Video Games

         Yesterday, my ten year old son had $50 of birthday money to spend at ToysRUs. He looked around for what seemed like an eternity and kept picking things out and then changing his mind. Finally, he decided that he would save his money for next time. That was until we walked past the video game section. He saw the Flashback Atari game system (that was exactly $50) and had to have it. I could not believe the images on the back of the box. It was just blurry dots on a colored screen. All of the games looked the same. He tore it open as soon as we got home and plugged it into the closest television. He has been playing it non stop. He has a PlayStation, and Wii, a DS, and a 3DS which all amaze me every time we play them because of how cool the graphics are. He prefers the Atari. It reminds me of when the very first Nintendo system came out with Mario Bros. and Zelda. That was amazing compared to Atari but he says the Atari is "classic". I wonder how long he will stay interested in it.