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GLC Must Live On!Just watched another great Seinfeld rerun. It was the Frogger episode in which George finds he still holds the high score on the Frogger video game in the old Pizza place where he and Jerry use to hang out as teenagers (His initials GLC still are at the top of the list in the video game). To preserve the GLC legacy, he buys the video game and tries to move it while keeping its power on so his high score won't be lost (Good thing they didn't have that major blackout back then...).
George asks for help from Kramer in recruiting help in moving the machine. During George's conversation with Kramer, George had this classic quote:
Kramer, listen to me. I'm never going to have a child... If I lose this Frogger high score, that's it for me.
In a hilarious ending, George plays a "real" game of Frogger in trying to cross the street with the machine. But, unfortunately, his luck runs out.
Do Graphics Really Add All That Much to Video Games?
The Frogger episode reminded me of something I've been thinking about regarding video games and their ever improving graphics and CPU power. Does this increase in performance really improve the basic quality of a video game? Sure, the game might look "more realistic". But does this really increase the long term enjoyment of the game? In my opinion, it does not.
Fancy graphics are definitely important in selling games. But in the long term, I don't think they are all that important. The qualities that make a game a classic are not graphics, but the mental aspects of the game. It doesn't matter if you're controlling a realistic running dinosuar or the hopping of a handful of dots made to look like a frog. It's the game's objective and its mental and physical challenge.
So for Christmas, buy some inexpensive classic games instead of the latest overpriced graphic intensive video games. Feel free to use the above argument. However, it will probably take some more work to convince the younger ones....
Extreme Cheapness
Bankrate.com's Frugal U. collects tips from people on ideas to save more and spend less money. The best tip each month receives $100. Most tips offer some reasonable ways for people to save a little. For laughs, they just recently created a list of the more extreme submissions. These are tips only for the most extreme tightwads. Many are pretty funny. Here are my favorites:
- To save money when washing your car, use the squeegee at the gas station
- Unplug clocks in your house while sleeping
- Never buy sandwich bags or storage bags again. Use the liners from cereal boxes and newspaper wrappers.
