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A quick review of the "Super Mario Bros Game & Watch".  One of my kids got one as a gift, and I've borrowed it while they weren't looking.
Quick summary:  It's awesome.  Worth the price.
My opinion is that Super Mario Bros on NES is a masterpiece.  The colors, the music, the level designs, the bright graphics.  All perfect.  And this little device captures all that.  At first, the controls seem a little slippery, but that's just because the screen is so small.  Once you get used to that, it's all good.  The screen is nice and bright.  The music sounds great.  It's so well done. 
Bravo to Nintendo for doing nostalgia products with such high quality. 
I've seen a lot of complaints about "no kickstand".  Really?  OK.  If that's all there is to complain about, I think it speaks highly about this product. 

🌎 We’re all citizens of Atari I/O

🎄 2020 F-ZERO CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE is now LIVE! 
 

Pretty pumped that Pac-Man publisher Bandai-Namco reposted my Pac-Tree on their IG and Twitter!  Totally made my day! 
https://www.instagram.com/p/CIyQOPEgupA/?igshid=fjk5o5ixwdi6
 
 
 
 

🥳 Thank you everybody for all the great birthday wishes!! 🎉

🧑‍🚀 MAJOR HAVOC Squad Challenge is now LIVE!! Enjoy! 
 

💥 NEW Squad Challenge coming Tuesday morning!!

I got laid off today, the first time in my career. When AT&T merged a bunch of companies (HBO, Turner, etc.) under the former Time Warner corp umbrella into a single entity WarnerMedia, we knew the new company would look to consolidate. It was a bit of a surprise given where I was situated organizationally, but a bunch of us were given pink slips. Because I got rolled up in a broad organizational move, it’s easy not to take this personally, so I’m glad for that. I had seen some friends struggle emotionally before. 
My wife recently got a new job, and she’s still within the new employee benefits enrollment window, so at least I don’t have to worry about getting a new job quickly for health insurance reasons. For the first time, I won’t be the primary coverage member 🙂 Lots of new firsts.
Before folks feel too sorry for me, I am in a good position. First, I am grateful for an extremely stable career experience so far. I’ve experienced my share of company re-org and changes and always landed into a great place. The fact that this is my first involuntary job change is quite the feat in a 23 year career. Second, I’m also grateful that we will be given a nice severance package to ease the transition into the next gig. Third, I’m in an industry that is very robust and still hiring. And lastly and most importantly, God is good, and He is the Shepherd of my life. In Him, I find peace and rest.
I share this news here because I like the I/O community and wanted to open up more on a personal level to foster better relationships. Also, I’ll have more time to spend on the monthly challenge, so you have been warned 🕹🕹🤣🤣

FINALLY after like a year, cut my hair....I didn't go anywhere, got nice Remington hair clippers, didn't even use an attachment, did it all myself with the bare clippers right down, all even, took like maybe 10 minutes? OMG FEELS SOOOO MUCH BETTER! ALL THAT HAIR fit in a single little sandwich baggy, funny how hair compresses like that. Now that I have the clippers though I do not plan to EVER let it get that long again! My wife loves my hair like this.....she says Hi.... R

It was a beautiful day for a trip to the beach on Halloween.  Such nice weather for the end of October.  You might recognize this particular rock from the movie "The Goonies". 
 

Dragon's Lair on the Jaguar CD is a great Halloween tradition for me. I love playing it on this spooky night, and it is kind of spooky with the wind whipping the way it is here where I live! We're under a wind advisory until 6:00 AM tomorrow morning here. Thanks for letting me share. :O)

🎃 Happy Halloween everyone! Time to get spooky 💀

🎃 Happy Halloween everyone! Time to get spooky 💀

🎃 Happy Halloween everyone! Time to get spooky 💀

I feel "deep retro" at the moment. Listening to the Cars debut record with turntable through the Atari Video Music while giving Demon Attack one more go on a 4-switch Sears Video Arcade and CRT. #deepretro #innovativeleisure

GREAT SCOT!
 

I AM SO LUCKY ! Best thing that ever happened to me. 😎

 
 

Gonna play Wrecking Crew tonight! 🙂

Gonna play Wrecking Crew tonight! 🙂

Gonna play Wrecking Crew tonight! 🙂

🎃 Halloween is quickly approaching! Do you have any plans? 

Have a good week everyone ^_^

🎃 Halloween is quickly approaching! Do you have any plans? 

Have a good week everyone ^_^

Have a good week everyone ^_^

Have a good week everyone ^_^

Have a good week everyone ^_^