It’s almost Christmas, and I’ve decided that I need to write a blog before the night before the Eve. Simply put, it’s going to be hectic tomorrow for everyone as well as on Christmas Day, and who could forget ol’ Boxing Day. I’m pretty much set on NOT going out on Boxing day since we all know I’ve pretty much got everything I wanted. New Monitor, better sound system, few new games to try out and such. I’ve been dabbling in too many games lately and it seems to be taking a toll on me. Those blasted MMORPGs known as Ragnarok Online and Mabinogi are somewhat taking up little bits of my time. I can’t say I’m addicted since most of you do see me on my PS3 Online. I’m…

If you’ve ever been on SRK during the holiday season, chances are you know about this poem.  It posted every year at around this time.  For those that haven’t, here it is.  Hope you all have a happy holiday season.

How Akuma Stole Christmas

by Gavin “Vokter Seuss” Jasper

Every fighter from Capcom liked Christmas a lot,
But the demon secret boss from Capcom did not.

Akuma hated Christmas! The whole Christmas season!
Besides writers at Gamefaqs, no one quite knows the reason.
It could be that his tattoo was glowing too bright,
It could be, perhaps, that his beads were too tight.
But I think that the most likely reason of all
May have been that his black belt was two sizes too…

Alright were closing in on the end of 2008 so its time to look back and reflect on the year.  The year has been very good to me personally and I will have very fond memories of this year.  Theres a lot to talk about so I guess I’ll break this look back into a few entries.  I’ll finish off this series of entries with a look into whats looking like an even better year in 2009.

Guess I’ll talk about the scene locally and overal.  Even though there has been a lot happening for fighters this year, I say its part 1 and things will be even more epic in 2009.  This year saw the release of Super Street Fighter 2: HDRemix(ST:HD for short), Blazblue, Tatsunoko vs Capcom…