Video Games

I bought a toy. I bought a video game. Actually I bought 20,000 plus video games. It’s a retro video game console. The games that are included were made in the 80’s and the 90’s. It arrived from the Amazon delivery driver Tuesday and I put it to work right away. Today is Thursday 5:30 am.

I’ve played a handful of video games for less than 30 minutes. It doesn’t hold my attention very strongly. Music videos and News and the occasional Movie interest me more. The video game console came with two hand held controls to play with a friend.

The controller has 10 buttons that dictate the direction of the player on the game and things like jumping, kicking, punching and shooting. The controller seems more advanced than the games and only having played a handful of the 20,000 + games I will learn in time if there are games in the console that utilize all 10 buttons on the controller.

I played Mario Bro’s, a fighting game, and ghost and goblins game and a soccer game and another type of fighting game. Who knows I might get into gaming and play it for hours every day. It’s possible and doesn’t seem likely. I’m 47 and feel a little embarrassed to play video games. They are surely built for younger generations. That’s ok, I’m young at heart and might have fun playing video games.

I’m glad I only paid $35 for the video game system. That’s a reasonable investment considering the last time I played video games often was 33 years ago when I was 14 years old. Maybe I’ll find a friend near my age who enjoys playing video games.

The video game graphics are from the 80’s and 90’s and adapt fairly to my large 4k flat screen TV. The video game graphics are not nearly as clear and clean as video game ads I’ve seen and that’s ok. Again, it’s a $35 investment. It might last for years and is equivalent to the price of a good meal and cocktail at a restaurant.

Let the gaming begin!