Happy Belated Birthday to Street Fighter II!
That’s right readers, my all time favorite fighting game turned 20 yesterday. I’m sure it was an amazing day for the crew over at Capcom (Thanks for the Dead Rising series), one filled with cake, tournaments and debates on whether using M. Bison* makes you a bitch or not. If you’re asking me, yes it does, but you’re not, and yes I’ve used him to beat the guy hogging the machine before.
Anyway, back to what I was thinking about before you interrupted me with your questions about M. Bison bitchitude. The only thing this makes me want to celebrate is the fact that I managed to escape the 90’s with any quarters in my pocket, and with a rudimentary understanding of the female species. Let’s be honest, there really weren’t any lady folk in the arcades in those days. Besides, I much preferred the local convenience shop with its slushies, nudie mags barely visible behind the counter, and lots and lots of hadooken to an actual live girl. Not many of them had Chun Li’s thighs anyway.
Here’s to another 20.
*Yes I know that a playable Bison didn’t come along until later.
