Monday, March 10, 2008

Backyard Soccer & Donkey Kong


The girls are getting ready to start soccer season this year. We took some time Sunday afternoon to practice in the backyard. It's nice to feel some Springtime weather.

I decided to check out some of the advanced features on the Wii. One of the things you can do is download games from older systems. I noticed that they had Donkey Kong from the original NES. Back in the day I loved playing Donkey Kong and wasted countless hours away climbing ladders and jumping barrels. I decided that for $5 we needed that game, so I downloaded it. I've had a blast reliving my youth. But it just seems wrong to have a "next generation" game console, and playing a "last generation" game.

2 comments:

Elbo said...

I think you would love this documentary that recently came out, It's called "King of Kong : A fistful of quarters" It's a really interesting insight into some nerds, people, their motivations, and maybe the good guy comes out on top...

Mark Lunsford said...

That sounds like something I would enjoy. I'll have to check that out. Thanks for the tip!