have I gotten used to the SF style of gameplay (which is in essence, a bit faster) that I find the Tekken play style a bit limiting and unfair to SF characters. I dunno, my opinions might be a bit biased after all...

Weekends With Chappie

So this is what we've been up to the entire week prior to today.

*Purchased 3 new Dragon Ball Tankobons.

So that's, 13-42= ?

We're still 29 issues short from completing our rather ballsy collection.
What a pain in the ass!
We've been collecting these books all our lives and yet the numbers don't lie.
Oh well! Better luck next time, I guess..

* Recommended Indie Of the Month...no scratch that 
Indie Of The Year.
Which one, if you might so naively ask.
It's....THIS ONE!

Buy it!
Read it!
Savor it!
Then thank us later.
Available exclusive where the finest books are sold, UNO MORATO.

Also went SURPLUS STORE HOPPING (is there even such a term? Well, we're coining
that up right now!) and
* Purchased these CDs and books.

* Mind blown from the hidden message of these BLACK & WHITE covers.

Individually they wouldn't make any sense but side by side
they'd eventually convey the mantra of
HEAR, SPEAK and SEE NO EVIL.
How about that?

*Played two out of the four cds relentlessly.
Namely
1.) Marvel Super Heroes

Where in we've unlocked DR. DOOM.

At the character selection screen,
Press Down, Down then press and hold X,O, R1.
(you should still be holding X, O, when you press R1.)
Captain America's name would be announced but the image would be replaced with
that of Dr. Doom.)
and THANOS.

At the character selection screen,
Press Down, Down then press and hold L1,Triangle,Square.
(you should still be holding L1, Triangle, when you press Square.
Spider-man's name would be announced but the image would be replaced with
that of Thanos.)

But still no ANITA.

Got to use Dr. Doom's cool gun combo.

And eventually got to show off with Thanos' jewelry collection.

The bubble shot attack doesn't really do much damage( it's more of an annoying
trap that an actual attack.). But apply the same move on
SHUMA-GORATH and simply make the poor creature look even weirder!

Another special move that doesn't really do anything is the TIME GEM.
Other than canceling your opponents' special meter and reversing his/her controls, it really doesn't do much damage.
But apply the same move on a doppelganger and you'd get this really cool wallpaper while you duke it out.

The other game that we chose to master was
2.) Street Fighter Ex Plus Alpha.
By game developer Arika.
HALIKA?

no Arika!
Oh, ARETHA!

no, ARIKA!!
Oh, got it!
PAPRIKA!

Oh brother!

 There you go!
by Akira Nishitani and then published by Capcom.

It was a weird game back then and it still pretty much is to this day.
With Hidden Bonus Game such as the barrel breaking stage from the original SFII game....but only HARDER!

To Unlock this Bonus Game:
Go to Mode Selection Screen menu and highlight "Practice" then input
Start,Up,Up,Right,Up,Right,Up,Start. A sound will confirm it and accompanied
by a "HERE COMES A NEW GAME MODE" message at the bottom of the screen.

And two of the most memorable characters in the fighting game mythos...
THESE TWO

unfinished character models or something...
Maaaan, that's even lazier than MK's pallete swapped ninjas.
Totally not worthy enough to be unlockable characters and totally
unworthy to be even in the game. Oh well! And there are even two more
remodels(recolored then given evil genes) of the same characters,
Evil Ryu and Bloody Hokuto...woopeedoo!

To Unlock these uninspiring Hidden Characers:
Again Go to the Mode Selection Screen and highlight "Practice" then input
Start, Up, Right, Down, Right, Start. A sound will confirm the code
and accompanied by a "HERE COMES A NEW CHALLEGER"message at the bottom of
the screen.

We were quickly disappointed with the inclusion of too many SHOTOKAN fighters.

I mean, compare this with the STREET FIGHTER ALPHA(ZERO) 3's  roster and you'd
clearly see the difference.

Familiar faces were then replaced with cheap alternatives.
Despite all the flaw, Our personal favorites would still be
BLAIR, GARUDA, D.DARK and PULLUM.

But enough talk and let's simply play the game!
Well, it does play just like any other SF games. Well, That's a relief!

Some of the moves are a bit harder to pull off.
But fret not, humble netizens!
Nothing a little bit of TRAINING (Expert Mode) can't fix.

 

A little training here and a little training there then VOILA!

You'd be throwing HADOUKENS like a pro in no time!

Another nice feature of the game would be the playlist thingie on the bottom left.

Because it's always nice to know which songs are playing while you're getting your ass whupped.

There is also a REPLAY similar to what we've been acustomed to with the Tekken games.

On that note it also features an Ending Collection.

Again, very similar to what Tekken did way back when.

There are also some in game surprises like Akuma beating the snot out of
Vega(M.Bison)

then challenging you to a totally imbalanced fight to the death.

Much emphasis on the TOTALLY IMBALANCED aspect as this Akuma (also referred to by some as SHIN AKUMA)attacks in relentless combos and with 100% accuracy.

Beating him however earns you the title of "BEAD SMASHER"

and some extra menus on your options section.

