So this coming friday the football World Cup starts, and while I am excited about that as I always am when it comes around, there's something else happening on friday that has me even more excited.
It's the first time in probably fifteen years or so that such an event has caused genuine excitement in me.
It's the release of Super Mario Galaxy 2.
Yes, I am perfectly aware that I am a man in my thirties.
I am also aware that the first Mario Galaxy game made me smile more than I think any computer game has ever done and it also made me giggle like a schoolgirl. At a time when I was stuck at home against my will, and still pretty resentful about it, it lightened my spirits dramatically.
I've always been a huge fan of the Mario games across all the generations of nintendo consoles but there's simply no getting away from just how genuinely affected I was by this game. It is a truly tremendous piece of game design which had me racking my brain as well as marvelling at the absolute mayhem of it all. It did worry me slightly that for a little while I was looking at the world through Mario's eyes though. If I saw two buildings quite close together I would think that I could spring off each of the walls in turn to get up to roof level to see what's there.
I'll hold off on the big, bushy moustache though.
I can't promise I won't buy another pair of dungarees though.
Ah, my dungarees. Why did I ever get rid of you?
I am so very much like a child before Christmas and I don't care.
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