Tournament Gaming Alive and Well in West Philly

By Ben Gilbert Thursday January 22, 2009

Though you may have already seen the video above over at the Philadelphia Weekly website, we couldn’t help but share it here as well. Last week we headed over to University Pinball in West Philadelphia to talk to a few fighting game tournament players in their element (and maybe to use it as an excuse to play Street Fighter IV before it’s impending console release). Brandon DeShields (aka: Demon Hyo) and Doug Morris (aka: Rick_Son) took time out of their evening to tell us about the tournament scene in Philly, the history of University Pinball, how they got started and how you can get involved. Oh, and yeah, we did get totally schooled in Street Fighter IV, just in case you were wondering.

Do we love Street Fighter? I think the answer is an obvious and resounding “YES!” Check out the rest of our various SF-related blatherings below:

-University Pinball immediately following the arrival of SFIV
-Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix (enough already!) gets a release date…sorta
-Jeff Walewski reports live from the “Street Fighter IV Fight Club” in NYC thrown by Capcom
-We even covered the silly movie — twice. (We’re confused too.)

6 Comments

Wesley Johnson on Thursday 22, 2009

I haven’t played a fighting game in ages. Perhaps I’ll pick up SF4 once it releases. Sounds fun!
esco on Thursday 22, 2009

Ah yes university pinball or how the regulars call it “U.P.”
This is also the most well known tekken tournament event the east coast! I haven’t visited in a while though, I was a bit thrown-off when they got rid of thier kof game. For what is or used to be a fighters hang-out, there have been a lack of snk and capcom games during my last visit. Can’t explain why, as the 2d fighters are what attracted crowds of harmless geeks like myself pouring money into those machines. Good times.
Annie Heckenberger on Thursday 22, 2009

Ha. All I had to do was look at the still and know it was University Pinball. I love that place.
Gaye Ming on Thursday 22, 2009

You don’t have to travel to Philly to get your game on! Tournament video gaming for real CASH is now ONLINE! Check out Galaxy4Gamers.com… it’s FREE to join and has a ton of great social networking features to get you connected and keep you organized!…

Oh yeah, they got SF4 too!

Tell them GayeMing sent you.
Chris on Thursday 22, 2009

galaxy4gamers.com is new but from what I can tell it is way better than the others.
MiCasa on Thursday 22, 2009

Galaxy4Gamers.com is one of the coolest sites for video gamers. You can make money playing video games by entering tournaments or create a network of friends. Galaxy4Gamers.com has crazy promotions that will launch shortly and they are giving away MONEY BONUSES if you play on their site. Awesome!