Ruminations of a Six Button Samurai Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/ruminations-of-a-six-button-samurai Video games don’t get the same respect as movies and music do as formative influences upon us... but maybe they should? One retrogamer who came of age during the fighting game craze spawned by SFII takes a look at the scraps in his life, on and off the screen from boyhood forward. ©Ruminations Radio Network 78fb7d4d-8347-5c11-be93-ba711473e9e9 no en Wed, 23 Jul 2025 08:34:37 -0600 Tue, 02 Dec 2025 15:03:13 -0700 http://www.RuminationsRadioNetwork.com https://img.transistor.fm/6VODHmJL92iwzqk2ala50J-Kf9Sc2xPHNumAPtO7fyU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzE2NzczLzE2MDcz/OTQwODctYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg Ruminations of a Six Button Samurai http://www.RuminationsRadioNetwork.com episodic JJJ Video games don’t get the same respect as movies and music do as formative influences upon us... but maybe they should? One retrogamer who came of age during the fighting game craze spawned by SFII takes a look at the scraps in his life, on and off the screen from boyhood forward. Video games don’t get the same respect as movies and music do as formative influences upon us... #arcade #gaming #videogames #art Ruminations Radio Network No Yes SFII 30th: BATTLE 99 OR BUST! 4 4 SFII 30th: BATTLE 99 OR BUST! full 2b540509-2e3f-43ae-b306-67289af53dbc https://share.transistor.fm/s/4cc68a7d Long ago, a 747 damaged by lightning attempted a crash-landing over a dense jungle in Brazil… from the flames emerged a boy, a lone survivor, far from home, who began to feast on the plants and small creatures unlucky enough to cross his path. His skin turned an odd greenish hue, and his long, unkept hair turned a vivid orange the shade of Gatorade. He grew strong in the crucible of the Amazon, and later became a champion at the global Street Fighter tournament, when a smallish older woman peeled from the crowd and recognized him from long before he became one with the jungle. 

“Jimmy?” she called out. “Are you my long-lost son, Jimmy?” 

BUT ENOUGH ABOUT MY CHILDHOOD ALREADY… let’s talk about the early days of the video game that shook the world, spawned a generational phenomenon that enshrined an entire genre and left a permanent mark on the pop-culture landscape. Street Fighter II! I’m JJJ, and this is a special edition of Ruminations of a Six Button Samurai, right here on the Ruminations Radio Network. RIGHT. NOW!
 
TIME STAMPS:
5:00 The Samurai’s history at the time SF II hit


10:28 Brando’s memories (the other guys first times)


14:18 Tony’s recollections


16:40 Hoptimus ruminates


23:29 TRIVIA!!!

Music Composed by Steve Wilder Blumenthal
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]]> Long ago, a 747 damaged by lightning attempted a crash-landing over a dense jungle in Brazil… from the flames emerged a boy, a lone survivor, far from home, who began to feast on the plants and small creatures unlucky enough to cross his path. His skin turned an odd greenish hue, and his long, unkept hair turned a vivid orange the shade of Gatorade. He grew strong in the crucible of the Amazon, and later became a champion at the global Street Fighter tournament, when a smallish older woman peeled from the crowd and recognized him from long before he became one with the jungle. 

“Jimmy?” she called out. “Are you my long-lost son, Jimmy?” 

BUT ENOUGH ABOUT MY CHILDHOOD ALREADY… let’s talk about the early days of the video game that shook the world, spawned a generational phenomenon that enshrined an entire genre and left a permanent mark on the pop-culture landscape. Street Fighter II! I’m JJJ, and this is a special edition of Ruminations of a Six Button Samurai, right here on the Ruminations Radio Network. RIGHT. NOW!
 
TIME STAMPS:
5:00 The Samurai’s history at the time SF II hit


10:28 Brando’s memories (the other guys first times)


14:18 Tony’s recollections


16:40 Hoptimus ruminates


23:29 TRIVIA!!!

