Nate, Sebastian, and Jordan gather to discuss SONIC THE HEDGEHOG, the debut game of Sega's mascot who was custom-built to take down a certain mustachioed plumber. Nate and Sebastian discuss being on the Sega side of the "console wars," Jordan dunks on the battery life of the Game Gear, and Nate gushes about the musical stylings of Masato Nakamura. Also there are some technical difficulties.

Nate, Sebastian, and Jordan sit down to discuss STREET FIGHTER II: THE WORLD WARRIOR, the game that started uncountable arcade brawls and heralded the arrival of a new genre: the fighting game. Hear us try to sort through the nine different iterations of the game, find out who's "the Taylor Swift of Street Fighter," and discover which classic combatant Jordan feels comfortable comparing to Eeyore. Then, after you're done listening, go home and be a family man!

SHOW NOTES:

The inspiration for Dhalsim, from "Master of the Flying Guillotine":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGkn8TFaySg

Polygon's excellent oral history of SF2:

https://www.polygon.com/a/street-fighter-2-oral-history

The final dumb tableau of the Street Fighter live action film:

https://youtu.be/VKsGYhb3g7g?t=1m21s