Video Games are Great!; Monday, Third Period [05/20].

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As someone who generally got frustrated and annoyed eventually with Character Creation, Yukari was very pleased to move onto something else this week, and she really hoped everyone else was as well! And anyone already familiar with video games would probably recognize the blue-sky brick-ground setting they found themselves in when they entered the Danger Shop....as well as all the platforms and question-mark boxes floating in the air ahead of them.

"Welcome back, everyone!" Yukari greeted cheerfully. "And now it's time to get into the good stuff! Now, I wanted to start with something classic, but if you go too far back in video game history, it's just really boring. Ping pong? Text-based? No thank you! And while there's a few other options for the really retro stuff I could tap into...and still might, actually, because there's some good space stuff, too!....I wanted to start out today with everyone's favorite classic platformer featuring a supposedly Italian plumber! Instead of an Italian plumber saving the princess," who was definitely in another castle, "it's you!

"That's right! Today, we're going through the metaphorical pipes to go through our very own levels of this classic, iconic game! And, just like those games, you only have three lives to start out with, so be careful! Once they're done, you're out, and you have to sit and watch everyone else go through it! Whoever gets the furthers, wins!"

What did they win?

Nothing but pride and glory, but, hey! That wasn't nothing!

"So I'll take a few moment to explain to you all about the mechanics of the game, some of the enemies you'll encounter and some of the traps and power-ups to watch out for, and then you'll give it a try! If you want, you can play two-player as well, or go it alone! Any questions before we begin?"

Comments

Sign In - Video Games, 05/20.

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Like you're Jump Man himself!

Re: Sign In - Video Games, 05/20.

[drumsticksandd20s]

Steph Gingrich

Re: Sign In - Video Games, 05/20.

[x_wondrous_x]

Stewart

Re: Sign In - Video Games, 05/20.

[napking]

Gray

Listen to the Lecture - Video Games, 05/20.

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Yukari does have a little bit of a lecture, too, about the history of the game, but she, like everyone else, no doubt, is eager to get to the good stuff. There's a run-down of hopefully everything you'd need to know, and she's there to answer questions if you've got 'em, but who wants to do all this talking when there were real life (sort of) video games to play??

Class Activity: Super Retro Jump Man Platforming Game! - Video Games, 05/20.

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Take turns, partner up, break all the rules and do all of it all together, but it's time to play the game! Put yourself in Jump Man's boots and try to save the princess from the castle!

The more you go on, the more the levels increase in difficulty and moddability! You've got three lives, but once those are out, you're relegated to the audience. Feel free to make your Super Retro Jump Man Platforming Game experience whatever you'd like it to be!

Talk to the Teacher - Video Games, 05/20.

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Who will insist that she absolutely aced it when she was testing the program out! Really! Please ignore any hints that there may have been, at one point, an attempt to smash the danger shop controls in her frustration!

OOC - Video Games, 05/20.

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