{"id":2848,"date":"2008-08-11T09:52:05","date_gmt":"2008-08-11T14:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cgm13.net\/wordpress\/?p=2848"},"modified":"2008-08-11T15:50:08","modified_gmt":"2008-08-11T20:50:08","slug":"video-game-addict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theboywonder.net\/?p=2848","title":{"rendered":"Video Game Addict?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have long resisted the lure of video games. Sure I had them growing up (the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Atari_2600\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Atari 2600<\/strong><\/a> and the first <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nintendo_Entertainment_System\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Nintendo Entertainment System<\/strong><\/a>) but past that I have only had a passing interest in them. Until yesterday &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Lego Star Wars: The Video Game\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/images\/08352.jpg?resize=405%2C345\" alt=\"\" width=\"405\" height=\"345\" \/><br \/>\nJeff and Kelly&#8217;s son, Nicholas, was playing &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.legostarwarsthevideogame.com\/flash\/player.cfm?lang=us\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Lego Star Wars: The Video Game<\/strong><\/a>&#8221; when I was helping them out yesterday. OMG &#8230; talk about one of the coolest things I have ever seen! You get to control various Lego style Star Wars characters and basically play your way through all the movies. How awesome is that?!?!?!<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Lego Indiana Jones: The Video Game\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/images\/08353.jpg?resize=405%2C259\" alt=\"\" width=\"405\" height=\"259\" \/><br \/>\nI also got to see a wee bit of the &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lucasarts.com\/games\/legoindianajones\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Lego Indiana Jones: The Video Game<\/strong><\/a>.&#8221; You guessed it! On this one you get to battle your way through the first three Indiana Jones movies. Rockin&#8217;!<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Lego Batman: The Videogame\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theboywonder.net\/images\/08354.jpg?resize=400%2C405\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"405\" \/><br \/>\nNicholas also showed me the trailer to &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/legobatmangame.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Lego Batman: The Video Game<\/strong><\/a>&#8221; which will be coming out next month.<\/p>\n<p>I think I gotta have all of these &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have long resisted the lure of video games. Sure I had them growing up (the Atari 2600 and the first Nintendo Entertainment System) but past that I have only had a passing interest in them. 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