I don't usually pick up video game magazines but I thought it would be fun going through the list of the 50 Greatest Fighters. I have only peeked at 50 through 47 so far. I can tell you right now I will be making a list with my thoughts on where certain characters should be.
I love the overwhelming nostalgia I get when I see older video game characters. It's like seeing an old friend again. The dawn of video game systems in the 1980s was a great time to be a kid. Sure there might have been some Atari or Amiga system out but it was Nintendo that made the life changing entertainment system with so much story and lore that books could be written on the games as if a legitimate topic of research in school history classes. It should be. My son would ace that class.
Video game art is another pop culture stand by that I will always enjoy. Whether it is Link slashing out with the angst of a girly looking tough boy that is mistaken called Zelda nonstop, or zero suit Samus kicking alien butt all over the place with any of the range of awesome weapons she wields. There was such an excited chatter about Samus in just the body glove that it is indicative of a culture of anticipation. What does so and so's face look like? What is that bad guy's true identity? What will the next Halo be about? Name it and people (not just boys anymore!) are scrambling to get a piece of the action. I love it. I need to buy an Xbox 360 already and buy Skyrim. Sigh, that game rocks.
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