Tyler Wilde: Thanks to the deeper-than-usual tutorials and practice modes, I finally understand Street Fighter basics that have eluded me for decades – I seriously never knew what people meant by ‘cross-up’ before this game. (I have not historically been very good at Street Fighter.) That alone has made Street Fighter 6 exciting for me, but I also like the goofy story mode. I made a character based on me – with slightly larger biceps, sure, and yeah, inhuman quads, but basically me – and watching my new Street Fighter self meet Chun-Li felt weirdly like actually meeting a celebrity.
Better, really, since Chun-Li taught me how to fight, but the one time I met Jack White he didn’t teach me how to play a vintage guitar.