Since this is now a general gaming section instead of one about fighting games, I guess this'll go here - I figure it can still be useful for decision-making in Mugen development.

I found at insertcredit.com a reference to the fact that a write for the Edge game magazine now had his articles online, and this one questions the many things that the word "graphics" can mean and how visuals relate to the way a game works:

http://stevenpoole.net/trigger-happy/edge-109