English and Super Nintendo
I remember when I was ten years old and every weekend my father took me to Blockbuster to rent a Super Nintendo game. I was living in a city named La Serena, here in Chile.
That weekend I rented a game about Scooby Doo, yes, the cartoon dog, it was a game about solving puzzles and some action, but mainly puzzles. That imply many dialogs between the characters, and reading about what was happen or missions to accomplish. Until today I remember reading the word "yet" over and over again on the game, and, with my almost null English, thinking "Why they keep talking about a 'yet'?? where is this 'yet'?", I mistaked the word "yet" by "jet", and was always thinking that I need to find some kind of rocket, or the mission was to save the city from a missile.
I finished the game, don't know how, and never knowing what was happening, is funny to think about it. I think my gaming skills were good enough to break the language barrier.
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English and Super Nintendo
I remember how when I was ten years old, my father took me to Blockbuster every weekend to rent a Super Nintendo game. I was living in a city called La Serena, here in Chile.That weekend I rented a game about Scooby Doo - yes, the cartoon dog, it was a game about solving puzzles with some action, but mainly puzzles. It involved many dialogues between the characters, and reading about what was happening or missions that had to be accomplished. To this day, I remember reading the word "yet" over and over again on the game, and, with my almost nonexistent English, thinking, "Why do they keep talking about a 'yet'? Where is this 'yet'?" I mistook the word "yet" for "jet", and was always thinking that I needed to find some kind of rocket, or that the mission was to save the city from a missile.
I finished the game - I don't know how - without ever knowing what was happening, which is funny if you think about it. I think my gaming skills were good enough to break the language barrier.
Indeed they were, Julio! Great job writing!
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