Skippy

Strange things I own #1: Mr. Driller stuffed toy. I got it at a recycle store next to an incinerator in Takaido, Tokyo in 2008-ish for ¥500.

Just got done watching Mr. Bean's Holiday. I know it's not high art, but it was good?? Kid has been on a Mr. Bean kick and on try 2 he actually watched the whole thing. There are some truly dumb parts but overall it's wittier than it needs to be.

I know critics hated it, and that's why I find criticism of comedy so weird. If you know who Mr. Bean is and you want to watch a movie starring that character, it's exactly what you want. If you judge it by any other standard, it's your fault for expecting anything else.

Here's my nine in no particular order. I realized there are way more than 9 games I consider crutial, but that's the format.

25 years ago I was moving across country and bright and early I stopped to get gas and the radio in the gas station said something about an airplane hitting a building. I didn't understand so I turned on my radio to learn what was going on.

Said "that's the news for September 11th, 2001" after talking about some baseball player. Had to go to an independent electronic store store to see what was going on. The owner clearly wanted me to leave.

25 years ago I was moving across country and bright and early I stopped to get gas and the radio in the gas station said something about an airplane hitting a building. I didn't understand so I turned on my radio to learn what was going on.

I was driving in a hilly part of Wyoming where I got radio going uphill but not downhill so I was switching between 9/11 news and Harry Potter on cassette tape (this was before we knew she was hateful of course).

Welcome to ADHD the game show! First up, let's play a round of "Did I do that or did I just think about doing that?" followed by "Did anyone notice I just zoned out for 15 minutes?"

Then after the break, a fan favorite: "Where did I put my phone? I JUST had it!" followed by "Did I do that or did I just think about doing that?" Then we'll wrap it up with a lighting round of "Is it THAT late already?"

Everyone talks about orange juice after brushing your teeth being gross but have you tried blueberries? Do not recommend. 0/10

Many years ago a friend called me on my day off and asked me to pick up a game for him with a weird Japanese name that came out, saying he would pay me back after work and I could play it while I waited. That game changed my life. It was Katamari Damacy.

Katamari was one of the few pieces of media that truly shared the mundane, every day aspects of Japan that didn't come across if you'd never been there. Killing time eating mikan while sitting at a kotatsu, growing vegetables in a tiny garden, construction signs... Just normal stuff.

Many years ago a friend called me on my day off and asked me to pick up a game for him with a weird Japanese name that came out, saying he would pay me back after work and I could play it while I waited. That game changed my life. It was Katamari Damacy.

Sometimes I wish I had a million billion followers so every time I drunkenly posted something, people would respond with "you're so funny, let me give you money!" But instead I've got 6 people following me who I know personally but haven't been in the same room with them in at least a decade.

Even though I'm terrible at them, I love fighting games. I love the good ones and the bad ones, the bizarre characters, the incomprehensible stories, the ham-fisted scenarios on why two people must fight, the nearly identical versions of the same game... I love it all. #capcom #snk

I love special moves that I can only pull off every once in a while. I love fighting game collections that have games with such subtle differences, I can't tell them apart. I love it all.