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Just in time for E3 season we have a nice little history of video games. Or rather, console and arcade games. Or rather, some excellent use of Street Fighter voice samples in music. Point is, SONIC BOOM.

StoryCorp has been conducting interviews with thousands of people since 2003, collecting oral histories that they later animate. Today, they bring us three stories from veterans in honor of Veteran's Day. See them here, but be sure to pack some tissues. And a warning for language and adult content in some of these.

This video is a bit of a long one, but you can see what's going on here in the "M1" fighting league. Good ol' gladitorial combat with all the production and structure of other combat sports. Sword nerds and war history geeks rejoice!

And now, we leave you with a little stop-motion history lesson to close out the night.