Interview with April 2015 East Coast Player Spotlight Winner DCB|Chris D

Jemmillion: Congratulations on being one of the winners for the April 2015 East Coast Player Spotlight! How long have you been playing fighting games? Do you play any others competitively besides Marvel vs Capcom 3?

DCB|Chris D: Thanks! I guess I’d say I’ve been playing fighters since the NES days. Of course, they didn’t get very sophisticated until Street Fighter 2 hit arcades. So, let’s just say that was my first. To answer your question, I’ve been playing for a very long time, but I didn’t really start entering

Interview with Pro-Fighting Gamer KN|Mikemetroid

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Jemmillion: Congratulations on coming in 2^nd place at Winter Brawl 9 for Mortal Kombat 9. In grand finals against CR|SonicFox, you first started off playing Johnny Cage, but then switched to Stryker. What was your thought process during those final matches? How do you feel about your overall performance?

KN|Mikemetroid: At first, I can say I wasn’t in the right mindset. I had just come back from pushing a car out of a parking lot at the local diner, thus being late to the top 8. I was soaked

Interview with Isaac Torres (Delriach), Lead QA of Killer Instinct at Iron Galaxy Studios

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Jemmillion: Thank you for the opportunity to interview you. Previously, you told me that when you first got involved in the fighting game scene, instead of going to grad school, you decided to start writing about video games on various gaming websites. What inspired you to become involved in the fighting game community?

Isaac Torres (Delriach): Fighting games have been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. I would go on school trips to places like Enchanted Castle and Haunted Trails just to play Tekken. Fortunately, when I went to UIC there was a small scene for Marvel 2, Tekken Tag, and Tekken 5. So, a lot of my time was spent around fighting games and the people that

Interview with 8 Time Mortal Kombat 9 Major Champion REO

Jemmillion: How long have you been playing fighting games? 

REO: I’ve been playing fighting games since I was six-years-old. I was given an N64 along with Super Mario 64, Mortal Kombat Trilogy, and Duke Nukem by a relative. I had no idea what a gaming console was or the effect it would have on me until I sat down to play it for the first time. I beat Super Mario 64, didn’t care that much for Duke Nukem, and Mortal Kombat Trilogy was where it all began. No matter how much play time I had invested, MKT was the only game I could always