I’ve been a huge fan of fighting games since I discovered Street Fighter II in a convenience store in the early ‘90s. When that game and other seminal titles like Mortal Kombat and Virtua Fighter came to home consoles, I effectively stopped visiting arcades and acclimated to playing my favorite fighters on controllers. Arcade sticks weren’t as readily available back then, and the few options were too expensive for my family to afford. The mighty Sega Saturn controller was all I needed to beat my friends and neighborhood kids who challenged me.
I fell out of love with fighting games since Street Fighter V’s disastrous launch, but the Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection reignited my passion for the genre. For the past four months, I’ve spent most of my free time playing Street Fighter 6, Tekken 8, and King of Fighters XV, among others. I am fully immersed in the world of fighting games, so much so that I’m considering attending the EVO fighting game tournament in Vegas this year.
