Street Fighter II

Ok I admit it… when I was a teenager I was a video game nerd and my favorite game of all time was Street Fighter 2. The graphics were great for the day and age and my friends and I blew every allowance playing for hours during the pizza buffet at Mr. Gatti’s. There were 6 buttons for the game, 3 variations of punch, 3 variations of kick, and a joystick. The moves were easy enough to learn that within 10 minutes, anybody could be good enough to compete.

Time went by and games got more complicated, by the time I was 25 I felt like an old man trying to learn modern video games, 12 buttons, combinations involved lots of different combinations of buttons and joysticks and gamepads… it was overwhelming and I generally thought “if this is gonna be so much work, why don’t I do something that will actually pay off, like meeting girls?”

Then a few weeks ago, my colleague Andy showed me this video game system that you can buy at x-gaming, it’s a full sized video game (the kind you stand in front of with a friend) and it came with none other than Street Fighter II. I bought it immediately.

It arrived, the delivery guys unpacked it, and in 10 minutes I was playing. What a blast I’ve had down in the basement reliving my younger days, eating pizza and drinking beer… it feels so decadent. In any case, if you’ve been trying to find me on icq or aim but I’ve been unavailable…that’s what I’ve been doing with my free time for the past 3 days!