Some of my birthday presents for Kendrick (I was able to get him so many because they’re all pre-owned, from Game Stop). All marital eye contact has come to a halt.

For me, video games peaked with Super Nintendo (which I still have). I love my Wii, but I will always have a soft spot in my heart for Super Mario II (which I own via the Super Mario All-Stars set). I get that today’s graphics have surpassed Super Nintendo by a factor of about a billion, but so help me, side-scrolling makes me happy. The world was a simpler place when there was only one way you could go. In video games, at least.