'Tough Love Arena' Feels Like a Throwback to Computer Lab Emulator Bouts

Paul Weeks, like most kids of a certain generation, used to play Flash games and emulators in the computer lab. It's an experience I can certainly relate to; hidden away from the teacher's eyes, crafty kids often figured out how to get games like StarCraft, Halo, and more up and running on mini-LANs when we were supposed to be working on our MLA citations.


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This is a cool article and game, and what it fails to mention is that this has an extremely good tutorial! It explains fighting game terms and strategy in simple, clear ways. Fighting game devs should seriously take a look at this. It’s not complex at all but it’s effective.

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