Oh joy, the Viking is back...
I'm not going to elaborate on the title. But, *retch*.
So, something tripped my memory of the most awesome old computer game ever today (as a matter of fact, this has been somewhat of a recurring memory since the introduction of ebay).....that being Gorf.
Mwa!
Gorf!
Possibly the coolest computer game I never beat.
Not by my own fault...
I will never forget the day I advanced to a very high level, and BAM! right in the middle, the fucking joystick broke. I'm guessing I was somewhere around the age of eight, and the introduction of the VIC20 on the market was in 1981 (woooooooo, before my time!)...so I'm guessing that the joystick was somewhere around 10 years old, but still. A very crushing blow to a 3rd grader. Anyway, I've been moping over the loss of the joystick, and consequently, the VIC20 and Gorf ever since (um, eleven years now? that's kinda sad).
Oh! And all of the hours spent in the basement with my neighbor Chris (until his stupid family decided to move to friggin' Minnesota) trying to beat Mole Hunter (um, something like that? you hit the little things on the head with a hammer...or my memory is failing).
And Omega Race! Yeah! The broken joystick did not really hinder Omega Race, it just made it more boring, and eventually I gave up...
Going back to Gorf, I did a yahoo search, and it brought up an actual video game. Like, one of those really old video games that was probably not manufactured after 1985...but was probably somewhere in the Arcade at CP (along with skeeball, the best game ever!)...damnit! So I never even though to look for Gorf in the Arcade that was right next to where I worked ALL SUMMER. Hello, morons anonymous?
Anyway...yea for that trip down memory lane. I've got my eye on a vic20, complete with Gorf on ebay for a ridiculously low price. It might even cure my movie and TV show addiction...
But then again, I could be starting an even worse addiction. I just can't win. :)
However, there is much rejoicing, because tomorrow is Thursday, and Thursday is "Music Geek Lunch Day!" Hooray! Last week Thursday, we all got out of the commons more or less just in time to get to our 2:10 classes. And Thursday seemed to go downhill from there - what with the paper-writing and the not-paper-writing, albeit it was a good time, and good fun. :) But still! Can't wait to see those people again!!!!! *giggles*
I'm still lamenting all the concerts I couldn't go to. You people should go in my place. Milwaukee, Madison, Chicago, Twin cities, come on...please?? :)
- posted by L. @ 12:16 AM