Never Ending Radical Dude

A couple of months ago, I realized that I need to get back into playing games. Why you ask? Because once I finish school, get married, have kids, etc. there will be no time to do so. Therefore, I have to get as much I can in now before it’s all over. (yes growing up = all over)

This past weekend, Xiao and Peter visited San Antonio and if you have never been around us, you may not grasp the dynamics of the majority of our conversations. It is centered on a) chicks and b) games. We started to reminisce about the games we grew up on and somehow we ended up talking about GOAT arcade games. Of course, we mentioned Ninja Turtles, Simpsons, and X-Men in addition to some others that I will not get into. Before we knew it, Xiao installed an emulator on his laptop and we were playing X-Men on Xiao's laptop and eventually beat the game. Unfortunately, the entire game lasted only about twenty minutes. Fail.

I told them that when I was growing up, I had most of the consoles, but I only played sports games. I was all about NBA Live, Madden, NFL Blitz, Fifa, NHL Hockey, etc. Then in High School, I convinced my dad to buy me a really nice computer for “school purposes” but it was really for games such as Red Alert Command and Conquer, Age of Empires, Civilization, Simcity, Starcraft, and Counterstrike. However, I never got into RPGs such as Final Fantasy (except for Shenmue II on Xbox because of my younger brother). So when they started to talk about Final Fantasy (Hao included), I never felt so clueless and left out in my life.

I knew the Final Fantasy series was very popular, but I had no idea how passionate fans were about the game. I really had no idea what the game was about. In fact, I had never even seen what the game looked like until this past weekend. In a nutshell, there are two promises I have made to myself concerning extracurricular activities for the next few years.

1. Watch as many Lebron James basketball games as I possibly can. I did this with Michael Jordan for as long as I could remember and I feel sorry for those who didn’t because you had no idea what you were missing. In fact, those who can legitimately compare Kobe to Jordan are the people that never really watched Jordan. But, that discussion is for another time, another day. I am in no way saying Lebron James is the next Michael Jordan—I am simply stating that I do not want to miss watching the best basketball player of our era during his prime.

2. List of games I need to play in the next couple of years (in addition to the sports games)
-Final Fantasy 6 (emulator)
-Final Fantasy 7 (emulator)
-Final Fantasy 10 (emulator)
-Final Fantasy 13 (PS3)
-Uncharted II (PS3)
-Heavy Rain (PS3)
-Starcraft II (PC)

Nerd for life.

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