From: "Doug Bauer"
OK, I realize we made a pact to encourage our kids to use their time wisely and not waste their youth staring blankly at the TV screen with video-game controllers in their hands. But have you seen the new Nintendo Classic video-game console? Could make for some serious family fun.
From: "Jennifer Bauer"
Can all five of us play at once? My definition of "family fun" does not include sitting and watching other people play video games. That is under my definition of mental torture.
From: "Doug Bauer"
That's a good question considering our kids are so good at sharing ;-)
From: "Jennifer Bauer"
Is this purchase just all about nostalgia for you?
From: "Doug Bauer"
Me, nostalgic? Since when have I ever been nostalgic?
From: "Jennifer Bauer"
You're doing nothing to sell me on buying an antique video game console.
From: "Doug Bauer"
That's because I don't have to: this console literally sells itself. You get 30 games for $60, none of which include the blood-and-guts stuff kids routinely get exposed to by modern consoles. (And for the record, I checked and only two people can play at a time).
From: "Jennifer Bauer"
Only two? More squabbling over devices, just what I wanted for the holidays.
It starts with the Nintendo and ends with our children with implants living in the virtual reality world of their choosing. Maybe they will allow us to visit them when we are old in a little pop up screen in the corner of their vision.
From: "Doug Bauer"
For the sake of Super Mario, won't you give in? What is this, the NFL (No Fun League)? I propose purchasing an 8-bit relic and you're turning our future into a dystopian nightmare.
From: "Jennifer Bauer"
Maybe our present would look like a dystopian nightmare to someone in 1985, when this console first came out. People walking in front of cars while playing Pokemon Go? A large part of the population only reading news they like filtered through their individual Facebook feeds? Viral cat videos? I'm afraid humans are forgetting how to have fun without a screen.
From: "Doug Bauer"
I know one human who is going to lose her turn on Donkey Kong if she doesn't turn that frown upside down. And for what its worth, our kids didn't inherit their love of cat videos from my side of the family.
From: "Jennifer Bauer"
Video preference is not something you can inherit, yet.
If we have to go down this road maybe it would be better to get the classic Sega. That's what my family had. Sonic the Hedgehog spinning like a chainsaw blade was more fun than a fat mustached man in overalls.
From: "Doug Bauer"
Nintendo was and always will be a better console with superior games - Excitebike, Tecmo Bowl, Punch Out!!, to name a few. And, what's wrong with fat guys with mustaches? They can't be so bad, considering you married one. Don't make me go buy a pair of overalls.
From: "jkbauer"
Ok, that's just gross. Fine, go ahead and weigh our family down with another piece of technology. Youre going to have to wait awhile though since it sold out as soon as it went on the market.
Just remember I told you so when we only know our grandchildren by their virtual identities.