Where do your memories take you?
August 9th, 2008
Back in the High School days, a friend of mine had a SNES console, which was the in thing at the time. I used to spend the weekends when I could. As is always the case, one video game catches your imagination. The sheer excitement I had even watching was vivid, even to today, although the memory with time becomes exaggerated.
Many years passed and I stumbled on the game in the most unexpected of places. Shock was quickly replaced by nostalgia as I ceremoniously played it one more time, while the trip down the memory lane lasted. I remembered my friend, how life moved us apart, what school life was like, and how much spare time children have that’s a God send compared to the young adult life. For a brief moment, I wanted to be a child again, free from expectations/responsibilities. Ironically, somewhere between childhood and adolescence, such luxury is unwittingly traded for an obsessed need for some form of “convenient independence” - the type where one wants to enjoy the privileges without the responsibilities. Sound familiar? All this thinking because of a 15yr old 2D game.
So, where do your memories take you?
Back in the High School days, a friend of mine had a SNES console, which was the in thing at the time. I used to spend the weekends when I could. As is always the case, one video game catches your imagination. The sheer excitement I had even watching was vivid, even to today, although the memory with time becomes exaggerated.
Many years passed and I stumbled on the game in the most unexpected of places. Shock was quickly replaced by nostalgia as I ceremoniously played it one more time, while the trip down the memory lane lasted. I remembered my friend, how life moved us apart, what school life was like, and how much spare time children have that’s a God send compared to the young adult life. For a brief moment, I wanted to be a child again, free from expectations/responsibilities. Ironically, somewhere between childhood and adolescence, such luxury is unwittingly traded for an obsessed need for some form of “convenient independence” - the type where one wants to enjoy the privileges without the responsibilities. Sound familiar? All this thinking because of a 15yr old 2D game.
So, where do your memories take you?
