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7 Times A Video Game Character Stopped What They Were Doing, Came To The Edge Of The TV Screen, And Begged Me To Share My Snacks With Them
1. Recently, I broke out an old copy of
Ken Griffey Jr.’s Slugfest, only to find the video-game version of The Kid himself threatening me with his bat if I didn’t share my bowl of ice cream with him. It wasn’t until I smeared some against the screen that he grew sated and went back to hitting dingers.
3. I shouldn’t have been surprised that a character whose sole purpose is to devour everything in his path would eventually ask for something to eat, but it was still pretty jarring to see Pac-Man turn right toward me and scream what brand of popcorn he wanted me to buy him.
4. The dog in
Duck Hunt has stopped laughing at me when I miss the ducks. Now, he just stares out at me expectantly, and every 10 minutes or so, he whispers, “Just a few chips. Something. Anything.” The game isn’t as fun anymore.
6. I was playing
Mario Kart on N64 when Luigi hopped off his go-kart, looked me right in the eye, and told me he’d die of hunger if I didn’t give him a snack. I felt bad, and even though I looked like an idiot, I tried to help him out by putting my pretzels up to the TV screen. Nothing happened. When I told him I was sorry, he just kept staring. After a while, I unplugged the TV, but the image wouldn’t disappear from the screen. There Luigi was, in my living room, getting a little gaunter and paler day after day until my dad eventually threw the TV away.