I’m a little behind in videogames. I’m not even sure when the last time I played–I used to be a true gamer. But, that stopped a while ago when I started getting into other interests, like photography and blogging. In any case, I’ve missed out on some ridiculous videos showing off talent that could only come from years of practice.

These videos are a bit old, but they’re goodies. The first is a video of an incredible DDR/Stepmania performance. He is supposedly typing 16 keystrokes per second. That is much higher than I would have ever thought the bandwidth of a human finger to be.

The second video is a famous one: the Street Fighter III video where Daigo defeats his opponent with barely any health left and parrying 15 blows. Note that parrying in SFIII is difficult, and requires that the player push forward (or down) at the exact point when the attack is made. This is incredibly difficult, and even more ridiculous when having to do it 15 times in succession. After the parries, he goes on to defeat his opponent. The crowd literally explodes.