A couple of years ago, I got an Xbox for my birthday — after dropping massive hints to J and Maya that I wanted one. At first, I was pretty jazzed about playing the games and was generally having a good time with it. Then, a couple of things happened:
1. J became an addict to the Buffy the Vampire Slayer games.
2. Maya became an addict to the Buffy the Vampire Slayer games.
3. I got very little Xbox time because every time I tried to play the game, Maya would eventually nudge me out of the way.
And then after much activity, great lull of Xboxing overcame our household and we slept.
Then something roused us from our slumber…
We went to the mall and bought new games. Maya bought Lego Star Wars II, and I got Starfighter. Excited by the prospect of “getting good” on a game again, I started playing, and, well, uh, I sucked. I couldn’t fly the stupid star fighter very well. I couldn’t target the enemy ships without using my brakes so I could slow the ship down, and my video “partner” and R2 unit kept taunting me with my retarded skills.
I shouted out to Maya that this game wasn’t that easy — mostly because the controls were so sensitive. She became interested, and when I finally gave up, she eagerly took over.
Can you guess what happened next? Yep. She just blew through that first level like she was adding 2+2. And she was moving a million times faster that I was through the initial training run.
Wha’ happened!
Yes folks. you got to use it or lose it when it comes to video games. So, while I was the mack daddy on Clone Wars last year, this year I’m a total George W. Bush on Starfighter.
I’ll get over it soon, and then I’ll be one of those “Just one more level” people and I’ll never blog again. 😉
–PK
J
October 12, 2006 at 10:02 amDon’t be a GWB, go on and get good! I’ll miss you for a little while, but don’t worry, I’ll remember to feed the dog while you’re ‘gone’. 😉
la luna
October 12, 2006 at 11:26 amI don’t want you to stop blogging. Please!
Ml
October 12, 2006 at 7:38 pmPy – it’s called the kids being so much better than us at the current games/computer stuff than we’ll ever be. Granted, we’ve learned to adapt, but it comes easier to the kiddies…hence Maya kicking your bum at Starfighter. Sorry, but that’s how it’ll be from now on 🙂
But, don’t stop trying and don’t stop blogging!!!!!!!!!!!
Py Korry
October 12, 2006 at 7:38 pmNo I was just kidding about the “not blogging” thing. Did the “wink” face not show up?
Ml
October 12, 2006 at 8:53 pmIt did, but I’m still sleepy!
C-Lo
October 12, 2006 at 9:19 pmYes, Maya may have beat you in this game but I’ll bet you’d kick butt in a game of “Pitfall”!
Lalapunci
October 12, 2006 at 9:36 pmMy kids are always beating me in video games. Just didn’t develop the video hand-eye coordination.
Dot
October 12, 2006 at 10:14 pmI feel like I’m dating myself saying we only have a playstation. And I only bought it to play Tetrus.
Py Korry
October 12, 2006 at 10:57 pmC-Lo: I didn’t have “Pitfall,” but I did have Intellivsion. I played Tron for months on that thing. Sadly, that was best game on that system.
Lalapunci: Um…I seem to remember you playing Tron a few times.
Dot: You’re killing me with Tetrus! J was a Tetrus-a-holic back in the 90s, but now? She addicted to blogging.:-)
Maya's Granny
October 12, 2006 at 11:16 pmMy kids are so much better at those games than I will ever be — I understand exactly how that feels. I’ve been reduced to Cubis and Mah Jong and Spider Solitair — all playable on the computer, none involving any speed at all.
Py Korry
October 13, 2006 at 12:14 amIt’s a big hand-eye thing. I’ll get better on it, it’s just that I’m kind of rusty right now.
Andrew Cory
October 13, 2006 at 12:43 amI have some iteration or another of Rouge Squadron for my Game Cube. I _may_ have played it. Once. It’s not bad, it’s just not my sort of game. I tend to play games where I’m in charge of an Empire and get to wage diplomacy against an AI. Being President is _hard work_….
Gina
October 13, 2006 at 3:15 amI refuse to buy my husband anything like that for fear I will be an Xbox widow.
I had a hard enough time dragging him off of World of Warcraft.