The emo is a strange bird. I believe that the word �emo� (which they themselves embrace) stems from �emotional.� They seem to think that they�ve gone through a lot, and that their lives are pain. Predictably, 99% of them are between 12 and 20 years of age. Some of them even welcome pain by cutting on themselves and listening to emo music--a painful experience in and of itself. It�s really odd, though� they don�t seem to like being punched in the face. Well, women have always been contradictory.

Wait, they�re not all women? But they wear all that makeup and cry all the time�

Seriously?!

Oh.

Well, that doesn�t matter anyways. Teenagers are always stupid. I can overlook them thinking that their lives are hard, but what I can�t overlook is their attitude towards video games.

I actually grew up playing these so-called retro games that emos drool all over. As if, somehow, playing the original Mario Bros game is better than playing Paper Mario for the Wii. Here�s a hint: it�s not. There�s a reason that games have updated their graphics and interactivity throughout the years. It�s the same reason that the NES isn�t hailed as the best video game system of all time.

It�s OLD. Its playing style is OLD. If you don�t have a nostalgia factor, you really shouldn�t be torturing yourself playing these old games. Now, remakes of old games can be okay, but on no occasion should you say to someone, �No thanks, I don�t want to play Halo 2. I�d rather die 1,569 times trying to beat the third level of Life Force.�

Personally, I think that the remake of FF1 for the GBA is brilliant. It is certainly easier, than the original, but it�s an excellent rendition of the game. And it has the benefit of not being an NES, which you have to try the three-step program with.

Step One: Blow in cartridge, and in NES to try to clean off contacts.
Step Two: Spittle-blow in cartridge, and in NES to try to improve the contact, so that Link doesn�t look like a spattered orange blob that turns into a mushroom when you move.
Step Three: Whomp on the top of your NES, pray to Satan, and offer up sacrifices to Shiva to try to get the damn thing working.

I added a fourth step, which is:
Buy a new game system, one that doesn�t suck and break.