Video Revolution | 2011

The first time I set my hands on a video game console, I was in secondary school. And back then, the only thing we had was Nintendo's Family Computer. Even then, the problem was apparent that the problem comes down to the number (or lack of) of available games. It was so expensive and so rare at the time that the game I played over and over was titled Battle City. All 99 levels of it done and reset to 1.


I remember the "rules" that my mum set for me and my brother all those years ago. No games on weekdays. No new games if we got bad grades. Totally no games during exam period (not even on weekends). You then find me and my brother sneaking out to the living room at 12 midnight playing Ninja Gaiden on mute.


Before Jakjak started school, he had free reign on my PSP. But all that is about to change. We are slowly removing the PSP from him while he's at school. He's still allowed on the computer, since his games are mostly educational in nature anyway. I have customized the apps on the iPod for educational entertainment as well. So far, the slow retraction of the devices are working smoothly. At the very least, the withdrawal syndrome is not that bad.


But then something came creeping along ...