A Fabulous Mess

Me: Hey, stay and watch the movie with us.

Shane: No, I’m going to go work on my game.

Me: Ha! Work on your game??

Shane: Yeah, after every bad date, I write down the bad shit that happened so it won’t happen again.

Me: Really?

Shane: No, you asshole, I’m playing King’s Quest.

Me: HOLY SHIT WE WERE DESTINED TO BE FRIENDS!!! 

     I have recently regressed to the point of being a 16 year old uber-dork when I received a free gift certificate to Circuit City in the mail (courtesy of Chase credit cards on account of the huge amount of money I still owe them from when I bought my shitty lap top three years ago… and yes, Woy, I’m still using it) and decided I wanted to buy a computer game. I used to be a huge fan of Sierra games. So huge, in fact, that I once ran up my parents’ phone bill to over $200 from calling the hint line. This was the only time I ever got grounded in my life, other than that time I left the plastic spatula in my Easy Bake Oven and then lied about it.

Sidebar – my defense for everything I did wrong when I was little was to just deny it. No, mom, I didn’t cut my Barbie’s hair and shove it in the couch cushions. No, I didn’t. I know I’m the only one here, but… Mom, no I didn’t, I swear. I don’t know who did it. No, those are not my scissors.

 Anyways, in the West Mifflin Circuit City, I came across several people who graduated from my high school and the gem of all computer games… The Ultimate Space Quest collection.

     HOLY SHIT!

     I was so excited, words cannot describe. I then spent way too many hours getting Roger Wilco through all his exciting adventures in Verona, Unice Flatts, and escaping the Time Rippers.

     The thing is… I have always had little patience for these games. Hence the $200 phone bill to get hints. Now, thanks to the wonders of modern technology, I have access to walk throughs for each and every Space Quest game on the internet. BONUS!

     Note: I also found out lately that my fabulous friend Shane has the King’s Quest Collection. I will be trading him Sierra games shortly.

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