JOY.
Stick with this gaming thing for too long and you become pretty jaded -- a game didn't get over 85 on Metacritic? Screw it, it's garbage. A new console comes out and isn't perfect on day one? Ugh, no second chances, it's trash.
Don't you sometimes wish you could return to a simpler time? A time when you didn't obsessively read game reviews and could totally fall in love with some random stupid game you played at your friend's house or grabbed off the shelf because it had a cool cover? When you didn't notice your console's flaws because hey, it's not like your parents are going to buy you a different one, and besides, it plays video games so it's awesome by definition?
Here're a few videos to take you back to that place...
via Kotaku & GoNintendo
The part after the initial joy when he starts worrying about how much it cost his parents? That's how you know you raised a good kid.
Yup, inconsolable tears of joy over Tank! Tank! Tank! The lowest rated Wii U launch title. Yes, lower than Funky Barn. This isn't just an over-emotional kid excited to get any game either -- apparently he loved the arcade version of the game, and wanted a Wii U just to play the home version. This video should required viewing for any game reviewer who starts feeling a little too important.
And hey, here's the granddaddy of all "kids being made deliriously happy by video games on Christmas" videos...
What about you folks? What are your fondest Christmas video game memories?
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Super Nintendo. I found it hidden in my house before Christmas. I would open it up everyday after school, play Super Mario World, and package it back up before mom and dad got home. I had to feign surprise Christmas Day, but I was super happy.
I would do the same thing. I found the 2 systems I got as a little kid before Christmas in my crawlspace.
Wii U kid, he’s then gonna take his present to gamestop in a year or two and get $75 for it.
No! No comments about how the video game things that are making these kids happy aren’t the right video game things. Bad!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHHAHA
Me and my gf at the time agreed on a low budget Christmas. I got her couple DVDs. She got me an xbox 360. But I’m a Playstation guy. We broke up shortly thereafter. I bought a ps3, and I regifted the 360 as a wedding present. They got a divorce. I assume this cursed 360 was originally purchased in Chinatown from an old man who also sells Mogwai, and monkey paws.
Deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!!! ahahaha