Oh my. Just how good can one game possibly look (not counting GOW3, anyway).

Adding on to the already released trailer, it’s been edited to now include the character WE ALL KNEW would finally make it there- Dante from the much beloved Devil’s May Cry series. His rival? Well it’s none than than Deadpool, the wisecracking, terminally ill, terminally insane villain that you just have to love.

Too bad it doesn’t come out until next year, but in the meantime- watch and drool, courtesy of gametrailers.com.

OH YEAH!!

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Oh baby, oh…I’ve been scouting out the imports of the Street Fighter art books for a couple of months now, unwilling to pay the current ebay premiums. Keep them Ebay, Iv’e got mine on pre-order already courtesy of amazon! Woot! I’m estatic! The info is courtesy of the Capcom blog, and here is the Amazon page, where I pre-ordered already. Yay me!

I just came across this link to Street Fighter 4 desktops…so naturally I’m sharing it! It’s located on Capcom’s Japanese servers, so don’t be scared if you see little English, hehe. And you guys know how much I love Street Fighter…

here you go ladies and gents, the desktops await you here.

I’m a BIG, HUGE King of Fighters fan. I love their character designs, and I’ve always seen KOF as a more brutal type of street fighter which is somewhat of a ‘clean’ fighter. I actually collect KOF games for consoles, and with the upcoming release of KOF XII, I am stoked!! (and so is my HD TV!)

This blog called creativeuncut has many art galleries, so here is the link to the KOF gallery.I love it! Pow, kick, smash!

A drawing of the Infamous John Dillinger, inspired by the upcoming movie, Public Enemies.

Dillinger was a “criminal’s criminal”- robbed banks on sheer free will, and laughed at the authorities during his campaign of (bank) terror. This drawing is based off of his real life image (located at the wiki page below), not from Johnny Depp’s likeness. With Depp and Christian Bale at odds on the big screen, they already have my money.

Read all about the history of John Dillinger over at his Wiki page here. Haven’t seen the preview yet? Watch it here.

Wow. One of the best, honest posts I have read lately is from Gary Taxali over at the drawger blog – he’s ranting about how companies are trying to get over on artists in this down economy, and he’s most definitely not having it. The wave of comments solidify that this guy has definitely touched on a very important topic- classic exploitation of artists. I’ll be watching this guy from now on. Google refusing to pay for Illustration? Incredible. Check out the post here.

I’d like to send a shout-out+RIP to one of the co-founders of the Dungeons & Dragons Movement- Dave Arneson, which shaped most of the fantasy world concepts and ideas that us artists and regular(sic) people enjoy today. Good Show, Dave, Good show. Get more info and links to memorials at other game sites over at joystiq.com here.

Just beginning to keep track of web images I’m inspired/influenced/outraged by with this cool site called VI.SUALIZE.US. Basically an images version of de.licio.us, it’s wondrous because you dont have to store them offline and can view them on any computer. Sweet.

Check out my images feed here: http://vi.sualize.us/ashmadux/

Added a galleries page to host photoblogs of special events. First up: The International Armory Art Show. Click on the Flicker Galleries link in the main navigation bar or simply click here.

Wow. Simply, WOW. Japanese character design has always been one of my bigger inspirations, second only to the Marvel Universe. that said, Capcom is offering free download of the Street Fighter IV Training Manual, for those of us that cant afford to purchase the printed book-yeah yeah, recession, baby. An absolute must-have piece of material- grab it from here. (Warning: PDF link)