I never thought I would make it to 30, but it looks inevitable being that my birthday is next month. So anyway, what do you do at big milestones in your life? Re-assess everything, take stock and see what you have yet to accomplish I suppose.
I have lived all over the place, had all sorts of jobs, I have been to lots of cool countries. You know what I never did? I never beat Super Mario Brothers 3. It might not seem like a big deal, but it has bothered me for years. Decades actually.
So a few weeks ago I bought me a Super Nintendo on Craigslist, and I started my quest. It quickly became obvious that the years had not been good to my hand-eye coordination. I was certainly not the same Mario player I was back in 1990…when I was 11.
After a few weeks of intense practice I am back in action and kicking some koopa ass. I have made it all the way to world 7, and even to the second Fortress after 7-9.
Anyway wish me luck…I only need to beat world 8 and I will have accomplished my goal! Sure many people might think this is not a worthy goal for a 30 year old. But you guys can go to hell, let’s see you try and beat this shit. It’s hard!
While I was searching for some SMB3 graphics for this I came across this fun fact!
When you see a birds-eye view of all of the mazes from Zelda put together, they actually spell Zelda!
Freakin’ Cool.
When I was growing up, man did I love that game Risk! I used to carry it around on a 5 1/4 floppy disk in the inside pocket of my jean jacket. You know, just in case I came across an Apple IIC, IIE or IIGS. Yes I was a nerd, yes I wore huge glasses and yes I will beat your ass in some Risk if given the chance.