The polygons were extremely big and chunky.

Something they'd later refine on the updated versions.
The endings were pretty weird and rather unsatisfying.

No actual stories or spoilers were in any of the endings.

They simply serve as a reward for finishing the game.

And last but not the least,
*Downloaded Martial Masters.

Huh?
Martial Masters!

What?
MARTIAL MASTERS!!!

A game that plays and feels a whole lot like Street Fighter III.
Download your own copy @ http://www.mediafire.com/download/zbe5jn2apkd5rbm/Martial+Masters.zip

Haven't really played it thoroughly but is pretty much getting used to the
controls. Personal fave would be Ghost Kick, Lotus Master and Tiger.
 Edit: It was a sweet game and it even has it's own ending rather than just a generic congratulatory screen.

And that's that!
Haven't really drawn or checked any of our school assignments but that's alright.
Atleast we're relaxed and ready for monday.And it was a relatively productive weekend to say the least.

Freeky Parched Earth

So here are the OTHER events that came (heh,came!) after Elbikon.
You might have noticed that most of them don't carry as much pictures as of the previous post, this was due to
the fact that we were either too tired/too lazy OR we arrived late and with that in mind, selling would
be the top priority hence we simply couldn't find the time to do all those crazy documenting-reviewing shit that we usually tend to do.
Earth Hour Sketching Activity

Sold a single copy of COSMIC FRIENDS.... to these friendly fellows.

Got to draw Crimean prosecutor, Natalia Poklonskaya,

and that was it!
Went to Josel's 'Wooty Baby' readapalooza and had a fun night.
 
Summer Komikon 2014

Arrived around 11 am.
YES, 11 AM!
A world record so to speak.

The earliest we've ever been in the history of FOREVER.

Got to unveil our newest creation. Specifically THESE badboys.....

Bought this from the newlyweds "BRUCUS SIMNADA"

It was as majestic as QUEEN ELIZABETH with chikenjoy-ish legs and all....

Vistors:
Sonni & Chez

Customers:
This Girl

"Wala man sa SULYAP pero nasa ABANGAN naman!"
I think that sez it all.
Truly a spectacular sight to behold.

One of those special moments that made me feel appreciated and that we have FINALLY earned our spot in this CIRCLE OF LIFE we called Indie Komiks.
Was able to sign a decent amount of ABANGAN.

Mild regret: Wasn't able to pitch my "OTHER" products while signing their books.
Duely noted, Sir Carl!

What we intended to buy:

 What we ended up buying:

We went home broke, bit more than what we can chew.

But it was alright, we were simply dog-tired hence we weren't that ray of sunshine
that everyone would expect us to be.

But we must say that the WRESTLEMANIA 30 afterparty was pretty sweet.
There's no getting over the TAKER match to say the least.
But we did however went home with these new reading materials.

THANK YOU TAKER!

Sidequest: THE GRANDBUDAPEST HOTEL was an awesome movie.
Our recommendations were never wrong or crappy.
Ohhh! @ dem colors and Ahhh! at dem shocking scenes.

Got these 4 books.

The HAMSTER books were just so full of WIN.
With bonus art such as these..

FCBD 2014

OHMYFUCK'NGOD!
Where do we even begin?
We arrived SOOOO frakk'n late that everyone's preparing to go home.


But the good news is that we do have a new book entitled:

which only a handful (most of which were our friends)

get to see.
So again...THANKS, YOU GUYS!

We were so fuck'n tired that sleep is the only thing on our minds.

And oh yeah, somebody took our loot (sonnovabitch!)

so however you are that pretended you're me....

Enjoy those free swags while it last and always remember that your soul belongs to SSM!.

And we intend to collect in full.

Kinda bummed out about it since we really wanted to read either DEFEND COMICS or ZOMBIE TRAMP.
But thanks to YOU, we no longer can.

Wasn't able to meet our pals Aaron, Rob, Macoy & Rawwrr. Well, that's another shot to the nuts.

A minor setback, I guess.
But we did score some free COKE....and SPRITE.
And some free candies too that somebody left on the table...
Gawd we sounded so miserable because the fact of the matter is, we really are!

We did however got us this nifty shirt from Mam Buena (Thank you po!)

And had a little chit-chat with Sir Sandy.
And a couple of books from Josel.

Magika with character lifted from the movie Dayo : Sa Mundo Ng Elementalia.

GIANT-SIZE,my ass!
It's only slightly bigger than an ENJURIKI!

Got these 3 lovely ladies for a hundred.

And best of all, THIS sampler

Thank you, Benj!
(which contained our work, of course! HAH!)

and this rather stylish ABANGAN sampler

(which looks mighty fine, sitting next to his crimson red brother, ABANGAN).

All in all it was a fun experience and just like in the previous events the
after party is where it's at. REAL TALKs are fun , engaging and downright genuine.
It's a test of character and endurance.

And that was how we celebrated these 3 events.
So how was your experience on these 3 events?
Do tell us all about it on the comment section below.
That's that!

Au Revoir, our dear Friends & Lovers!
See you again soon!
Same SSM! time, same SSM! channel!