A big part of why I remember the Super Nintendo and certain games so fondly is because I played the console at my great grandmother's house. I played on this small CRTV and sat far away from it in this cool room that had glass sliding doors on each side. One side simply lead to the driveway out front and the other side, where I sat, went out to a cement part of the back yard which an old world farming tool shed was located.

Anyway, I had a friend that lived across the street from gram's house. His house was a Sega household. So basically between us we could play nearly anything we wanted from the SNES and Genesis. It was interesting to compare Mortal Kombat between the SNES and Genesis. I knew my version of the game was lame since it was censored, but the animation, sound, and overall game feel was so much better! I did get a Genesis and my friend got a SNES down the line. You know, I originally started this paragraph just to simply say that when we got into a game, we REALLY got into it. It was fun just to tackle something like Mega Man X together or a Final Fantasy title. I would also hang with a cousin of mine semi often back in those days. He was absurdly good at video games in those days. He was one of those guys that would pick up on a game instantly and then dominate it in a matter of days or weeks. I learned a lot from him, and it was very cool to pass along some gaming knowledge to him. The internet is smurfing cool, but there was just so much more meaning in learning about gaming through just bulltroutting with friends, family, and whatever random kid you knew through people.