{"id":11337,"date":"2023-08-28T10:37:39","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T08:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/28\/they-should-be-called-bruce-em-ups-how-bruce-lee-shaped-fighting-games\/"},"modified":"2023-08-28T10:37:39","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T08:37:39","slug":"they-should-be-called-bruce-em-ups-how-bruce-lee-shaped-fighting-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/28\/they-should-be-called-bruce-em-ups-how-bruce-lee-shaped-fighting-games\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018They should be called Bruce-\u2019em-ups\u2019 \u2013 how Bruce Lee shaped fighting games"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fifty years since the death of the martial arts film superstar, we look at how he inspired generations of games developers \u2013 and helped take the beat-\u2019em-up mainstream<\/p>\n

\u2018He had this disorder that filled him with too much energy,\u201d recalled Robert of his older brother, Bruce Lee, the martial arts movie superstar nicknamed Never Sits Still by his friends and family. Speaking with writer Matthew Polly for his definitive 2018 biography, Robert continued: \u201cBruce was like a wild horse that had been tied up.\u201d<\/p>\n

This quote doubles as a perfect description for the dazzling way in which Lee \u2013 who died 50 years ago at 32 from cerebral oedema \u2013 fought on-screen. A demonic whirlwind of flying kicks, vengeful, air-popping nunchucks, feral animal noises (something Lee invented to unsettle his opponents) and double-fisted punches that hit enemies with the elegance of a championship fencer, Lee cemented martial arts in the global mainstream. And despite his short life, he smashed through the barrier that previously held back so many Asian actors in Hollywood.<\/p>\n

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\nFifty years since the death of the martial arts film superstar, we look at how he inspired generations of games developers \u2013 and helped take the beat-\u2019em-up mainstream
\n\u2018He had this disorder that filled him with too much energy,\u201d recalled Robert of his older brother, Bruce Lee, the martial arts movie superstar nicknamed Never Sits Still by his friends and family. Speaking with writer Matthew Polly for his definitive 2018 biography, Robert continued: \u201cBruce was like a wild horse that had been tied up.\u201d
\nThis quote doubles as a perfect description for the dazzling way in which Lee \u2013 who died 50 years ago at 32 from cerebral oedema \u2013 fought on-screen. A demonic whirlwind of flying kicks, vengeful, air-popping nunchucks, feral animal noises (something Lee invented to unsettle his opponents) and double-fisted punches that hit enemies with the elegance of a championship fencer, Lee cemented martial arts in the global mainstream. And despite his short life, he smashed through the barrier that previously held back so many Asian actors in Hollywood. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fifty years since the death of the martial arts film superstar, we look at how he inspired generations of games developers \u2013 and helped take the beat-\u2019em-up mainstream \u2018He had this disorder that filled him with too much energy,\u201d recalled Robert of his older brother, Bruce Lee, the martial arts movie superstar nicknamed Never Sits …<\/p>\n

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