@buru5 @spinning_bird @jake4480 I agree the "Why is very very interesting. I can tell you at length what caused my lifelong relationship to fighting games, how they make me feel, and why i keep playing." Same for whatever else I'm playing. Not into retro games though.
It's also my experience that a lot of folks either don't do that kind of introspection or aren't willing to share it without that initial surface level connection/relationship