Fighting off the bad guys…
I was a kid when Atari first came out, and have been a video game junkie ever since. A few years after the first Nintendo console was released, Super Mario Brothers III captured my attention. I asked my dad if he’d be willing to buy me one, and he said that if I would agree to never ask for a horse again (I was also obsessed with horses and was constantly asking for one, even though we had very little money and lived in the city) he would buy me a Nintendo system, TV and the game I wanted that very night. I readily agreed and was soon set up with a 19-inch color TV and a Nintendo system in my bedroom. (I never did ask for a horse again, either, holding up my very easy part of the bargain…) My friends and I camped out there pretty much every second we weren’t in school for the next 3 or 4 months. We played Mario III until we knew every detail of the game and could pass the whole thing in a matter of hours without dying once. I stopped counting after we had passed it 64 times.
Keith wasn’t in to video games at all when I first met him, but after we bought a Nintendo 64 console, we played through The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, which is in my opinion one of the greatest games ever written. It opened the door for us to be able to do something together (besides watching movies) that the kids could also participate in. They didn’t usually want to play… They were usually content to watch us play and cheer us on.
I was a kid when Atari first came out, and have been a video game junkie ever since. A few years after the first Nintendo console was released, Super Mario Brothers III captured my attention. I asked my dad if he’d be willing to buy me one, and he said that if I would agree to never ask for a horse again (I was also obsessed with horses and was constantly asking for one, even though we had very little money and lived in the city) he would buy me a Nintendo system, TV and the game I wanted that very night. I readily agreed and was soon set up with a 19-inch color TV and a Nintendo system in my bedroom. (I never did ask for a horse again, either, holding up my very easy part of the bargain…) My friends and I camped out there pretty much every second we weren’t in school for the next 3 or 4 months. We played Mario III until we knew every detail of the game and could pass the whole thing in a matter of hours without dying once. I stopped counting after we had passed it 64 times.
Keith wasn’t in to video games at all when I first met him, but after we bought a Nintendo 64 console, we played through The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, which is in my opinion one of the greatest games ever written. It opened the door for us to be able to do something together (besides watching movies) that the kids could also participate in. They didn’t usually want to play… They were usually content to watch us play and cheer us on.
Now we’ve graduated to Twilight Princess on the Gamecube. I am enjoying it tremendously, and Keith seems to be, too. I am so grateful to him for picking up this new pastime so easily, and grateful to God for allowing me to be married to this amazing man.
One of the things I love about Twilight Princess, besides the beautiful graphics, is that the game really makes you work for what you’re trying to earn. The other night we had to escort a covered wagon from one town to another through enemy-infested lands, and by the time we got there my heart was pounding and I was sweating, but I felt a sense of accomplishment. Much more so than I would have after having just spent two hours of my life on a chick-flick, anyway. At least this way we’re spending time together, talking to each other and cheering each other on, and even developing some hand-eye coordination in the process.
2 comments:
Awesome graphics, and it is great that with games the whole family can play and enjoy.
Fred
Hello!
I am very happy you are having a wonderful time with your family.
Best wishes!
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