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Scott Lunder May 1, 2013 HT-MGT397J Reflection Paper

I always heard stories from my dad about how great the 1970s and1980s were but I never could grasp what was so great about it. After interviewing my father about what made the 1980s unique, special, and different, I was really able to make a connection of how identical his description was to the one that took place in Ready Player One. After comparing the similarities between the two, I was also able to make the connection of how different everything is today compared to the lifestyle back in the 1980s. Before I interviewed my dad, I informed him that I just read a book called Ready Player One and that a lot of the information …show more content…

My brother and I couldn't hold the

excitement in as we could only hope it was the Nintendo 64. We ripped off the gift wrap and there it was the Nintendo 64. I recall being speechless and in state of shock because I finally had my own Nintendo 64. Now I can't speak for every kid but a majority of my childhood consisted of playing video games. My memories of playing the games with my friends, being excited about a new video game console, and the pure anticipation of buying the new and hottest video games still stick with me today. I was glued to my Nintendo 64 and could not stop playing Super Mario 64 and NFL Blitz. I was like Wade in Ready Player One, I did not care what was happening around me, all I wanted to do was play my Nintendo 64. Like Wade said in Ready Player One, “Going outside is highly overrated”(Cline, P.267) I found this funny because as a kid this is exactly how I felt. Anyways after the Nintendo 64 phase grew old, it was all about the Xbox, Nintendo Gamecube, Playstation and Play Station Portable. Sadly my parents never bought me the Gameboy but they made up for it by buying me three of those four systems. My house had turned into a video arcade, my friends always couldn't wait to come over. What can I say my house was the place to be as a kid. As usual this phase grew old and then it was all about the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. I was in the 9th grade had been working about 8 hours week

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