It's been a long time since I stepped into a video arcade. It seems so long ago that I'd spend almost 4-5 hours everyday with my face in front of a video screen inside the drug-riddled arcades on Russell St. I was so into Arcading that I'd forfeit about $50 daily on the machines and sometimes have no money purchase a train ticket home. All to often I'd jump the railing at Parliament station so that I could squeeze $2 more for one more game.

I became pretty good at the games I specialised in... but I never really played Street Fighter all that much. I could clock Street Fighter vs X-Men pretty easy and even tried learning combos for the Alpha series, but it was never my thing. Street Fighter 4 is the latest offering by Capcom for the franchise and is such a throwback to the original Street Fighters with a modern twist.

It's bloody impressive and the graphics are intense for a 3D Side Scrolling fighter. A friend of mine who is quite specalisied in it had a 7-2 streak while I watched. I wish I were that good.