In its original form, Double Dragon is, if nothing else, a game in which Lynyrd Skynyrd fights to rescue America from The Ramones, The Village People, and Grandmaster Flash.
prfsnl_gmr wrote:http://gameological.com/2012/10/smacks-and-the-city/
Here is a great article about how the Double Dragon series reflects our "culture’s changing relationship with the urban landscape." I think you will enjoy it, Elkin.In its original form, Double Dragon is, if nothing else, a game in which Lynyrd Skynyrd fights to rescue America from The Ramones, The Village People, and Grandmaster Flash.
Xeogred wrote:MrPopo wrote:Yoshi Story had 5000% more adorable singing Yoshis than Yoshi's Island. That's a massive point in its favor.
Sounds like they're rapping "Yo shit" in the caves level.
ElkinFencer10 wrote:prfsnl_gmr wrote:http://gameological.com/2012/10/smacks-and-the-city/
Here is a great article about how the Double Dragon series reflects our "culture’s changing relationship with the urban landscape." I think you will enjoy it, Elkin.In its original form, Double Dragon is, if nothing else, a game in which Lynyrd Skynyrd fights to rescue America from The Ramones, The Village People, and Grandmaster Flash.
Oh wow, that was actually a fascinating read. Thanks for sharing that. I hadn't though about it before, but now that I do, the urban-based games I enjoy most do tend to be those that are either mocking the idea of the dangerous city or recreating the danger.
Ack wrote:Also I now want to see a beat 'em up where the design is reversed; a couple of black women have to go fight white guys in suits armed with briefcases and tablet computers while wandering through financial institutions and expensive apartment penthouses.
Xeogred wrote:Games like this is why Gears of War is pretty lame in my book.
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