I am so 'cool' it hurts
Generally, all guys like video games, whether they’ll admit it or not. We as men are visual and hands-on creatures – and video games provide nourishment for both of those characteristics. I don’t know how it happened, but video games became uncool and immature to partake in after a certain age. Well screw that. I’m comfortable with what I like and know that I’ll be playing ‘em until the day I die. It’s a nice escape from reality and doesn’t involve physically hurting your body. Well, unless you’re a freak and get thrills from wanking it with your controller.
So as a gamer, I’ve allowed myself to get sucked into a ton of games over the years: Diablo II, Final Fantasy VII, Max Payne II (ok, that last one’s a lie, but there was a theme rockin, how could I abandon that?!). And although I’m not one to replay too many games, it’s definitely nice to relive the past – my childhood. I’ll admit, I love sitting down, having a brewski and playing Goldeneye or MarioKart on N64. Speaking of which, feel free to come over and do that with me!
I have to admit I find it so amazing to look back and see so much technology that we as a society have gone through just in terms of computer/video gaming. Working backwards we’ve gone digital, disc, floppy discs, and cartridges. And even more interesting, it’s amazing that some of the best games are considered to come from the oldest days of cartridges, which debunks the real need for graphics and game customization. If you can make a simple idea work well, don’t fix/change it. That’s why the original Mario games is so amazing.
But back to the nerdiness that is my life. I randomly stumbled upon my Game Boy Color…holy crap is this thing awesome/archaic feeling. And of course, what game is in it? Pokemon Yellow. So naturally, I started it up and started screwing around. What a mistake…I’m hooked again to it and now it’s even worse that I’m playing than before. I remember when this game first came out when I was in middle school – and it was so ‘gay’ then. But now look at me…just…blech. And I wonder why I can’t find myself a nice girl…(ladies, if you’re interested, just lemme know 
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In all fairness, Pokemon was a baller game. It was Zelda (who honestly can say Zelda blows) meets turn based fighting. Sure, having Pikachu follow you around was kinda fruity, but it’s a small price to pay for good gameplay. For any of you dorks out there that aren’t afraid to pick it back up (I know a ton of you have a copy of one of the games), we can be totally cool, sit in the quad, and battle each other via cord. And god help the person who walks through our battle and yanks out the cord. There is gonna be a real life pokemon battle.
