EVIL GAMES: Street Fighter 20th!

It's been almost 20 years since the first Street Fighter machine hit the streets and of course Capcom has a whole campaign planned for it's most successful franchise. First, a movie slated for 2008 which will center on Chun-Li this time and will probably be nothing at all like the last fiasco with fan-favorites getting more respect these days. Capcom also has new games as well as a new anime series which I hope will be a nod to the Street Fighter 2V series. Check the interview on Game Daily.

With all this on the horizon, you might wanna get your SF knowlege up.
-B

Links:Game Daily | Street Fighter: The Ultimate Edition Vol.1

EVIL NEWS: Man Beaten in Video Freed

A man whose violent arrest by Los Angeles Police officers was videotaped and posted on YouTube was scheduled to be released from jail Wednesday. William Cardenas, 23, made an unexpected appearance Wednesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court. He pleaded no contest to one misdemeanor count of fleeing from police. Two felony resisting arrest charges against him were dropped. -CNN.com

I wouldn't go as far as to say that this is another Rodney King, but it is extremely incriminating. I'm positive that this is way more complicated but there really is no excuse for this type of behavior from an officer.
-B

INFO: CNN.com

EVIL ART: Alexandre Orion Cleans The Tunnels of Sao Paulo

Ossario is the amazing Alexandre Orion’s latest project. He’s been spending time in São Paulo’s tunnels scraping the deposited exhaust soot from the walls to make hundreds of sculls. I won’t bore you with some second rate description here; there’s a great write up about the project on the site.
—Reevo

INFO: Wooster Collective | Ektopia

EVIL WEAR: Upper Playground @ Digital Gravel

Take a look at the new mens tees from Upper Playground which include a Michael Jordan tee and this Friday navy tee. Ill, I know. Grab em quick because nothing lasts at DG.
-B

Links: Digital Gravel

HARDKNOCK TV: ?uestlove

In other ?uestlove news, here is the interview that was on the Breakdown FM podcast except edited down and with video. Enjoi.

Link: Hardknock TV

EVIL MOVIES: Shia LaBeouf Drops Some Dimes on Transformers Movie

Shia LaBeouf star of "Holes" and maybe some other movies was interviewed with Brian Geraghty by Rebecca Murray at About.com. Hidden in his ranting (which is funny looking in writing) he hints at a Transformers trilogy. See it here

EVIL MUSIC: The Beautiful Single

More or Less (prod. Hi-Tek) is Talib Kweli's follow-up to Listen and the video looks to be a doozy. We'll be here when it drops for the web. In the mean time, check out the behind the scenes clips or listen to the track.

EVIL MUSIC: Pharrell [feat. The Yessirs]

In case you haven't heard, in the spirit of N.E.R.D.'s "In Search Of", Pharrell has decided to re-mix "In My Mind" with ?uesto as the overseer. Check out this new mix for "Number 1". (and check out the Al Green / ?uest video afterwards).

More: YouTube

EVIL MOVIES: The Fabled Aqua Teen Movie is Sighted

Evidently, the "Aqua Teen Hunger Force The Movie for Theatres" movie exists despite claims that [adult swim] was just jerking the viewers around. [adult swim] has released the first minute or so of the movie on their site which is the clip that premeired at the 2006 ComicCon.

More: [adult swim]

EVIL WEAR: J Dilla x New Era

These badboys drop 11.25.06 (aka "black friday"). There available in two color-ways corresponding to each of "The Shining" CD covers (black/gold and crimson/gold). The crimson will include a copy of the album. They are in limited to 144 peices at $74 each so you might wanna get your money right.

INFO: Okayplayer.com | Dilla x Era

EVIL MUSIC: Off the Wall

"Michael Jackson to perform for the first time since acquittal on child molestation charges. The last time Michael Jackson performed in Britain, rocker Jarvis Cocker stormed the stage and mocked the star who was striking Christlike poses and surrounding himself with children." -AP

Jackson comes from out of hiding and will perform "Thriller" this Wednsday at the World Music Awards, which has way more weight than the Grammys to you young-uns out there. I guess we'll see if he can reclaim his crown before he croaks and shake off some of those demons.

EVIL GAMES: All Eyes on Wii

With the launch of the Wii this Sunday, most gamers are hitting the stcks on their Gamecubes for the last few days. So you say 'yes, I'm getting a Wii, but what games should I get?' Well, I don't really know you so I couldn't tell you. What I can tell you is the launch titles set for this weekend in case you missed it.

• Avatar: The Last Airbender
• Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII
• Blitz: The League
• Call of Duty 3
• Cars
• Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2
• Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors
• Elebits
• Excite Truck
• Far Cry
• GT Pro Series
• Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers
• The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
• Madden NFL 07
• Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
• Metal Slug Anthology
• Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
• Monster 4x4 World Circuit
• Need for Speed: Carbon
• Open Season
• Rayman Raving Rabbids
• Red Steel
• SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab
• Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
• Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam
• Trauma Center: Second Opinion
• Wii Sports

Note: The important ones are in red.

Nintendo plans to ship four million Wiis worldwide by the end of the year. According to IGN.com, Nintendo will release an updated Wii that will provide DVD playback, hmm...

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