Nintendo, How I Love Thee.

This console is possibly the greatest invention since Archibald U. Sesame came up with the idea for puppets with cocaine addictions and gang wars living in an alley in New York. It was supposed to be called "Sesame Alley: The Real Street" until that bastard Jim Henson and Joan Ganz Cooney stole the rights and made it into a fun loving kids show. But anyways, back to business. The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). This console made in the 80's really was the Next-Gen of it's time. It was so much more impressive than the Atari. I mean, Duck Hunt still blows my mind. Infrared sensor to shoot birds. What's not to love. And Super Mario Bros. is a historical landmark. I spawn hundreds of seed just thinking about it. Sorry for that image but it had to be said. Just the concept of it all is incredible and drug ridden! A little Italian plumber who eats mushrooms and flowers, all the while stomping creatures remarkably similar to turtles and trilobytes and looking for a Princess of the Mushroom Kingdom; where all the residents are mushrooms! Excitebike was another game that gave me a little extra pant weight. The track editor was the funnest part. That and the crashing. 

All these games are what really gave birth to what we call "Video Games" today. Look where we are today. 3-D gaming! And not just 3-D, but realistic looking 3-D. Games like Gears of War and Uncharted: Drakes Fortune (no, I'm not comparing them, don't worry, two totally different style of games. One a futuristic war on the human race, the other a game with chainsaw bayonets.) are just two examples of games that have impressed me with graphics. Even FFXII for the PS2 was incredible. One game that looks absolutely awesome is GoW3. Gamers know this game and hopefully are just as pumped for it as I. Non-gamers suck. End of story. 

Back to the Nintendo now. They have come out with the Wii, as we all know, and the DS. Both systems have revolutionary gaming styles. Motion sensors and touch screen. Impressive. Very impressive. That's all I can say. That's all I have to say. Thanks for reading!