User blog:Element Knight 375/My Trip to New York City!

Greetings and salutations, my fellow wal-u-wikians! I'm happy to say that this is one of those days where I feel good about living in New Jersey. My parents and I took a trip up to New York to visit my sister and her husband and take a trip to MoMA, otherwise known as the Museum of Modern Art, and check out the new video game and computer graphics exhibit.

Today ended up being my first time playing Pong, Space Invaders, and Asteroids; three games I only ever knew as my dad's childhood obsessions. Pong ended up being my favorite - it's very simple, but the arcade version is incredibly intense and fun.

Of course, we didn't just go for the games, even though that was the priority. I didn't go around taking a bunch of pictures so as not to be all touristy, but I did take a picture of Van Gogh's Starry Night, which was cool to see in person.



Other than that, I saw a ton of works by other modern artists. But after we left MoMA, I took the opportunity to suggest a detour to the Nintendo World Store at 10 Rockefeller Plaza, since it was only a few blocks away. I didn't spend a lot of time there since it was getting late, but I played some Mario Kart 8 and got to see an amazing Gameboy from the 90s that a soldier took with him into the Gulf War, and that got badly scorched, but still works. I stupidly forgot to take a picture, but here's a short article about it if you're interested! I also picked up a little Dialga figurine as a souvenir, so that was super cool:



Still, to be quite honest, I'd like to go back with a bunch of cash and get a ton of Nintendo merch, because some of the stuff in that place was awesome.

Anyway, I just wanted to mention this stuff to you guys, since this was one of the coolest gaming-related days I've had in a long time. And, I also finally got to see the MoMA game exhibit, which I wrote about a long time ago because I was so excited about it. Hope you found this interesting!

Thanks for reading!

Peace,

EK (or Gavin) :D