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Archive for October, 2014

John Hathway – Magic Rocket Station (another)

Posted on October 28th, 2014 by Hitstun

Time for another dual-monitor desktop wallpaper with a lot going on. pixiv artist John Hathway puts on some Susumu Hirasawa music and draws Mahocho, a vertical city of magic users that use flying brooms, rockets, and jetpacks to get around. The scale is so big you need a fisheye lens to see it all. Oh, […]

Street Fighter II: Mastering Great Combinations and Strategies

Posted on October 20th, 2014 by Hitstun

Oh, Capcom. When Street Fighter II Turbo came to consoles in 1993, they put out this campy VHS tape of totally valid strategies from old school Street Fighter legend Tomo Ohira. LordBBH compiled a highlight reel of all the character intro voiceovers. If the cartoonish racial stereotypes were any worse, this would be Punch-Out!! Scroll […]

Vadim Makhorov – Hong Kong Rooftopping at Night

Posted on October 10th, 2014 by Hitstun

No, this isn’t from a video game! This is a photo from a rooftop in Hong Kong’s Wanchai neighborhood overlooking Causeway Bay and Happy Valley. Rooftoppers Vadim Makhorov and Vitaliy Raskalov took several trips to Hong Kong scaling skyscrapers, taking pictures, and even hacking a huge billboard. Source: 55.jpg via Hong Kong | ontheroofs and […]

Rob Scallon – Angel of Death

Posted on October 3rd, 2014 by Hitstun

Hold onto your hats! Versatile string player Rob Scallon just released another Slayer cover. This adds to his playlist of metal on instruments that aren’t metal with the description “If I wasn’t going to play Slayer on my banjo then what did I buy it for?” Source: Slayer – Angel of Death (Banjo cover w/ […]