I like so many other people recently bought Street Fighter IV and am thoroughly enjoying it, a surprise to nobody, but considering I've never played a Street Fighter game before it surprised me.  I never really got fighting games before and also never played any of the previous Street Fighter games because of my age, but the videos and screenshots were enough to make me pick up the latest game and now I finally seem to get it.  I finally seem to enjoy fighting games.  I know I'm not really a fighting game fan, something reflected in the fact I can't beat the Arcade mode on anything above Medium, but I'm shocked at how I've lost count of how many times I've beaten the arcade mode.  I've sunk a good amount of hours into the game and have yet to grow tired of it.

I'm really enjoying the single player but sadly I've yet to play online.  I've played against a few friends, but that doesn't really count because they're just as bad as me.  When I fight my friends the fight often comes down to what's known as the Bison tactic where you select M.Bison, block the opponent into the corner, and spam a particular move until you win.  It probably doesn't make sense but there's a story behind it which is why it stuck with us.  That said, my skill level isn't the main reason I don't play online, rather that in a way I'm actually kinda scared.  I know that sounds a little sad coming from a twenty year old but there's something about Xbox Live that both scares me and puts me off.  I guess I just never saw the appeal of playing against people that you know are better than you and also that you know will likely insult you when they beat you.

Sadly as luck would have it I'm out of time so I can't really go into much depth about my Street Fighter experience.  I'll possibly put something else up in the next few days but until then I hope you enjoyed reading this and have a good day.