fighting games, xbox 360 video gamesI have many memories of my youth coming back from the arcade with sore thumbs from smashing the buttons down during intense fighting games. Titles like Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Tekken and Killer Instinct took a mix of combination skill and ultra fast fingers. This genre of arcade classic has always been fun but I’ve never been great at them. There was always the guy in the arcade who knew the special moves and combos for a specific character—no one could beat this guy. I on the other hand mashed buttons and hoped for the right move to pop out. It was a lighting quick trial and error technique.

My brother recently bought a couple of fighting games online like the ones mentioned above. I saw him playing online, which led to pick the same Xbox 360 video games up for myself. How could I resist such a competition? We used to battle it out for extra quarters at the arcade. Now we get to play for free, from different states. But one thing has stayed the same, my thumbs come out sore afterwards.