Anybody who knows me knows why I have taken so long to get the new paulietheboss site finished.
They know why I’m up late at night making clacking sounds while I abuse my stick (ooh err) and they know why I spend hours looking at strategy information and discussion on shoryuken … all because of a game.
It’s because on February 20th (has it been that long?!) Street Fighter IV made me its bitch.
I’ve been a big gamer for as long as I could hold a controller, but no game caught my eye the way Street Fighter II - The World Warrior did.
I grew up on the South side of Glasgow, and didn’t have very handy access to any local arcades. But I did go to school a few miles away, and it was in the days where a newsagent would often have an arcade machine sat in the corner.
Remember when these graphics were impressive? Then you're old. Like me.
This is where I was first introduced to the world of Street Fighter.
Despite instantly enjoying the selection of characters, I tended to pick Ryu. I’d play it every chance I got, but never evolving my style or analysing my tactics.
I ended up with a copy of Super Street Fighter 2 on the Super Nintendo a few years later. At this point I developed that most epic of techniques, the jumping hard kick followed by sweep kick.
My, it is a devastating combo. Who could possibly beat me now I know this secret of the game?
As you probably know if you ever played the Street Fighter series, everyone uses that bloody thing. It’s the staple tactic of everyone who says “yeah I know how to play Street Fighter.”
Click page 2 to read more about the Street Fighter series.
