The Non-Player Review of Video Games: Lego Star Wars
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(Yes, I’m aware that my title here is non-specific as to WHICH Lego Star Wars I’m talking about. This is primarily because I don’t know. Also, this is one of the rare times I’m talking about a game I DID play. Briefly.)
All of my biological nieces and nephews were born in the twenty-first century. (I only have two niblings by marriage who were born in the twentieth century.) When my eldest nephew was preschool aged, he once asked me if I wanted to play “TV games” with him. I didn’t know what he meant until he showed me a binder filled with console games. He called them TV games because he didn’t understand what a “video” was, having grown up with DVDs to that point.
On some of my visits to his hometown, I would babysit him and his younger sister to give their parents a night out. On one of these occasions, several years after the “TV games” question, he asked if we could play Lego Star Wars. It was probably A New Hope, honestly, because we all know that’s the best one. And I had played a little bit of other Lego games with Jeremy, so I understood the basic idea.
But I wasn’t GOOD at them.
At first, my nephew didn’t want his sister to play because he was worried she would mess up his game. But after having to wait for me to catch up, rescue me, and otherwise deal with my poor skills, he decided letting his sister play was not half as bad as letting his AUNT play. He took my controller to help me get through a specific part of the game, but once he’d cleared that part, he didn’t give it back. And I got to watch instead of play.
Honestly, I was okay with that. Though watching video games isn’t my favorite hobby, getting to cheer on my nephew and niece is much more fun for me than trying to play alongside them.
So. Lego Star Wars? Thanks, but I’ll pass. I wouldn’t want you to have to take my controller away.
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