January 17, 2012 
2012: A Photo A Day
Yesterday, I wrote a post about things I said I would never do and ended up doing. Included in the list was the mention that I vowed never to get my kids video games. What I did not say was that I would never buy video games for me and Rob.
Pre-kids, Rob and I went to Wal-Mart and bought two cool little gadgets that hooked to the television and allowed us to travel back in time. We traveled to time when arcades were filled with games like Pong, Dig-dug, Adventure, Rally X, Breakout, etc.
Sometimes, on the weekends, the boys will play these games. How funny it is to watch our boys play Pong and love it. (Long live the classics!)
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We just set a one hour a day rule for these games as someone gave us Lego Batman. Frustration levels run high and it is simply better to have a time frame to end it all.
Weekends only, in our house – and that will be taken away in an instant, if rules are broken. The games contained in those tiny gadgets are ‘boring’ for this generation. Outside play is still preferred more often than not. Sha’woo!
The two BIG kids play! lol
All big kids welcome in our house, Patti! Retro game night!
Hah! Great companion to your other post!
Yes, well, I had to tell ‘the rest of the story’. Good day!
We have the same controller from your picture. My husband had it out over the weekend, so of course, it is still in the middle of the den floor. I step over it every time I go into the den.
You’ve proven my point, Susan – those controllers are for the kid still living in adults! (Your husband has great taste in games!)
You guys are so ‘vintage’. Love it!
Ha. Thanks for the ‘vintage’ title. That sounds way better than ‘behind the times’.
Retro-fabulous, Ms. D!
Keepin’ up with the times, SIG. Past-times that is.