July 7, 2009

Dr. Mario

Last night, after my family set up a fence for our garden and read an article from the New Era, we had some fun playing Dr. Mario. I enjoy this game and personally think that it's one of the classics. Today's youth only want the shoot-em-up violent games. Well, I've been a fan of this game ever since I first played it years ago at my cousins' house. Now, I own three different versions of this game. And guess what? It never gets old.

Last night, we played on teams. After I cleared five viruses I gave the controller to my dad. Then, he gave it to me after he cleared five, and so on until either we won or my mom and brother won. While playing, I made the comment that this game is merely a game of options. Every piece presents different options on where to play it. The skill part of the game is being able to think of your options before your pill gets placed all the while your opponent is dumping garbage on you.

Some people may say that this is an easy game that isn't worth the time to play. They might say that it is so easy/simple that it's pointless. Well, I say that it's so easy/simple and yet it's so addicting. I know that I can easily spend hours playing it by myself. Add some of the family, and this becomes an all out 'Hirschi Family Tournament.'

All in all, this game rocks; so the next time you see or hear about it you should play it and see for yourself, and if you don't, then you're missing out.