Gil’s got a lot of cool things in his room; the high-tech computers, the studio, the VO room, not to mention all the cameras and mics, but the thing that seems the most prized and reserved is the Nintendo with its fun old games. To think about that is odd, we have all this cool technology around us and what do we want to do? We want to go retro.

Most likely this is due to the constant presence of the Nintendo with its allure of games that is reserved only for those who can achieve a score of a 100 for their six-weeks average. The interesting part is that it’s always there yet I don’t believe I have met anyone yet that has played it. The Nintendo seems to be Gil’s prize, his incentive for kids to work hard, and his reward to those that achieve perfection.

I have a Nintendo at home, but it’s not the same. It’s that satisfaction that you get from knowing that you earned it, to know that you are one of the few that can claim to have been allowed to play it. Myself, I am only 1 point away from that perfect score and that mystical privilege of being able to come in at lunch and play Nintendo on the big screen.  Fingers crossed, here’s hoping this blog will put my over that 1 point. I hear he has Duck Hunt!