Showing posts with label Nineties. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nineties. Show all posts

Saturday, February 9, 2008

Counting Down to V-day : The Love Triangle

As we countdown to V-day , we'd like to portray the perspective of love in all shapes and sizes including the infamous Love Triangle. Unfortunately i had my first taste of this at an early age when i was forced to choose between the Dance Mix USA and MTV Party to Go Series.

Patty - AKA MTV Party to Go



I first met Patty when i was in the 6th grade, sharing some special songs on the dancefloor of the school's gymnasium. It was smooth sailing from there. The only question was, now that we found love what are we going to do with it? Then one day I initiated an impromptu after school special meeting to talk about sex and all the good things and the bad things that may be. Although i wanted her to know that it was all for love, she was bugged out and told me we shouldn't go steady anymore.








Danielle - AKA Dance Mix USA


I had trouble getting over Patty so I distracted myself with endless nights of pleasure playing heated battles in NHL '94 on Super Nintendo. Then one Saturday night/Sunday morning after the game i hit the tube to see what was on, and then i saw an infomercial featuring Danielle. She was so upbeat and dreamy and she reminded me that Everybody's Free To Feel Good. I was a desperate man and i had to call her immediately after the commercial to be able to take advantage of this once in a lifetime opportunity. She arrived at my door 4-6 weeks later and we spent many nights together, particularly after i paused my NHL games to get the crowd pumped to do the Tribal Dance. However, the luster didn't last too much longer and it was clear that Patty was still on my mind. Her and the rest of the top students in our grade were about to leave for Astro Camp until i stopped her right before she boarded the bus. That's when i said "Babe I love you so and i want you to know that i'm going to miss your love the minute you walk out that door... please don't go." I re-won her heart and we began to rock steady and steady rockin' all night long...that is until i met her younger sister, Volume 3.







The above story was strictly for your fictional entertainment and an excuse to play these guilty pleasures in a context i wished them to belong in my adolescence. I am not responsible for any judgments you make about my music taste and hope this doesn't ruin my ridiculous reputation in Junior High.



For another love triangle from the early 90's, check out Boomerang, Eddie Murphy's last viewable film and one of my grandma's personal favorites. Eddie's Party All the Time attitude might have done it for Lady Eloise and Mike Tyson's first lady/Head of the Class star Robin Givens but it def'ly wouldn't do for Halle Berry and her breakout performance. To put you in the love mood i highly recommend the soundtrack to the film which includes classic cuts from Boyz II Men, Toni Braxton & Babyface. However, please set adrift on your memories with this blissful video of "I'd Die Without You" by PM Dawn, which is my personal favorite.

Friday, February 8, 2008

Street Fighter IV ?! (Was there even a part III ?!)

Looks like all of us kids of the 80s/90s have another thing to look forward to- a new Street Fighter game is coming out! Most of us had epic battles with Street Fighter II and I think we've all caught ourselves yelling out crazy stuff like "HADOKEN" and "SONIC BOOM" while playing. For the sake of this piece, I'm going to assume there never was a Street Fighter III- I mean if it DOES actually exist, it had to have sucked so badly that I never heard about it...

Checkout these amazing graphics from the new Street Fighter IV. Looks like Capcom (the game studio) got smart and stuck with all the classic characters. As long as the game is as fast paced and responsive as the originals, it could potentially be a big one:

If you're into crazy eastern cultures like our buddy Dhalsim above, you'll probably dig our September '07 MixTape, which featured a little eastern themed mini-mega-mix at the beginning. Dhalsim looks like he totally could have one-upped Little Superstar to have been our coverboy for the issue:

Wonder what happened to all the characters in the last 10 years between the games? Checkout this series of web videos for all the answers- "Street Fighter: The Later Years"

** UPDATE ** Checkout the trailer:



Source: Kotaku