This type of article is why I come to HN. I grew up in a tiny German town where even the most outward looking place, the big supermarket, was completely devoid

This type of article is why I come to HN. I grew up in a tiny German town where even the most outward looking place, the big supermarket, was completely devoid of anything from outside central Europe. Our parents wouldn't let us watch movies for grownups, but playing SF2 on SNES - at an age that would send pedagogues into meltdown nowadays - did feel like the first glimpse of the wider world in more ways than one. I always liked Blanka, maybe because his electric touch makes him a bit of a nerd.