Thursday, January 27, 2011

Video games

"Gun fu" moves appear in the video game Max Payne, along with dual-wielding various weapons, including Berettas, and machine pistols such as Uzis, and the Ingram MAC-10.

Shadow Hearts: From the New World features a character, Natan, whose special skill is labeled "Gun Fu" and is designed to resemble the martial art.

Dante, from the Devil May Cry series, employs "gun fu" using a variety of firearms, the wielding of dual pistols being his trademark.

In 2007, Stranglehold, a game sequel to John Woo's cult film 'Hard Boiled' was released, which featured the protagonist 'Police Inspector Tequila' on another blood driven conquest. With 'slo-mo' action sequences precision sniping in areas such as the crotch and face and persistent use of two hand guns or sub-machine guns.

Noel Vermillion from the fighting game BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger also uses "gun fu" with her two Nox Nyctores pistols, the Arcus Diabolus Bolverk.

In 2009, Cryptic Studios released Champions Online which features a "munitions" class that contains several abilities that utilize dual-wielding pistols. Many of the powers combine firing with martial arts, including a "Bullet Ballet" power and a high level ability called "Lead Tempest". Both powers include animations that appear to use the film Equilibrium as reference.[opinion] Likewise, the similar game City of Heroes is incorporating a Dual Pistols power set into the game in the upcoming expansion pack, Going Rogue, which involves switching between ammunition types mid-combat and various trick shots, while seeming to draw inspiration from the same film

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