RockHardly

On our office Christmas tree we have tags for kids who live in an orphanage. Each tag has things the kid has asked for for Christmas. I saw one for an 11 year old boy who wants a PS3 controller and "video games". Naturally, I picked this one.

The controller leads me to believe the video games would need to be PS3 games (clearly, this child has some class) - a list which I would readily be able to put together quickly based on what I like, however, these would probably not be appropriate for an 11-year-old (while I let my 10 year old play Dark Souls when he wants, I would feel odd about giving some kid I don't know Dark Souls unless I was sure the kid was either older than 18 or had ready access to a counselor or psychologist).

ANYWAY - I'm thinking of grabbing about 3 games + a controller for him. Easy picks are the Lego games (especially Star Wars, given the time of year) - but I'm wondering if there are other more obscure picks that I could still find, but that this kid would be unlikely to already have.

Any suggestions?

Ugh - let's see - probably World of Warcraft, to a terrible extent.

All collector's editions, and active account since launch:

$80 a pop for the editions = 7*$80 = $560.

Then, like a moron, I've only gone month to month since November 2004 = 13 years * 12 months + 1 month = 157 months * $14.99 = $2,353.43

Then - like an even bigger idiot, I've moved 2 characters and changed factions on two due to guild changes = 2 moves + 2 factions = 4 * $60 = $240

So - $560 + $2,353.43 + $240 = $3,153.43 total.

Alright - now I'm depressed.

I think he's terrifying.

1. The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

2. Return of The Jedi (1983)

3. A New Hope (1977)

4. The Last Jedi (2017)

5. The Force Awakens (2015)

6. Rogue One (2016)

7. Revenge of The Sith (2005)

8. The Phantom Menace (1999)

9. Attack of The Clones (2002)

My biggest was in the original Phantasy Star 1:

I was at the end of the game - and there is a dungeon that leads to a section where you literally just walk through a few parts and you're at the last battle. I'm typing this from memory (played this when I was a kid at original release), but the dungeon forks - go, say, left and you go to a different area, go right and you're on your way to the King and the final boss.

For some reason - I NEVER went the right way there, but knew I needed to get to the last area. I spent, literally, 1.5 years coming back to that game periodically and never managed to find that turn. I re-explored every area on every dungeon of every planet over and over before finally one night I saw the turn I wasn't making - went there and BOOM - there's the final boss.

By then, I was so over-leveled and powered that I practically slept through all the fights. I was both elated that I'd finally beaten the game and embarrassed that it had taken me so long. Note - the path wasn't hidden at all - and going back to it, it was clearly obvious that was the way to go.