"WHAT," I said.
"I can't figure out how to get to Ridley through that lava pit," he said.
"DO YOU HAVE GRAVITY SUIT," I said.
"Yeah, I think so," he said.
"DO YOU HAVE SPACE JUMP," I said.
"What's the Space Jump?" he said.
What followed was a lengthy verbal walk-through, with hand motions, of how to get to Maridia's boss, kill that motherfucker, and get you some Space Jump. Customers gathered around, mesmerized by my intense played-too-many-timesing of Super Metroid. It all ended with this helpful and informative diagram:
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| A professional-quality sketch of Samus zapping Draygon with her grapple beam. |
YOU'RE WELCOME.
I didn't ask "What's the space jump?"; it was "WHERE'S the space jump?"! I demand a redaction! I feel I am being misrepresented!! :O
ReplyDeleteIve never played it. Should I?
ReplyDelete(In my head I see you having a stroke after a wordless, hand gesture filled, anger induced flip-out)
Sounds accurate.
DeleteSuper Metroid is amazing and everyone should play it as part of a well-rounded education. The four R's- Reading, Writing, 'Rithmetic, Super Metroid. Writing and arithmetic don't start with R's either, so I figure it's ok.
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