The Tournament

We had a Dr. Mario tournament on Saturday with our neighbors Stephanie and Paul. It was an absolute riot! Paul is pretty much the king of Dr. Mario, but the rest of us held our own.



We brought an extra TV downstairs to the living room and Paul and Stephanie brought over their NES and game. We set up two stations so that all four of us could be playing simultaneously. It was so much fun.








Once we had overdosed on Nintendo, we played a really fun card/word game called "Quiddle." It's a lot like Scrabble or Boggle, but you get cards with letters on them and need to make as many words with your hand as possible. Ted wanted me to be sure to get a picture of the score sheet for the blog since he was the big winner:



We were up until all hours of the morning talking and playing more Nintendo games. It was a blast and I hope we get to do it again soon.

When the Cat's Away

Ted is at a conference this week and I have been geeking out with my two latest obsessions:


The Legend of Zelda, NES

Dr. Mario, NES

If I've said it once, I've said it a million times. They just don't make video games like they used to.

This one goes out to my brother...

Teaguer, if you're reading this, do you remember this game??




I got Ted this video game compilation for his birthday and let him open it early because I was bored and hoping he'd let me play it. He fired it up last night and we stumbled upon "Sky Kid" which I immediately remembered playing as a kid once I saw the screen and heard the music. We had a riot, and I won't tell you how long we played for, but I will mention that I can barely move my hands this morning from video game control overuse. I love it that these companies are bringing back the classics to play on the new machines! It makes your brain explode a little bit because you aren't using the old school controllers that your hands and thumbs remember, but you get the hang of it quickly. I've said it before and I'll say it again...they just don't make video games like they used to. Hit me with an old Nintendo classic any day.

Teaguer, if you're bored, I suggest you pick this one up!