8 hours wasted on Street Fighter...again

Apparently not much has changed in 15 years. I was addicted to SF2 15 years ago. I’m addicted to SF4 now. I gamed with my friends till my parents called wondering if I was coming home that night. Now, my wife calls and wonders out loud when I’ll get my ass home. Probably like most on this site, my formative years in high school were spent doing anything and everything to impress the ladies, playing high school sports and oh yeah, playing Street Fighter until I hate blisters on my fingers the size of Chun Li’s ….well you know.

The reason for a trip down memory lane? One of my good friends got a copy of Street Fighter 4 for the PS3 and the reviews for the game have been outstanding so about 7 of us decided to meet up at his place with the 70” Samsung and the kick ass hookah for some HADUKEN fun. Now we all expected to play for a couple of hours, have a few tokes on the Hookah and eat some good fresh Sushi. I don’t think any of us had any idea how good this game is or more poignantly, how powerful nostalgia is. We ended up staying at his place for well over 8 hours playing SF4 till we unlocked most of the characters and beat the crap out of each other.

I think it’s pretty incredible that in the last 15 years, I’ve been able to get a University degree, get a pretty good job, find a woman that doesn’t think a man with Master Chief Boxers is a r-tard, have a kid and still be addicted to Ryu’s flaming uppercut. To keep a piece of your childhood is a special thing but to be able to relive it with your best friends is even better. I might not be able to tackle a outside center anymore like I used to in high school or pick up the ladies with my smooth lines but I can still master Guile’s Sonic booooooom.

P.S. I took some pics on my iphone but due to the shittyness that is the iphone camera, it didnt come out well at all. It looks more like Gollums cave what with the lack of flash. Apple, give me a working camera god damn it! Especially when I spend $399 on your phone.