Memories

(I blame Kotaku but) Today i was thinking about video games (of course) and the consoles and games i have received in Christmas gift form. In 1992 (i believe) I received an SNES... well my house received an SNES. I had to share it with my two sisters. I got a lot of mileage out of that system. It replaced the NES that we only half owned... It's long and complicated and not worth telling... regardless, we had an SNES and got Mario Kart and Mario Paint also that year. Definitely enough to keep us occupied.

The year after that i think (yes Wikipedia confirms that it was 1993) a game that is still one of my favorite games of all time. That game being Zombies Ate My Neighbors. Good times indeed.

Honestly I didn't receive any other video game anything until Last year... when my mom gave me a brand new in the box Atari 2600. For the most part they don't like to contribute to my addiction... however, this is more of a collectible.

I probably will not receive any more video game paraphernalia again. Mostly because when there is a game i want, I'll buy it. I don't wait around for Christmas or my birthday. Besides I'm an adult (kinda). I can do what I want.

So now i'm going to pass on the message Kotaku passed on to me. Take some time to reflect on the video games you have received and all the fun times you had playing them...

[Editors note: back on this horrid computer wi-fi-less.]