{"id":180,"date":"2007-05-22T14:01:00","date_gmt":"2007-05-22T21:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bunnyears.net\/dan\/?p=180"},"modified":"2007-05-22T16:20:22","modified_gmt":"2007-05-22T23:20:22","slug":"chris-kohler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bunnyears.net\/dan\/?p=180","title":{"rendered":"Chris Kohler"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am reading Chris Kohler<\/a>‘s Power Up<\/em><\/a> on my trip, which I’ve meant to get around to reading for a long time. I’m enjoying it. It’s like living inside Chris’ Nintendo-worshipping head. It’s a very reverent, very informative place, and it gives me an appreciation for some Nintendo history and lore I hadn’t considered. (My mom famously refused to get me an NES because I had so many “Atari tapes.” Ultimately, she was right; there was a lot invested in that system.)<\/p>\n

I’d like to think if you put Chris, Andy Eddy, and myself on a quiz show panel and asked us video game trivia, the three of us would know just about everything. I would like to think that. I hope one day we get to find out.<\/p>\n

BTW, I spotted this<\/a> on Chris’ Wikipedia entry<\/a>. “Kohler can be seen on YouTube<\/a> opening an extremely rare Nintendo DS game, stripping it of its value.” That phrase makes me cringe because I don’t necessarily equate “value” with “financial worth,” but the Wiki editor clearly does. (And Chris is half kidding about calling it “worthless” anyway.) Games — even the rare ones — are made to be played. Open, that Game & Watch collection tells you far more about game history and evolution than it would sealed. To my mind, the “value” is very much intact. Maybe I’m taking that phrase a little too seriously, but still. Suck me, you anonymous little Wiki-editing bitch.<\/p>\n

That video is, however, a good representation of Chris in real life. Excited. Friendly. Drunk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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