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So who were the real villains of Dragonball Super?

By Mark Rodriguez As the dub hits the final arc of Dragonball Super and the Broly movie wreaks havoc in movie theaters for a limited time, I look back and ask myself who the major villains of this series were. After all, it's no question that the main villains of DBZ were Vegeta, Freeza, the Androids, Cell and all the forms of Majin Buu. The final villains of Dragonball and Dragonball Z, and if you count GT were out to rule or destroy the world. But this isn't the case of the final boss of Super, that is really a challenge or an opponent but not an all out villain out to destroy the galaxy. when you think of terms of true villainy, we only have two real ones. Let's check them out. We started with Lord Beerus in the Battle of Gods arc where it's questionable of how evil Beerus is if at all. Lord Beerus is a necessary force, just as there are Gods of Creation, there must be Gods of Destruction to maintain balance. While Beerus destroys planets on a whim, he mostl

The Dead or Alive 6 Online Beta Test is LIVE (first impressions)

By Mark Rodriguez This is something worth letting you readers know. For fans of the Dead or Alive series that thought that we were never going to be done with the seemingly never-ending barrage of DoA 5 DLC costumes, Dead or Alive 6 is finally a reality. The online beta test hit sometime this past Friday January 11, 2019, just out of nowhere. So far only ranked matches are allowed and you can select Kasumi, Ayane, Hayate, Ryu Hayabusa and newcomer Diego, who is a fist fighter. So far there is only one stage available and you have 2 costumes available and can mess with the characters' glasses and things. The graphics are amazing, and the game play is a lot of fun and fast paced. The most noticeable new feature is that now the game added these power moves that can be linked into several strikes in a row. There's also a cool slow-motion zoom-in final strike that is similar to the DoA 5, and it can be done either by itself or at the end of the combo of super moves. You can