Wild Pitch Wednesday – Death Wish: The Video Game

I haven’t cared about video game in quite some time.  I’m pretty sure that my interest in video games began to decline when a) cartridges were phased out for discs and b) when my younger cousins got good enough to beat me.  Regardless of how they’re marketed, video games are a young man’s game.  

But there are a few things that get me excited about video game.  I’m a sucker for a new Zelda game and I’m always willing to try a new Mario game.  And of course I loved the video game adaptations of both The Warriors and The Godfather. 

Of course my dream video game would be Death Wish. 

Dear Mario,...

Mario and I go way back.  I remember when he used to butt heads with Donkey Kong and I remember when he and his brother Luigi used to hang out in the sewer.  I mean, I wasn't all that into video games back then, but I remember the days.

Mario and I first got close in like '86.  But from then on, we've been pretty tight.  Every couple of years we spend an intense amount of time together and then we sort of seperate.

But last weekend, when I checked out his most recent adventure, Super Mario Bros Wii, I felt it was time for an intervention of sorts.

Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Select Start

It recently occurred to me that I grew up with video games. I can barely remember a time before I was on a first name basis with Mario, Luigi and Bowzer. I can even remember when I first played Asteroids and fell in love with the hyperspace button.

Nintendo + Hip Hop = Awesome.

(ignore the visuals in the video, they have nothing to do with anything)

The whole "8-Bit Remix" thing has been around for a minute but I heard about this particular melody of Hip Hop songs from Jay Z, Ludacris, T.I. and others On This Site a few weeks ago.