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Rocky Thomas Pierce
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Fighting Games and Super-Heroes

Champion Design @ Kabam, thoughts and opinions are my own
I assume this means Reiko is the victim.
December 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The Rock Band ACDC Track Pack is a hilarious inclusion.
December 12, 2025 at 9:48 PM
... but that's an arcade cabinet
December 9, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I don't believe it, I can't.

Tekken without Harada just sounds wrong.

I hope he gets the rest he deserves, truly one of the greats.

Don't ask him for shit.
December 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Noooooooooooo
December 5, 2025 at 3:28 AM
The people are not ready for Swift Master
November 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Please do
November 25, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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I wrote a proposed GDC talk about my views on this but never got to give it. Id like to turn it into a youtube video or something someday.
November 25, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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I believe that if a design team pursues balance, in the traditional meaning of the word, the game will end up with less variety, less fun, and lower retention.

Reducing frustrators and enabling a lot of thoughtful player expression and fantasy fulfillment are the ways you achieve those goals.
November 25, 2025 at 3:17 AM
the switch 2 version of forgotten kingdom took an unexpected turn replacing mouthful mode with *****ful mode
November 25, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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incredible that for big companies, this is gonna be considered the 'uncompromising take'
November 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
They are all inarguably fighting games this year (for once)!

I don't love seeing collections in these, but CFC2 deserves to be nomination on quality merits alone. Unlike a certain ... Kollection.

2XKO takes this easily, Fatal Fury is fun but the whole Ronaldo stunt should not be rewarded imo.
November 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I assume Ingrid is going to be top tier as hell somehow
November 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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November 15, 2025 at 5:12 AM