You have probably heard of Candy Crush by now. If you have
never played it, DON'T START. I'm on level 370-something. When I started, I never thought I would get this far.
Then I downloaded it onto my mother's ipad and connected it to her facebook
account, so I could send myself lives. Lil Sis made fun of me a lot for this.
She is now on level 128, and has downloaded Candy Crush onto her boyfriend's
phone so she can send herself lives.
This bothers me because I was never a big video gamer. I
mean yeah I loved video games as a kid, but not to the extremes I've seen some
people love video games (like Lil Bro#1, who can sit and play those war games
for up to 12 hours at a time; or the lads in my friend C's family, who once
played Zelda for LITERALLY 18 HOURS NON-STOP because it was raining and we
couldn't go to the beach).
I grew up on the original Nintendo and Sega Megadrive, and
later Sega Saturn and Nintendo 64.
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With pretty much all the games I had, you could only move
forward and jump. My brain has trouble with 3D (although I did love Knights on
Sega Saturn, that game was brilliant). I can kick anyone's arse in Mortal
Kombat, but beyond that I am abysmal at video games. When we were playing Zelda
down the shore, I was the one who started out with the controller and after half an hour of
grief, I declared defeat because I couldn't find my way out of the first
village.
I don't mind watching other people play video games, though. I will
keep up a running commentary, and be merciless with my insults.
....update since I composed this post: I have stopped the relentless playing of Candy Crush. Because I am currently a slave to Pokemon Yellow.
I HAVE THE MERMAID DOG NOW
Don't judge me.
....update since I composed this post: I have stopped the relentless playing of Candy Crush. Because I am currently a slave to Pokemon Yellow.
I HAVE THE MERMAID DOG NOW
Don't judge me.
I won't judge you for playing Pokemon Yellow. At least you're playing a real video game. I've got no interest in starting Candy Crush so I'm safe. If you'd like a new addiction try 2048. You slide tiles into tiles of the same number and keep going until you have 2048. It took me weeks to finally finish it and free myself from the madness.
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Delete2048 for me, too.
ReplyDeleteI remember waiting in line at a bar (1972?) waiting to plunk down 25 cents to play against the winner of an awesome new game the size of a refrigerator called "PONG."
ReplyDeleteA better video game will never be invented!
I'm obsessed with 2048 as well! Been stuck at 1024 for AGES. Can't seem to get that elusive 2048 tile. This game is ruining my life. haha
ReplyDeleteThe only two video games I got addicted to was Tron and Super Mario Brothers. So much fun.
ReplyDeleteNana Prah
I love Pokemon so much. Not even ashamed. I was more of a Rapidash fan. :D get ittttttt
ReplyDeleteNo judging here. If the game doesn't have a joystick and a big red button, I don't bother. Unless it's a full blown arcade version of Centipede with a roller ball and a big red button.
ReplyDeleteDON'T MAKE ME PICK MY FAVOURITE POKEMON.
ReplyDeleteMY HEAD WILL EXPLODE FROM THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF IT.
I play with fucking pixel ponies. I can't judge ANYONE!