One of the coolest things by far was the Nintendo. I'm talking the original Nintendo, too. You had Duck Hunt, Zelda and the original Mario Bros.
My aunt worked for Atari and supposedly helped design the aliens in Space Invaders. I remember rocking Atari sweatshirts as a kid and not realizing a family member worked for them. I just enjoyed playing Superman, even though it wasn't much of a game, just guiding a stick figure around a blank screen.
Nowadays we're spoiled with far superior graphics and intricate plots. A lot of horror video games are being released, including a Dead Space 2 that is supposed to offer co-op. I remember watching Mr. Big play Dead Space at 11 p.m. and being really creeped out... Now I cringe knowing he's going to want me to play the sequel with him.
If you follow Geekologie.com, you've probably come across the Nintendo Purse, a rather wicked invention that is sure to make the boys come a runnin'.
While some people try to shrink the size of the Nintendo (it was pretty girthy), others opt to enlarge the controllers that seem tiny compared to today's Xbox and GameCube controllers.
Just think, having a giant Nintendo controller coffee table. I would SO sport that in my living room. It has got to be the die-hard geeks and I've-been-in-college-for-seven-years-and-I'm-not-a-doctor student's dream coffee table.
It's not the best sight for sore eyes, but if you're a gamer, you really don't care -- you have a Nintendo coffee table!
I wrestled with the idea of having a Nintendo or Playstation-themed wedding cake. I don't think they're tacky. I think they show one's personality and besides, nobody remembers the wedding cake. As long as it didn't taste like poo, nobody remembers.
Still, tradition won out over inspiration, so the gaming-console cake had to be made for Mr. Big's birthday.
He doesn't know I'm having a cake made from cake-maker extraordinare Kakes by Kathy. It's of an original Nintendo controller. I didn't have enough faith in my fondant-rolling skills to make the cake, so paying $15 for the small sheet cake seemed reasonable enough for me. And don't worry, Mr. Big doesn't read my blog, so he'll still be in the dark.
Remember the mid-90's drink Orbitz? Y'know, the drink with ballz in it.
I remember my friends buying this drink from the Richland Safeway and daring each other to drink it. I think if you opened it, after a while the ballz would eventually sink. Still, it was like drinking really thin jelly...with jelly ballz...
Still, that was the best drink available during my middle-school years. That, and Surge. Is Surge still made?