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Butterflies and Hurricanes | 7:37 PM on 01.07.2008 12 comments


I began gaming at a young age, around 4 or 5, my family and I lived in Austria at the time. My dad had always been big into games and one Xmas decided to introduce his girls to the wonderful world of gaming. The three of us opened up matching grey GameBoy monstrosities! Looking back, I’m not even sure how a 4 year old could even hold on to one of those things. The idea behind them was so my sisters and I could link together with those too short cables so you were within punching range and play Vs. Tetris, but my two sisters grew out of it. Keeping true to my tomboy roots I however stuck with the flashing colors and storylines this new world had to offer.


My first console also came to me when I lived in Europe, which explains why a Sega Genesis was welcomed into my home and not an NES or SNES. My dad and I would play together, on solo games he would play and I would watch and oooh and aaah and screech when we came near to death. Then we’d pop in Streets of Rage and there would be father and 5 year old daughter kicking the crap out of all those baddies in co-op mode! No matter what we were playing we found a way to make it cooperative, especially when we first were introduced the Zelda series.

But before I go there I’m feeling the need to digress on the dynamics of my family, which is the only source of understanding I have for my love of gaming. In general the family is as follows: My mom (that’s one girl), me and my two sisters (that’s four), my Oma (that’s 5!) and my poor daddy who must deal with us all, even the dog is a girl! He is severely outnumbered so I guess one of us was bound to be the tomboy and being the youngest after two girls (with my dad obviously hoping for a boy)… that’s me! My sisters come and go from games, but since the Xmas we got the Nintendo 64, I haven’t seen them touch a game until the Wii then they all took a shot at Guitar Hero III, hell even my mom called me to ask how to set it up while my dad was at work. And here’s the best part, my Oma has a Gameboy color to play Tetris on, she’s 78!

So I guess we do appear to be a regular gaming family, but my dad and I are the only one who stick with it consistently and can spend hours together working on a game. It became ‘our thing’ and still is, yeah I’m a daddy’s girl.

Back to the 64 and our intro to Zelda! We had this new system and did our usual research which involved us standing by a wall of games talking out what we’d like to try and both of our eyes stopped on The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. This was when our new favorite way to play together really expanded. I couldn’t handle the bosses, I think I took games too seriously then, thinking it was me getting stomped on not a pixilated character. So my dad would navigate and I would use my brain to suggest what to try next. We had a lot of fun and felt so accomplished when it was done because we really had done it together.

But times change, my nerves have settled and I’m able to tackle these games on my own. But that didn’t stop me from getting my dad Twilight Princess for Xmas to play like we used to.

As much as the past sometimes needs to be left behind and forgotten, a little nostalgia never hurt anyone.



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MrSadistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/07/2008 19:52
MrSadistic
The Game Boy was the only handheld I could never get into, well maybe the Game Gear also, but I remember a friend gave his Game Boy when I was a kid and thought it was boring. I sold it at some pawn shop a couple of months later and got a couple of Genesis games.
Neonie's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/07/2008 19:56
Neonie
You have a very long and elborate name mr.butterflys.
Tragic Hero's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/07/2008 19:57
Tragic Hero
You know...I could be wrong but I think Super Mario land was the first video game I actually beat (possibly).
Butterflies and Hurricanes's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/07/2008 19:58
Butterflies and Hurricanes
Neonie: Ms. Butterflies but yes, its actually a song title
Sadistic: I actually don't have a gameboy anymore, the whole body contortion to find light to see the screen never worked for me
atheistium's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/07/2008 20:00
atheistium
I love the song butterflies & hurricanes (muse). I also love escaflowne :D

I ALSO love the game boy and still use mind occasionally.

I like you :O!
Hamza CTZ Aziz's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/07/2008 20:01
Hamza CTZ Aziz
Awesome intro. You miss, are not sucking. Did Meagan introduce you to Dtoid?
Butterflies and Hurricanes's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/07/2008 20:11
Butterflies and Hurricanes
atheistium: thanks for the nice post!

Hamza: No actually my bf told me about the site and since I'm as crazy about games as he is he thought I might like Dtoid.

But the girls have got to stick together!
Hamza CTZ Aziz's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/07/2008 20:23
Hamza CTZ Aziz
Ah, I just assumed cause I saw she was on your friend's list >_<. Regardless, welcome. It amazes me how many awesome women we keep attracting here. No one can resist the robot :P
Butterflies and Hurricanes's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/07/2008 20:29
Butterflies and Hurricanes
Oh yeah for sure, that is a valid assumption.
And thanks for the welcome, I really appreciate it!
And I'm having a lot of fun, the robot has left an impression!
Spartacus's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/07/2008 20:33
Spartacus
Dang, you are a blogging machine. How do you blog so much and still have them be awesome??
pizzaface's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/07/2008 22:14
pizzaface
bitches love smiley faces.
:)
atheistium's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/08/2008 05:55
atheistium
you even like jet set radio future, if i wasn't straight i'd hump you..... *looks around* O___O;;
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