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So now my dad is hooked on video games
October 31, 2006So...now that my dad has three months off of work and is recovering from his knee replacement surgery, he's going a bit stir crazy at home already.
The thing he misses the most...I'd say playing golf. My dad's a golf-a-holic. He had plans to play 36 holes of golf a few days before his surgery.
Well...now that he's in recovery, my sister's boyfriend Greg decided to help feed his addiction and brought over a Playstation 2 and Tiger Woods golf.
Dad's totally hooked and that is hilarious to me.
So on my weekend trip home, I decided to humor him and play a few rounds of golf with my dad on our 57-inch TV. Mind you...THAT was a cool experience, and I'm going to have to remember to take home some of the games that I'm a fan of next time.
But my dad is such a huge nerd playing that I can't even play well, I'm laughing too much at him.
"Did you know that the controller shakes whenever you hit a good shot?" he'll ask.
Yes...I know. I've been playing video games since the Atari 2000 days. Now that's old school friends. I've had the Atari, the regular Nintendo, Super Nintendo, Nintendo 64, Playstation and Playstation 2....along with many of the popular computer based games. I know games.
Dad....on the other hand....is just now getting a lesson in them. The last true game he played that I'm aware of would have probably been Microsoft Links '97.....of course, another golf game.
So in this surreal setting....it's about midnight Saturday and my dad and I were playing video games up late at home. If I closed my eyes...it could have been any of my high school days and friends up late.
That is...until dad let out one of his signature "Woots!" after knocking an eagle shot from the fairway straight in the cup.
"It was shaking the whole way, did you know it did that?!"
I took the controller from him, lined up my next shot and promptly followed his eagle with one of my own.
"Anything you can do I can do better.........." I said as I smiled.
After all...I'm the veteran and he's the rookie.
Posted by Jason Palmer at 07:21 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
