Artifact of Geekiness +1

[dragonimp]

My geek factor just went up; I bought a Gameboy. It's definitly a Cool Thing (scroll down and read the left-side rant). I can't justify it. I hardly play the games I have. And yet I've been drooling over one for months. I bought it for the Classic games. The old-school NES games like Super Mario Bros. and Legend of Zelda. The games I spent much of my pre-teen years playing endlessly, which I can no longer play because my brother's old Nintendo doesn't work anymore.

So I bought a Gameboy Advance, and a Legend of Zelda game cartridge, and I've been playing whenever I can sneak in a few minutes. This game is so simple by today's standards, but it's so cool! The only thing that could have made it cooler is if they'd made the cartridge gold.

This Gameboy also plays original Gameboy games, which is cool. I always hated that Nintendo didn't make the Super Nintendo console backwards compatable. The strange thing is, when I put one of my original Gameboy games in the new GBA, it shows up in color. Basic colors, but still - the original Gameboy was black and white. Strange.

Oh yeah, I'm back from Scotland. Got back late Wednessday evening. It was a fun trip, if tiring. We spend a few days in Edinburgh, a day and a half or so in Oban, and then a day in Inverness and half a day in London. We saw a lot, but we also missed a lot. Next time.

Comments

[auragirl.livejournal.com]

*GLOMPS YOU*

Welcome back!

I have much to tell, and I'm glad to see you again! ^_^ Glad you had such a fun time ^_^

[dragonimp.livejournal.com]

So much in 2 weeks, huh? ^_^

[darkshifter.livejournal.com]

Excellent purchase kid! I take mine EVERYWHERE! I never leave home without putting it in my backpack, and on those many minutes between commutes, or patrons, or you know, traffic (just kidding) i whip it out and play my newest obsession. ANd it's a flippy thing! I can go *flip* OPEN *flip* CLOSE. much fun.

[dragonimp.livejournal.com]

I know, the flippiness is part of the Cool Factor ^_^.

[shawk.livejournal.com]

Welcome back, oh geeky one. We should get together one of these weekends so I can retrieve the stuff I left at your house and give you your geeky b-day present. And I wanna see pictures!