I love video games, having grown up playing NES and SNES,  but newer systems freak me out. I always get lost (I miss side-scolling) or terrified (Resident Evil 5) or angry (too many buttons.) With the release of the glorious new Ghostbusters game, and with my current unemployment, I’ve decided to get back into gaming… slowly. Andy bought me WarioWare for our GameCube, and I am obsessed.

The game is spazzy and obnoxious, and all about nerves and speed; this only exacerbates my controller-throwing tendencies. I love that various tasks include eating a banana, parking a car (my least favorite), helping a cat go to sleep, sniffing up snot, and catching apples in a basket as they are thrown by a monkey. I appreciate the throwbacks, like guiding Link through an entryway, or stomping on a goomba.

And don’t get me started on the music and sound effects.

Summer = video games, swimming, video games, eating, video games. I love it.