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"Great to hear Isaiah, my younger brother has cerebral palsy, largely from a similar situation at birth nearly 30 years ago. When the wii first came to town, the first thing I did was put down a pre-order deposit and wait in line for my purchase. That Thanksgiving, while my parents and brother were visiting me, I proceeded to fire up wii sports. Now let me say one thing, growing up from the Atari 2600 to genesis, my brother and I could never really truly compete in any video game, but when the wii arrived, my brother was now given the tools to do so...and he did. So, I feel your joy and adulation; congrats on the great piece. "
Monday, July 12, 2010
"le in undergrad and grad school I tended to sell many of my games of my youth (NES, Genesis, GameGear & Boy, Dreamcast), mainly to fund myself when work didn't provide enough to cover gas, rent, etc.; though I did manage to keep my 2600. At long last, upon finishing school and landing a "grown up" job, I was able to seriously indulge in my game habit and thus began my 2 year odyssey of attempting to reclaim my youth, which has led to undoubtedly spending more money in some cases on the games and systems than my parents or I did in the 80s and 90s. So here I sit playing a game for the first time that was released 17 yrs ago, and my parents' nor my allowance could afford when initially released. That being said, there is a certain satisfaction, that I really can't explain, that comes from hearing that stunted "Welcome to Joe Montana's Talking Football" or the "SEEEGAA" slogan as I prepare to wow myself and underwhelm my wife as she politely sighs at my new "obsessi"
Monday, February 01, 2010
"an't wait, great news guys. Day 1 subscriber, it's been a long year with"
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
