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Long Vo
Long Vo (also known online as VO or Vostalgic) is an entrepreneur, freelance illustrator, producer and creative/art director. Long is one of the three original founders of Gaia Online, one of the first social gaming success stories being an English-language, anime-themed social networking and forums-based gaming website that grew to over 26 million registered users with 7 million unique users each month and was backed by venture firms such as Benchmark, Redpoint, DAG and Time Warner. Prior to this, Long managed comic studio Studio XD and produced illustrations, multimedia and comic books for Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Wildstorm, Image Comics, UDON and many other publishers. Long's work was first noticed in ''PSM'' and ''GamePro'' magazine back in 1997 and since then his work has appeared in many other mediums from comics and kids books to internet websites and videogames. Long was listed as associate producer on an independent film ''All About Dad'' in 2009. Long was the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaia Online
Gaia Online is an English-language, anime-themed social networking and forums-based website with Chibi-style animations. It was founded as go-gaia on February 18, 2003, by Derek Liu, Long Vo, Josh Gainsbrugh, and the name was changed to GaiaOnline.com in 2004 by its owner, Gaia Interactive. Gaia originally began as an anime linklist and eventually developed a small community, but following a statement by founder Derek Liu, the website moved towards social gaming and eventually became forum-based. In 2007, over a million posts were made daily, and 7 million unique users visited each month (with over 26 million total registered users). Gaia also won the 2007 Webware 100 award in the Community category and was included in ''Time'' magazine's list of 50 best websites in 2008. In January 2011, the company won the Mashable Best User experience Award for 2010. Avatars Members of Gaia Online, known as Gaians, receive a customizable avatar when they sign up. Users have the ability t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaquille O'Neal
Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal ( ; born March 6, 1972), known commonly as "Shaq" ( ), is an American former professional basketball player who is a sports analyst on the television program ''Inside the NBA''. O'Neal is regarded as one of the greatest basketball players and centers of all time. He is a and center who played for six teams over his 19-year career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and is a four-time NBA champion. After playing college basketball for the LSU Tigers, O'Neal was drafted by the Orlando Magic with the first overall pick in the 1992 NBA draft. He quickly became one of the best centers in the league, winning Rookie of the Year in 1992–93 and leading his team to the 1995 NBA Finals. After four years with the Magic, O'Neal signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Lakers. They won three consecutive championships in 2000, 2001, and 2002. Amid tension between O'Neal and Kobe Bryant, O'Neal was traded to the Miami Heat in 2004, and his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatsunoko Vs Capcom
''Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars'' is a crossover fighting game developed by Eighting and published by Capcom. The game features characters from both Capcom's video game franchises and various anime series produced by Tatsunoko Production. It was originally released in Japan for arcades and the Wii video game console in December 2008 as . Following high demand from international fans, Capcom worked with Tatsunoko to resolve international licensing issues and a second version, ''Ultimate All-Stars'', was released for the Wii in North America, Japan, and Europe in January 2010, featuring additional characters and online multiplayer. In ''Tatsunoko vs. Capcom'', players engage in combat with a team of two characters or with a single giant character and attempt to knock out their opponents. It is the seventh Capcom-designed installment in their ''Vs.'' fighting game series, which includes the '' Marvel vs. Capcom'' and '' Capcom vs. SNK'' series, and the first to be fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super Street Fighter IV
is a 2010 fighting game produced by Capcom. It is an updated version of ''Street Fighter IV'' and has been said to mark the definitive end of the ''Street Fighter IV'' series. Having been deemed too large an update to be deployed as Downloadable content, DLC, the game was made into a standalone title but given a lower price than that of a full retail game. It was released in April 2010 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. ''Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition'' was released as one of the launch titles for the Nintendo 3DS, with 3D functionality, on February 26, 2011, in Japan. The game has sold 1.9 million units worldwide, while the ''3D Edition'' for the 3DS has sold an additional 1.1 million units worldwide. Gameplay Much like ''Street Fighter IV'', ''Super Street Fighter IV'' features 3D backgrounds and characters played on a 2D plane. Exclusive additions like Focus- Attacks and separate meters for both Super and Ultra Combos make a return. The Ultra Combo gauge and moves ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capcom Fighting Jam
, released in the US as ''Capcom Fighting Evolution'', is a 2004 head-to-head fighting game from Capcom. It was originally released as a coin-operated arcade game for the Namco System 246 hardware and ported to the PlayStation 2 and Xbox. The game features characters from three different incarnations of the ''Street Fighter'' series, as well as characters from the '' Darkstalkers'' series and the CPS III arcade game '' Red Earth'', with each character employing the fighting system from the game which they represent. Gameplay ''Capcom Fighting Evolution'' features characters all taken from the rosters of '' Street Fighter II' Turbo'', ''Street Fighter Alpha 3'', '' Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike'', ''Darkstalkers 3'', as well as the single game '' Red Earth''. There are four selectable characters representing each series, excluding original character Ingrid and the boss characters Pyron and Shin Akuma. Each character uses a fighting system from the game which determines the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battlecry
A battle cry or war cry is a yell or chant taken up in battle, usually by members of the same combatant group. Battle cries are not necessarily articulate (e.g. "Eulaliaaaa!", "Alala"..), although they often aim to invoke patriotic or religious sentiment. Their purpose is a combination of arousing aggression and esprit de corps on one's own side and causing intimidation on the hostile side. Battle cries are a universal form of display behaviour (i.e., threat display) aiming at competitive advantage, ideally by overstating one's own aggressive potential to a point where the enemy prefers to avoid confrontation altogether and opts to flee. In order to overstate one's potential for aggression, battle cries need to be as loud as possible, and have historically often been amplified by acoustic devices such as horns, drums, conches, carnyxes, bagpipes, bugles, etc. (see also martial music). Battle cries are closely related to other behavioral patterns of human aggression, su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robotech (comics)
''Robotech'' comics first officially appeared in print in 1985, though Comico published the first issue of its license from Harmony Gold USA under the ''Macross'' name. When Harmony Gold was releasing the first few episodes of its original ''Macross'' dub in 1984, it was discovered that Revell already had a ''Robotech Defenders'' line of scale model kits that included the transformable ''Macross'' mecha. The potential for brand confusion caused concern that Harmony Gold would have problems selling its own transformable ''Macross'' toys. Harmony Gold and Revell were able to come to a co-licensing agreement — when producer Carl Macek had the idea to combine ''Macross'' with ''Southern Cross'' and ''Mospeada'' to create an 85-episode television series, he chose to use Revell's pre-existing ''Robotech'' name and logo to strengthen the title's brand recognition. Publication history DC Comics (1984) A little-known ''Robotech Defenders'' limited comic book series was first publis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evolution
Evolution is change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. These characteristics are the expressions of genes that are passed on from parent to offspring during reproduction. Different characteristics tend to exist within any given population as a result of mutation, genetic recombination and other sources of genetic variation. Evolution occurs when evolutionary processes such as natural selection (including sexual selection) and genetic drift act on this variation, resulting in certain characteristics becoming more common or rare within a population. The circumstances that determine whether a characteristic should be common or rare within a population constantly change, resulting in the change in heritable characteristics arising over successive generations. It is this process of evolution that has given rise to biodiversity at every level of biological organisation, including the levels of species, individual org ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
