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videogames + mom
Christmas 1987 - my brother and I freaking out about getting the long-awaited PHANTASY STAR for the Sega Master System. This was the first RPG I ever got into and it exploded both of our brains!
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Here's Brett's bemused expression as our mom absolutely SHATTERED both of our top scores and keep on going.
videogames + mom
After Brett and I had gone a few times, and gone back and forth beating each other's high scores, my mom put the headset on for a try.
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After dinner, I set up my laptop so Brett & mom could try out the Neurosky headset.
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Work it!
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Mom trying out the dancing game.
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After dinner, we headed back to my parents place and played Wii until the wee hours of the night! Here's my mom and Elyse squaring off in tennis. Happy 60th, Dad! I love you!
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On Saturday afternoon, Meredith and I took the train out to my parents house in NJ so that we could spend Christmas with my fam! I brought along the Wii so that the whole family could play (which we ended up doing for hours on end). Here's my mom and brother getting ready to square off in tennis. But before they played, we decided that we all needed to...
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And then it was on like Donkey Kong! My mom's real-world tennis skills gave her an early advantage - but after two or three games, Brett's video-tennis skills kicked in and he dominated!
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...create Miis! Here's my mom's Mii!
videogames + mom
On Saturday night my parents came into town for the day! After walking around and having lunch in our neighborhood, we went back to our apartment so my parents could try out our new Wii! My mom actually played a video game and liked it!