Don't Revive Your Friends

  NBA Jam is back!?!  While it's not exactly NBA Jam, the vibes are revived with the new hoops game, NBA SUPERSTARS. The aesthetics, flash, and explosiveness which are staples of previous Jam entries are all here. It’s even got the iconic Tim Kitzrow on the mic. BOOM SHAKALAKA! If you’re a fan of arcade sports games this game was made for you. The only problem is that the only way to play it is to go to an arcade as there is currently no news for a console or PC port. Dave & Busters here I come.  Check out the trailer here ⬇ Here are some of my takeaways and thoughts: They’ve decided to go with 3 v 3 instead of 2 v 2, and I’m all for it. This just means more lineup experimentation and more chaos! There are a total of 120 playable NBA players. This means each team will have 4 total players to choose from (I didn't even use a calculator for that). Not the best, no the worst. It makes me wonder who will make the cut! I did some investigating on the roster selection. Interestin

One of my most played games last year was Street Fighter 6. I couldn’t get enough of its style, charisma (rizz?), and addictive gameplay. It really cemented itself as one of my favorite fighting games I’ve ever challenged myself to play. As time went on though, I did fall off. There are too many great games out there grasping for my attention! While a few of the DLC characters like A.K.I gave me reason to boot the game back up, I really was only picking it up sporadically. However, Capcom is dropping their latest and final wave 1 DLC character, Akuma, on May 22nd which has me pumped! Akuma has always been one of the dopest characters in the series. The purple fireballs that he throws on the ground OR the air, plus the Raging Demon super move are just so iconic. This is very 2012 of me to say, but he has so much swag. One of my favorite iterations of him was from Tekken 7. I mean, Akuma vs. Negan from the Walking Dead? Can’t beat that. While we don’t have crossovers like that from Tekke