I don’t know what the official statistics are for this sort of thing, but I now belong to the class of people who know exactly what they are getting for Christmas. I suppose I am partly to blame – what with leaving a printed copy of the product’s advertisement so deftly on the kitchen counter for any passerby to see – but who among you have never been guilty of the same moral infraction? (Technically, this is only my seventh Christmas. So, in a way, you can expect that kind of behavior from a seven year-old).
There is however one thing nagging me about my oedipal insistence that I know the contents of my wrapped-up box: I will not get to experience that feeling of incredulous glee that accompanies the sheer surprise of getting something you really, really want.
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I’m not going to tell you what the gift is – that’s the bonus question. But hints abound in today’s post. On that note, try your hand at this week’s puzzle.
Happy Scheming.
Puzzle One
Puzzle Two
Puzzle Three
BONUS Question: What am I getting for Christmas?
(I’d wager that it’s some variety of walking clock)
Tien
1:
Link from game 2
Mario from game 5
Sonic from game 6
Picachu from game 1
Master Chief from game 3
Donkey Kong from game 4
3: (This one makes me feel old, but not too old because I’ve never seen the first one.)
I ca name the Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, Super NES, VirtuaBoy, GameCube, DS and Wii. Does that 3rd one really count as a console?
Bonus: Some expired bread?
December 15, 2008 at 10:35 am
Tien
Sorry…not Master Chief…Metroid.
I think I’ve seen a clip like that before, but the parents had actually fooled the kids….just an empty box or a box with something other than a Nintendo in it…
December 15, 2008 at 11:14 am
Chris
Puzzle Two:
1) Luigi’s Mansion
2) Super Smash Bros.
3) Duck Hunt (easiest clue ever)
4) Wild Gunman
5) Final Fantasy
6) Star Fox
7) Banjo – Kazooie
Puzzle Three:
The ones Tien missed are TV-Game 6 and Game & Watch
From the theme of this puzzle, I’d guess you are getting some sort of gaming system. It must be a PS3.
December 15, 2008 at 12:54 pm
hroman
Chris & Tien, your answers combined are correct and complete the puzzles for the week.
Note: Metroid’s protaganist is “Samus Aran.”
Tien, your answer to the bonus question was EPIC.
Chris, I can’t believe you got TV Game 6 (though the correct title for the console is “Color TV Game 6″)
As an aside, R-Shizzle has the skinny on the origins of Nintendo.
December 15, 2008 at 3:04 pm