Okay, so I’ve been following Force Unleashed for more than two years now and now it’s two weeks away. I guess I’m not too old for most games. In fact, I still obsess over them.

Recently my dad has walked into the game room while my brother and I are playing a Rainbow Six/Resistance-type game and has to walk out immediately or else pass out.

Here is a list of games that make me motion sick. Here, as I approach a landmark birthday this school year. Here, as I thought would never happen. Here, as I desperately need to try a rollercoaster to give me hope. Here, a list of why I am old-fogeyfiying:

1. 
   TimeSplitters – I got this one in the $5 bin at Circuit City while Jeremy and I were picking up tapes for a filming gig. Split-screen four player capture the flag madness: Excellence in a PS2 bargain game. But play it in singleplayer story mode and it’s a different story. A mansion full of zombies: Lose my brain? Nope, just my lunch. This game actually makes me sweat (like when I saw Dracula at the Herberger in high school), I get so nauseous.
2. 
   TimeSplitters: Future Perfect – More storyline and more quickly rotating nausea
3. 
   Sonic Heroes – To its credit, when my wife and I sat down to play this for the first time, I had on Japanese audio and Spanish subtitles.
   And then the screen began to pulse to techno while giggling rodents freefell through gumdrops and lollipops. Not confident in just that, they started moving faster, screaming in Japanese the whole time. Thankfully I borrowed this one from my brother so I didn’t feel too bad shelving it after 30 minutes.
4. 
   Gyrostarr- I downloaded this WiiWare title last night to play with my oldest. Co-op shooter on the same screen, not big penalties for death, we were having fun. And then we got to level 5. I had to look away for a while; my daughter held down the fire button with one hand while she flipped through a Precious Moments coloring book with the other. Click here to experience the wonder of Gyrostarr

Not too old for video games, just the psycho ones.

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