You fair readers of my blog may remember a post from waaaaaay back in the day entitled Playstation 3. In it, I talk about being excited to run Flex Apps on my PS3. Sadly, my pretty HD console only ran Flash Player 7, so Flex was not an option. At MAX, I saw a big fat PS3 image and was hoping that Kevin Lynch would say, “Flash Player 9 is now on the Playstation 3!” He didn’t so I assumed it wasn’t yet. Then Renaun posted this! Adobe has issues about making noise sometimes. How did the blogosphere not light up on this news? Well, maybe it did, but I somehow missed it.
Naturally, I went and did what the PS3 was meant to do: Play a game! In this case, it was my very own Tic-Tac-Toe game. Check it out!
For as long as I can remember, I’ve gamed (specifically the video kind). Before I got married, I spent almost every birthday I can remember at Chuck E. Cheese’s (even my 21st!) To me, birthday equated to gaming. In addition to those special days, I have a lot of memories in life associated with gaming:
When I was 6 or 7, I remember me and my dad going to our frequent hangout, an arcade down the street. It was actually a miniature golf course, but we never did anything but game. We’d play Vanguard together. As you can see by this image, it had this unique setup. It was one of the first games I can remember that had multiple buttons. My dad would drive (use the control stick) while I sat shotgun (took control of the 4 direction shoot buttons). Oddly, I think this contributed to my sense of it being okay to take the back seat for the greater good. As long as the team wins, it doesn’t matter which position you play.
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