For many bands, video games are an amusing distraction at best. Practicing at the home of a member who owns a console can be a risky endeavor, as a spontaneous game of Halo or Madden might stretch into an hours-long tournament.

That’s not the case with Arlington’s Man Factory. This band is in the process of turning a love for a classic fighting game into a three-CD epic.

The members offered the first part of Street Fighter II: Rock Opera as a free download on their MySpace site last year (it's still up for free download, now), and they've begun work on the follow-ups.

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