Word: nintendos
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Picture the good old days of video games. Arcade games were still found in places other than seedy bowling alleys, and "Pac-Man" had his own T.V. cartoon. Formerly cool Atari was being phased out, and an upstart company named Nintendo was emerging. Even better, they were manufacturing something dazzling and new: 8-bit home video games. Crisper graphics, better sound and enough games to make you dizzy with anticipation...
...sports garner the same sort of respect. In nearly every country, soccer ignites an almost religious fervor and ecstasy, while in America, football, baseball and basketball are currently the sports of choice. But perhaps futbol is already taking hold here, in the form of Nintendo 64's FIFA World Cup Soccer, a two player game whose adherents devote as much time and energy to FIFA as many varsity athletes do to their own sports...
...lettered in it last year," claims Ryan A. Riess '99, one of 15 devoted FIFA players. The men, all seniors in Pforzheimer House, spend at least two hours every day playing Nintendo 64. Though World Cup Soccer is the game of choice," You have to see Mario Kart to get the real essence of what's going on," claims Jason D. Lalli...
...just five minutes before the Radcliffe Senior Soiree. He was still in his jeans, his gaze locked on the screen during an intense game of Mario Kart. Although he lost that game, their relationship somehow survived. Perhaps women just can't resist them--Anna M. Harr '99 claims that "Nintendo boys are the sexiest boys in the world...
...Lalli explained, "Nintendo games aren't all we do. We also play computer games." They also play sports. When asked which intramurals they play, the group responded in unison, "ALL of them...