Child's Play
So last Christmas Bonnie got me this Jakks Pacific video game system that's an Atari 2600 built into the stick itself. It came with 10 built in games that brought me back to when video game consoles were a total novelty, and the kid who had one was the envy of every other kid on the block. I showed it to Bob, who was weaned on the Dreamcast. He was unimpressed, to say the least.
Well, Electronic Gaming Monthly did this piece called Child's Play that made me think of that. They posted transcripts of what these 9 kids -- all between 10 and 13 -- thought of playing old school games like Pong, Donkey Kong, Space Invaders and others. It's an absolute riot. There's this one kid named Kirk that I'll adopt if anything ever happens to his family, he's a laugh-riot.
Comments
What an awesome article! *sigh* I remember those games. My parents refused to get me an Atari, so I had to ride my bike a mile to my friend Kem's house to play hers. I think she got tired of the fact that all I wanted to do while I was there was play the Atari. =)
There is a lot of nostalgia in those games, but also, at the time, they were amazing! I wonder if they'll do another article like that in 20 years on the games of today. I bet the same thing happens. The kids will wonder how we ever played such horrible games.
Posted by: lyssa | October 18, 2003 01:34 PM