My fellow gamers: there are few more potent ways to advertise the firmness of your testes (or, um, ovaries) than the King of Fighter XII combo.
A Call of Duty headshot can be very intimidating, granted, but it’s over in seconds, whereas a full-on, flowing chain of kicks, punches and inexplicable fireballs is tantamount to torture.
Do it in high definition, and you might as well leap onto the other player’s lap and shag him or her right in the optic nerve.
There’s a preview over on Kikizo if you’re interested. Which you are, of course.
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