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| Written by celly
-- Wednesday, 11 October 2006 |
 There are certain things in this world that everyone will always remember. Your first kiss. Your 'first time'. Your first love. How to get unlimited men in Contra. And how to do the Spin kick with Chun-Li just so you can get the brief glimpse of her panties. It's a sick truth, but you'll be hard pressed to find a red blooded American male between the ages of 25-30 who can't remember at least one key/joystick combo from Street Fighter II or Mortal Kombat. It was just something we did 'Back in My Day...'
Much like Wolfenstein 3D / Doom / Quake / Blood did for the game industry by making first person shooters not just cutting edge but somewhat social [ie. verse Type Play] SF and MK did it in a different way. These games brought people together. Whether it was around an arcade or in a group pounding buttons on someones SNES, people finally found a game where they wanted to play not just verse something, but with someone else.. It was sorta, male bonding through decapitation if you will... Sure there are massive social games now [ ie. WoW, Sims ] -- But the users are tethered together through miles and miles of tubes the Internet. Where as with Street fighter, people were tethered with 5 feet of controller cables, or 4 inches of raging joystick stubs... [ Did that sound a lil pervy to you too? Okay, alot pervy? ]
Perhaps hindsight is always 20/20, but I feel that many games today have lost their local social appeal. So, while we're all being nostalgic, check out this shirt from NerdyShirts.com. Honestly, there is nothing nerdy about it. This shirt really does represent a classic cultural icon of Generation OBGYN [ Or whatever generation we are now.. ] -- People who understand it, will just smile and nod.. And you can enjoy those memories of stiff thumbs together... And to people who don't understand it.. Just tell them it's how Gay Spiderman Shoots Webs.. It's way easier than trying to explain it... Heh.. [ I love making myself laugh! ]
Cost: $17.99 [USD / Up, Up, Down, Down, ...]
URL: http://www.nerdyshirts.com
[ Editors Note: I'm lil concerned about any Google traffic I'll get for the term 'Raging Joystick Stubs'... ]
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