New Objects of Desire

The Cube
Originally uploaded by princess_buttercup.

Last night I spent the entire evening on the web, researching Nintendo game consoles and game software.

Now, I know this may not be typical Friday night activity for a 20-something heterosexual Asian female. (What do they usually do? Go to parties? Clubs? Hang out with girlfriends?) But I guess part of me will always be an 8-year-old tomboy.

The Nintendo has a special place in my heart because it is part of (or even help created) some of my happiest childhood memories -- playing Super Mario Brothers and a host of other first-generation games all day, every day, for the entire summer with my favorite cousin. He was so cool (and is still so cool now) because he is a video game virtuoso. It's more fun watching him beat the levels than playing myself.

He is the closest thing to a brother that I have, and one of my favorite people in the world.

Some of my favorite memories in college involve Nintendo as well.

When I visited China in college my cousins were still playing Nintendo games, but they had graduated to Resident Evil, the horror game that involved running through a ghost town and shooting a lot of zombies.

When I came back to the States, I found out that one of Ambient Dickie's roommate had a Nintendo system AND this game.

So often, after classes when we were both free in the afternoon, I would go over to Dickie's room and play Resident Evil. Dickie, being such a girl, would be too scared to watch continuously. Instead, he made himself useful by hiding under the blanket in his bed and looking up hints and maps on the Internet.

I wasn't a good player, but manage to almost reach the end. And then, alas, I think the semester ended, so I was never able to beat the true boss.

Anyway, this is all a short way of saying, I want a Nintendo Gamecube and the new Resident Evil game, and I want them NOW!!!