Celebrating 10+ years of #DoTheDaniel
With the holidays slowly on the way and the world in need of some positivity and joy, I started to think about all the gifts that kids want this year. Thankfully Julio is an educator, and we have our niece and nephew to keep our fingers on the pulse of this year’s hottest items. And of course, let’s not forget that Julio and I are big kids at heart too!
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I was around 11 years old when I got my first Nintendo Gaming System (NES). I remember it like it was yesterday, as that was probably the last time that Santa paid a visit to my house. That’s right, with the magic box called Nintendo Entertainment System came what I like to call my “first maturity stage” cause after that Christmas day, my father gave me the “Santa talk”. What he didn’t know is that I had already found out the harsh truth, but still wanted some cool Christmas presents (don’t judge me, I was not the first nor last kid to do that) and I wanted that NES more than anything. Though the truth about Santa made me feel kind of like a grown-up kid and that the magic was over… I was still a kid though, right?
In 1992, I was 9 years old. I remember living in a basement apartment with my mother in the west end of Ottawa. I had this friend, who lived in one of the buildings next door, who had a computer and something called a “Super Nintendo Entertainment System.” This was some fancy stuff right here. And for the record, yes there were actually a lot of people who didn’t have a computer at their house back then. And I was one of them.
It should come as no shock that (in large part thanks to Julio) I have rediscovered my love of Nintendo. In fact, it’s not just Nintendo that I have rediscovered my love for, as I would go as far as saying that it extends to the whole gaming industry and the games that I used to play as a child and young adult. I was pleased to see that my skills were still up to scratch with what they used to be, so it’s good to know that I’m still at the top of my game. The only difference from when I used to play the popular game of Elder Scrolls Online is that you can now use something like this eso best builds guide to help you create a character that can help you to battle your enemies in ultra-quick time. I love guides like this, and I hope there are some others for Nintendo that I can get my teeth stuck into to give me a headstart.
You know, at 33 years old, I still get just as excited to cross the finish line on Mario Kart in first place as I did at 15. 2017 is going to be an amazing year for Nintendo with the upcoming launch of #NintendoSwitch, the latest system that is changing the way we look at gaming altogether. We’ve got all the exciting details for you and will even have a chance to share our first hand experience before it launches in Canada! Continue reading “Ready. Set. Switch!”