Old Gamers Never Die, They Just Run Out Of "Continues"
Today we were at a local Gamestop, briefly, browsing the Wii selection (for future reference; we're not getting one until we get a bigger place). There was a Wii on display, with the latest Smash Bros. offering, so I figured I'd take a moment to figure out the controls. There's a single-player "story" mode in this one, so I played it solo a bit, and a little kid was checking it out with me. After a whlie, the kid noticed that I was playing with an unfamliiar character, who happened to be Pit, who I first saw in the NES' Kid Icarus.
The kid asks who that is, and I say, "Oh, that's Pit, he's this angel dude from a game that was probably made long before you were born."
He scoffed. "Yeah, right; I'm 7 years old."
I didn't feel like getting into the history of video games, so I let him slide. As far as he knew, I was ancient.
Addendum: eowyn797 told me I should "LJ" this. The word has officially become a verb in our home.
I'm picking up some French, as part of a long-term plan, and while I don't know a great many words yet, we have a recent favorite restaurant in town called Pacific Crepes (which serves, more or less, raw awesomeness), and I was able to understand and exchange a few words with the French-speaking staff. Also, I know for a fact that at least two (and possibly three) of my co-workers speak French, so I'll be inviting them to lunch there sometime soon to immerse myself in the language.
The kid asks who that is, and I say, "Oh, that's Pit, he's this angel dude from a game that was probably made long before you were born."
He scoffed. "Yeah, right; I'm 7 years old."
I didn't feel like getting into the history of video games, so I let him slide. As far as he knew, I was ancient.
Addendum: eowyn797 told me I should "LJ" this. The word has officially become a verb in our home.
I'm picking up some French, as part of a long-term plan, and while I don't know a great many words yet, we have a recent favorite restaurant in town called Pacific Crepes (which serves, more or less, raw awesomeness), and I was able to understand and exchange a few words with the French-speaking staff. Also, I know for a fact that at least two (and possibly three) of my co-workers speak French, so I'll be inviting them to lunch there sometime soon to immerse myself in the language.