Ken Masters had the perfect life.  He had lots of money, a beautiful girlfriend, and a red Porsche - until one day, when his life was turned upside down.  This Thursday, get ready for the most romantic, most spectacular "feel good" story of the Millennium.  Starring Ken Masters, Ryu Hoshi, and M. "Those Aren't My Balls, That's My Chin!" Bison, with a special appearance (if you know what I mean) by Chun-Li.  It's Ryu and Ken: A Love Story!

Rated "A" for "Adorable!"  Bison will laugh, Ken will cry, and leaders will die!  Don't miss it!

(Hey dudes.  This is actually Bel, but since I think Marty might want to make a blog tonight, I'm just going to put this here as a place holder.  He's actually asleep right now, and I've gotten the article done for a change!  And before work!  Woo!  Go read up and then check back later.)


Marty here: Okay, so it's been a while since I wrote a Rocket Blog, but in fairness, I am busy beavering away (sounds wrong) on writing these Rocket Hideout articles. Not only that, but I've recently started a new workout routine. See, there's this gym literally two streets away from our apartment, so I've signed up to it and started a routine where I work out three days a week, then have a rest day and then do it again. Not only that, but my personal training has picked up, considering the summer is upon us and everybody wants to get in shape. So, between all of that stuff, I've been leaving the Rocket Blog stuff to Bel, who's kept it padded with some videos that have been worth the watch. With that in mind, if you haven't watched them yet, then you need to.

Speaking of business, I was kept busy for a small portion of my day trying to get a VCR to work. I've liberated one from my dad (who wants me to record Game of Thrones for him on VHS... Virgin Media doesn't get Sky Atlantic, unlike Sky TV- ha!) and I've got some videos that I'm itching to watch so I can write Rocket Hideout articles about them... and I'm not going to say any more than that. What I will say, though, is that I had no luck setting up the VCR, outside of slipping it on our tv cabinet. Bel's going to have to take care of that. She's the tech person out of the two of us, and I stand around, look pretty and bark nonsense. I think we make quite the team. 

Woo, this one is a doozy!  Apologies for the very late nature of this update.  I think I beat the midnight deadline by about a few minutes, haha!  Marty really wrote up a storm this time and it's taken me about twice as long to finish my edits.  He also didn't leave a blog, so I'll just leave you guys to enjoy the article tonight.  Just a small note: the blog and article depositories are NOT being updated tonight for this artlcle.  I'll rectify that either tomorrow or over the weekend when I have more time.  With that being said, prepare yourself, because tonight's article is an all out action brawl starring the grandest of all super villains!  Hold on to your pants, because this is the...

I know you'll all love reading this as much as I enjoyed proofreading it.  Enjoy!

I'm going Super Sonic this week for the 30th Rocket Hideout article as I dabble with a couple of the lesser known Sonic the Hedgehog video games in Sonic Games Galore!

This article was a lot of fun to write, since I got to kick back and play through a few rounds of gaming with my favourite video game character of all time, Sonic. Now granted, a lot of people HAVE heard of the games that are featured in the article- but hey, it's not like they're Sonic the Hedgehog, or even Sonic the Hedgehog 2, you know? With that in mind, I figured it was a topic worth talking about.

It has to be said, though; perhaps my favourite Sonic the Hedgehog game ever is Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (even though it does have stiff competition from Sonic Adventure and Sonic Generations.) I always loved Sonic the Hedgehog a whole lot, but I always thought Sonic 2 to be better. I always thought it was better based on the fact it seemed faster and Sonic was able to do that cool move the super spin attack. In Sonic 1, Sonic was able to do a spin attack, but you needed a lot of momentum on your side to execute it well. In Sonic 2, though, you're able to build the momentum from a still start by pressing down, then bashing the shit out of that action button to get Sonic to spin and spin to build up some momentum to tear through some bad guys. Absolute class.

Let's not forget the special zone bonus stages, either. What's more fun than playing those with a friend? Get as many rings as you can to get the Chaos Emerald at the end. Just make sure you don't run into those bombs! One more thing that makes Sonic 2 so great- The Chemical Plant Zone. 'Nuff said.

As good as Nintendo's Super Mario World was (and it was always good to me) Mario just couldn't touch Sonic the Hedgehog 2. With that in mind, enjoy the article, and I'll see you soon!