When the Street Fighter video game franchise first introduced audiences to the menacing wonder that was Blanka (a semi-beast hopping brutish maniac), everyone was excited about the prospect that new age video games were exploring the idea of gritty hand-to-hand combat in provocative ways. Since then, games such as Mortal Kombat X and GoldenEye have certainly delivered home the message that new age video games require an appreciation of the Hitchcock-esque focus on 'shock-value' action-adventure. Maybe the new Pokemon/Digimon empire will take us back to an age when action-adventure was also mixed with peaceful storytelling, but until then, Blanka will remain an icon of 'hellfire gaming.' That's why I like referencing Blanka in any anthropological discussion or historian-evaluation of the 'lycanthropy' of new age video games. Do you have a favorite new age video game that reminds you of the 'charm' of Blanka? ==== BLANKA: I will break you! RYU: Eat fireball. BLANKA: Jumping over them! RYU: Eat floor. BLANKA: Hopping back up! RYU: You're a beast! BLANKA: Aaargghhh! RYU: Ever ride a bicycle? BLANKA: Phew! RYU: Return from where you came. BLANKA: Hell! RYU: It's a bridge to Sega! ==== Blanka (Street Fighter Wiki)