Quote Originally Posted by NightLad View Post
Buy them? I still have my originals.

I was video game deprived as a child. Amnesty International did a special feature about me. My thumb muscles were terribly underdeveloped and my eyes could not handle the flickering of strobe lights for more than a minute, because the photons receptors were so weak from lack of heightened use.

Sad but true story: the Christmas SNES was released my parents bought me a regular Nintendo. The Christmas N64 came out, I got an SNES. The scars are deep in this one.

I love ROMS. Since NES and SNES games are no longer being created, I don't have a problem with downloading them. Fun stuff!
When it comes to video games, I had the type of parents that 'never got around to getting me one'. I had an N64 when I was 12. TWELVE.
I never had an original Gameboy, my first Gameboy was one I bought by myself used from Gamestop. A Gameboy Advanced SP.

You remind me a lot of my boyfriend. He has 12 or 13 counsels right now, and highly prides himself in collecting and reviewing video games. I expect him to work into the career when he's older, as he is capable with an above 4.0 weighted GPA.

To the topic, I highly agree with your opinions, and I think you express and explain them very well. You have a lot of back-up to your reasoning as well as your opinion. Being the 'girl' who wanted video games but was always forced to just watch and not play, I do pay attention to new games coming out and if I may enjoy them or not. Spore was one that I had my eye on, but I had a feeling that because it was made by the Sims, it would be an 'empty-shell' with room for expansions. Which I personally dislike.
I'm glad you gave this opinion, because I have to uninstall things on my computers frequently, and this game just might not be worth it.

Thank you for your time in writing this.