I am a bit of a video game addict. As a kid, I spent hours on top of hours on my old Atari 2600… playing those great classic games like Pitfall and Warlords (still two great games, no matter how outdated they are). As I got older, I got a ColecoVision (with the ever so popular game Smurf, and all of the great Nintendo games like Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr.). From there, I moved up to playing Parsec and Hunt the Wumpus on my old TI-99 4A and eventually to an old Nintendo system with Super Mario Brothers. Eight years ago, I sold that Nintendo (and all of my games) for one hundred dollars so we would have enough money for the U-haul to move out to Pennsylvania. In West Virginia we bought a Sega Genesis. My thumb still hurts from playing Sonic for hour on top of hour.
A few years ago, I bought a Sega Saturn, because I was in love with the Virtua Fighter series of games. Unfortunately, those were the only games worth playing on the Saturn. Two years or so later, the only games I ever bought were Battle Area Toshinden and Virtua Fighter Two. Let's just face it, the Saturn was a platform with a lot of potential that just couldn't get that killer game.
Yesterday, I bought a Playstation for my birthday. Let's just face it… the Playstation has the best games. Both Tekken 3 and Unforgiven were worthwhile investments, and next week we'll be getting Metal Gear: Solid and Devil Dice. Hey, there's nothing geeky about blowing off some steam after a long day of work by kicking some pixelated ass, is there?
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