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Actually I do think Gametap coverage is overdone, especially relative to the interests of your audience. But this is not my blog, it is yours, so take the feedback as you will.

Is it just me, or does it seem like Joystiq is a freaking advertisment for Gametap? Do I really need to know every little game that gets released for it? Even the PS3, 360, Wii don't get this type of coverage.

SOA ran a contest some time ago in which users can enter their desired ring name and taunt. SOA will randomly pick entries and feature them as AI characters in the game. What happened with IGN/1UP is similar, except the winners of the informal tournies get to choose their costume.

Quite a number of users on http://virtuafighter.com made it into the game as well.

OK newbs...

- The square, fenced rings were purposely designed to be that way. For all of you new to gaming as, seems to be the case based on the comments above, VF3 in fact featured open terrain with undulations. But guess what, in arcade and tournament play, the vast majority of players picked the square, fenced rings. Sega realized what hardcore players want, and they are delivering it.

- VF is deep because when it comes to gameplay variables (i.e. guessing game opportunities) there is no peer. It's also fun as hell once you learn what those variables are. Shame that most gamers don't know those variables.

- Whoever was playing in the featured clip...is bad, horribly bad. I'm not surprised people were unimpressed.

- VF5 is designed for hardcore fighting game fans. Those who are, appreciate; those who do not, criticize without basis.

Probably Ghost Recon Advanced Warfare at the moment.