Captain Skyhawk or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Annoy my Colleagues

I was looking at my NES collection today to come up with additional game review ideas, and that’s when it hit me… Why should we do actual work, when I can force Louis to just watch me beat Captain Skyhawk? It’s made by Milton Bradley, how can we go wrong! He kept saying, I don’t care about your stupid game, to which I replied: “Screw you. Milton Bradley was a very smart man, he tought himself lithography and print-making, producing an image of Abraham Lincoln during the 1860 presidential campaign” Louis then agreed, this game is pretty smart.

I started playing but Louis kept whining at the graphics, saying he can do better with Photoshop, to which I replied that this is not a photoshop contest. That’s when the comment about why I kept shooting at turbines began. But I told him, it’s because I am very good at this game as it was the third game I owned back in the time when I would only get 1 game a year, at my birthday.

I wouldn't call these turbines... It's more like red thingies.

My game was going great, but every time I would get to the plane fight sequences, Louis kept whining about how stupid the ennemy planes are going from behind me to in front of me, in the open. I had to admit he had a point, but instead of saying it I prefered pointing out that the planes look like faces when they are in a certain angle.

Come on, this so looks like a face

That’s when I got to the Space Station sequence, just as I let Louis try. Of course, I had to move the plane sideways, just to be annoying. Anyone who played this game as a kid know how annoying that was!

I know, I'm a jerk

Anyway, after he crashed a few times, I then got him to admit I was awesome at this game. This is why I will give ten thumbs up.

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2 Responses to “Captain Skyhawk or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Annoy my Colleagues”

  1. Ed says:

    I really liked Captain Skyhawk, it was one of my favorite game growing up. I liked how some parts of the text brought back a little bit of the nostalgia I felt when I was playing the game as a child. Will you write more like this one?

  2. Seb says:

    Hello Ed. Thanks for the comment! To answer your question: yes, I plan on writing more like that :)

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