Music Composed by Steve Wilder Blumenthal
https://twitter.com/sixbsamurai

www.RuminationsRadioNetwork.com

www.instagram.com/RuminationsRadioNetwork

Twitter: RuminationsRadioNetwork@RuminationsN

Production by Mitch Proctor


]]> Fri, 07 May 2021 07:00:00 -0600 JJJ JJJ 2482 Let’s talk about the early days of the video game that shook the world, spawned a generational phenomenon that enshrined an entire genre and left a permanent mark on the pop-culture landscape. Street Fighter II! Let’s talk about the early days of the video game that shook the world, spawned a generational phenomenon that enshrined an entire genre and left a permanent mark on the pop-culture landscape. Street Fighter II! #arcade #gaming #videogames #art Yes The Requirements of Arcade Wolves 3 3 The Requirements of Arcade Wolves full 06b6c054-a4fa-4106-97d5-868ce7f97b06 https://share.transistor.fm/s/98013f7c Music Composed by Steve Wilder Blumenthal
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Twitter: RuminationsRadioNetwork@RuminationsN

Music and Production by Mitch Proctor

Production by Mitch Proctor

]]> Music Composed by Steve Wilder Blumenthal
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www.instagram.com/RuminationsRadioNetwork

Twitter: RuminationsRadioNetwork@RuminationsN

Music and Production by Mitch Proctor

Production by Mitch Proctor

]]> Sat, 27 Mar 2021 08:23:48 -0600 JJJ JJJ 1698 Now aged 15, our restless golden-era gamer youth finds himself obsessed with the arcade works of Capcom, the wonder of his Sega Genesis, and faces a critical choice about whether or not to leave home. It’s getting real, and this is all right before Street Fighter II lands like a fallen comet into his life! Now aged 15, our restless golden-era gamer youth finds himself obsessed with the arcade works of Capcom, the wonder of his Sega Genesis, and faces a critical choice about whether or not to leave home. It’s getting real, and this is all right before Street #arcade #gaming #videogames #art Yes The Elusive Happy-NES of a Salty Arcade Rat 2 2 The Elusive Happy-NES of a Salty Arcade Rat full de9efd4f-5b31-4640-a0ac-4cd2fe5f6c4a https://share.transistor.fm/s/38adc9c6 The Elusive Happy-NES of a Salty Arcade Rat: Once again firmly ensconced in his ancestral desert home of Tucson, JJJ finds himself torn between the games on his NES (and some of the awful arcade ports that threaten his faith in the platform), and roaming free in the then-plentiful arcades that beckon to his pre-teen soul. Either way, his allowance is doomed. 

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]]> The Elusive Happy-NES of a Salty Arcade Rat: Once again firmly ensconced in his ancestral desert home of Tucson, JJJ finds himself torn between the games on his NES (and some of the awful arcade ports that threaten his faith in the platform), and roaming free in the then-plentiful arcades that beckon to his pre-teen soul. Either way, his allowance is doomed. 

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]]> Thu, 04 Mar 2021 00:14:34 -0700 JJJ JJJ 1163 The Elusive Happy-NES of a Salty Arcade Rat: Once again firmly ensconced in his ancestral desert home of Tucson, JJJ finds himself torn between the games on his NES (and some of the awful arcade ports that threaten his faith in the platform), and roaming free in the then-plentiful arcades that beckon to his pre-teen soul. Either way, his allowance is doomed. 

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]]> #arcade #videogames #retrogaming #gamers #Gamelife Yes Enter the Samurai 1 1 Enter the Samurai full 6a8f781d-dd3a-4b51-930e-1369bec6b5b8 https://share.transistor.fm/s/aef180f9 The story begins here... a young Samurai begins his lifelong passion for gaming, and arcades.
Video games don’t get the same respect as movies and music do as formative influences upon us... but maybe they should? One retrogamer who came of age during the fighting game craze spawned by SFII takes a look at the scraps in his life, on and off the screen from boyhood forward.

Twitter: Ruminations@FromTheRedRoom

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]]> The story begins here... a young Samurai begins his lifelong passion for gaming, and arcades.
Video games don’t get the same respect as movies and music do as formative influences upon us... but maybe they should? One retrogamer who came of age during the fighting game craze spawned by SFII takes a look at the scraps in his life, on and off the screen from boyhood forward.

Twitter: Ruminations@FromTheRedRoom

http://guillermotheivth.blogspot.com/

Facebook  Ruminations from the Red Room

Instagram www.instagram.com/FromTheRedRoom 

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]]> Sat, 12 Dec 2020 21:22:45 -0700 JJJ JJJ 1584 The story begins here... a young Samurai begins his lifelong passion for gaming, and arcades. The story begins here... a young Samurai begins his lifelong passion for gaming, and arcades. #arcade #gaming #videogames #art Yes