August 1st, 2012
(center)(object classId="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="480" height="418" id="VideoPlayerLg60147")(param name="movie" value="http://www.g4tv.com/lv3/60147" /)(param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /)(param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /)(embed src="http://www.g4tv.com/lv3/60147" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" name="VideoPlayer" width="480" height="382" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" /)(/object)(div style="margin:0;text-align:center;width:480px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:#FF9B00;")(/div)(/center)(br /)(br /)So while we're going to have to wait until the 17th of this month to get our hands on the game itself, we at least have the above video to satiate our curiosities. Featuring a burly helping of gameplay, this fifteen minute video should confirm the suspicions of pretty much everybody that saw the (a href="http://www.karatemart.com/blog/the-expendables-2-video-game-detailed-with-screenshots")screenshots(/a) from last month. Feast and enjoy!
July 31st, 2012
(center)(iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/sb1oN8WJAh8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen)(/iframe)(/center)(br /)(br /)Easily missed amongst the frantic rush to view the latest (i)Skyfall(/i) trailer (which was sorely lacking in both close quarters martial arts combat (i)and(/i) the grizzled voice of Liam Neeson), the new (i)Taken 2(/i) trailer was nearly identical to the first one. Nearly. (That last line is much more effective if you read it in Liam Neeson's voice. In fact, this entire post is better if read in Liam Neeson's voice.)(br /)(br /)This latest trailer features a brief exchange between 'the man with a very particular set of skills' and the foreign guy he'll no doubt kill in violent fashion by roll of credits. Neeson explains "If I kill you, your other sons will come and seek revenge...and I will kill them too." Now it may be too subtle for any but the sharpest of wits to pick up on, but I'm going to go ahead and say it won't be long before we see a trailer for (i)Taken 3: This Time They Have The Dog(/i).
July 26th, 2012
(center)(iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/BSZaof0V0Yg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen)(/iframe)(/center)(br /)(br /)Developer (i)QoocSoft(/i) hit the Steam Marketplace in a big way today with its new martial arts slug-fest (i)Kung Fu Strike: The Warriors Rise(/i). In what looks to be a very stylized, arcade beat 'em up, (i)Kung Fu Strike(/i) is looking to make an impression on both gamers and their pocket-books.(br /)(br /)Released today on PC for the very reasonable price of $9.99, it can even be found for an impressive 20% less depending on the online dealer. Not too shabby for a brand new title.(br /)(br /)Clocking in at 28 levels, the title may not be vying for all of your spare time (and really, is this such a bad thing?), but martial arts loving gamers out there should definitely get their money's worth from this title. For the console-bound players, an Xbox version is supposedly in the works.
(br /)(br /)((a href="http://www.playkungfustrike.com/")Official Site(/a))
July 26th, 2012
(center)(a href="http://www.karatemart.com/blog/what-next-some-olympians-that-should-consider-a-career-in-the-mixed-martial-arts")(img src="http://www.karatemart.com/images/blog/MMA-Olympics-Banner.jpg")(/a)(/center)(br /)(br /)The always entertaining sports blog, (i)Bleacher Report(/i), came up with a thoughtful list of 7 of the most well-rounded Olympians that should make the transition to the MMA.(br /)(br /)As would be expected, a freestyle wrestler take the top spot on the list, though there are some interesting considerations here. Notably Kayla Harrison, the current Number 2 ranked woman in the world for her (i)judoka(/i) skills. A hard-hitting match-up between Kayla and Ronda Rousey? Consider my ticket paid for.
(br /)(br /)Check out the source link for the full list of Olympic-level fighters that could find success in the MMA.
(br /)(br /)(via (a href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1273617-mma-in-the-olympics-7-olympians-who-should-transition-to-mma/page/8")Bleacher Report(/a))
July 25th, 2012
(center)(iframe id="viddler-ff7961dc" src="//www.viddler.com/embed/ff7961dc/?f=1&offset=0&autoplay=0&secret=98722685&disablebranding=0" width="545" height="349" frameborder="0" mozallowfullscreen="true" webkitallowfullscreen="true")(/iframe)(/center)(br /)(br /)The (i)Sleeping Dogs(/i) videos are starting to pour in at this point, which is just fine considering that it's nearly upon us (August 14th) and every bit I see of this makes me want it more.(br /)(br /)Give the video a look if you've got a spare a minute for some solid martial arts brawl. Now who doesn't have time for those?
