Gaming Heart
I'm not ashamed to say that every gaming system other than the original Nintendo and the Super Nintendo has scared the crap out of me. My amount of shame is so minuscule I have to mention it time and time again.
I could never quite figure out the games for any of the Sega consoles, nor the controls for any of the newer systems. I spent many minutes in games for the Nintendo 64, Playstation, Playstation 2, Game Cube, and Xbox where I could not stop staring at my feet and going in circles simultaneously.
But there was one night last fall when I was pretty sick to my stomach and could not stay asleep in bed any longer. I got out of bed at 3am and, finding no one online, hopped on the Xbox. I played Prince of Persia well into lunch. I was staying alive! I was having fun! I was even kicking butt!
Almost as spectacular as the baby Jesus smiling, I had finished a game on the Xbox. Not because I had fallen off the castle to my horrific death, but because I had won the game. I had conquered my 3D gaming defect and it was amazing.
Damon bought us a few games for Christmas. Shrek 2? Completed in a few short days. Metal Arms? I got surprisingly far for a shootemup game. Voodoo Vince? Unfinished only because I got bored. Vexx? A lot harder than I think it should be. Prince of Persia 2? Harder than the first, but I keep on keepin' on. Crash Nitro Kart? Okay, I cannot do driving games but, to be fair, I couldn't do them on even the older systems. The great thing about this game is that B can instant replay the part where I crash into the wall and get stuck for ten minutes because I cannot figure how to go in reverse.
I even recently bought a Nintendo 64 at a garage sale and have been whooping up on Zelda, Donkey Kong, and Super Mario
After all the progress I have made, I still feel quite sheepish seeing a 69 year old woman beating the crap out of any game placed in front of her [via]. Perhaps I need to swear more, swearing is the secret to wining games.
But surely, if she can do it, then I can do it. Surely.
2005
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oooh! I've always had a dislike for the sega controllers as well. just gimme the little square thing with two buttons!
That being said - We picked up a dreamcast with about 10 games at a yard sale for 7 bucks! one of the game disk turns out to be an NES Emulator with the majority of regular NES games. Colour me excited!
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