Community Forums => General Chat => Topic started by: Stratos on September 01, 2009, 02:58:05 PM
Title: So I'm an Uncle
Post by: Stratos on September 01, 2009, 02:58:05 PM
I am now an Uncle! Pretty exciting. I can't believe that my sister had a baby. It's a little weird, actually.
Ethan Cole was 8.5 pounds. And made his mother stay in labor for 24-hours straight. Yikes! He's typically a pretty laid back little guy except when he's hungry or needs a diaper change.
I also came up with a gamer joke related to babies!
Taking care of infants is just like playing a Point-&-Click Adventure game: Both require you to try random things until something works right.
At least that's what it feels like when he's crying. Is it a dirty diaper? Is he hungry? Does he need to be held? Keep trying things until he stops crying. LOL.
Title: Re: So I'm an Uncle
Post by: King of Twitch on September 01, 2009, 03:01:36 PM
Sounds like a real life Tamagotchi. Family additions are great.
Title: Re: So I'm an Uncle
Post by: Stratos on September 01, 2009, 03:05:55 PM
Sounds like a real life Tamagotchi. Family additions are great.
Especially when we are all crammed in the same house for the time being. There is my Mom and Dad, my Sister and Brother-in-law and Nephew and then my 11-year-old 'gaming-prodigy' sister and myself. Plus two very needy cats.
Every time I think of home the Full House theme song runs through my head.
Thankfully the babies crying at night doesn't disturb my sleep.
Title: Re: So I'm an Uncle
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on September 01, 2009, 03:07:34 PM
Sounds like a real life Tamagotchi. Family additions are great.
Especially when we are all crammed in the same house for the time being. There is my Mom and Dad, my Sister and Brother-in-law and Nephew and then my 11-year-old 'gaming-prodigy' sister and myself. Plus two very needy cats.
Every time I think of home the Full House theme song runs through my head.
Thankfully the babies crying at night doesn't disturb my sleep.
Because you don't sleep at night!
Anyway congratulations!
Title: Re: So I'm an Uncle
Post by: Stratos on September 01, 2009, 03:19:46 PM
I do now. I struggle to push past 1AM or even midnight. I'm slipping back into a more 'normal' sleep schedule.
Ask Mop it up. Last night I was nodding off when we played Animal Crossing.
Title: Re: So I'm an Uncle
Post by: Khushrenada on September 01, 2009, 03:20:52 PM
A monkey's uncle, right? Right? Huh huh. Right? Right?
Title: Re: So I'm an Uncle
Post by: Stratos on September 01, 2009, 03:21:36 PM
LOL, I'm a Monkey's Uncle!
Title: Re: So I'm an Uncle
Post by: King of Twitch on September 01, 2009, 03:23:40 PM
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Especially when we are all crammed in the same house for the time being. There is my Mom and Dad, my Sister and Brother-in-law and Nephew and then my 11-year-old 'gaming-prodigy' sister and myself. Plus two very needy cats.
I DON'T NEED THE SARCASM
Title: Re: So I'm an Uncle
Post by: Stratos on September 01, 2009, 03:27:31 PM
??? Am I missing a reference or something?
I have always referred to my little sister as my Gaming Prodigy sister because she could run circles around my friends in games like Mario Kart and Monkey Ball since she was 4. It wasn't sarcasm.
Title: Re: So I'm an Uncle
Post by: ThePerm on September 01, 2009, 04:09:23 PM
Great look there. It's like he's just waiting to travel the wold and hide amongst the locals (who just so happened to be crammed together like sardines) just waiting to be found.
**** dude, thats just rude. No one made fun of your nephew like that. Dick.
Title: Re: So I'm an Uncle
Post by: Stratos on September 02, 2009, 02:14:27 PM
Wait, what?...Was that a joke?
Title: Re: So I'm an Uncle
Post by: EasyCure on September 02, 2009, 02:33:38 PM
I hope you realized I altered your quote... (http://www.jtrue.com/cartoons/art/low/wheres_waldo.jpg). I edited the post to make it a little more obvious, i guess.
Title: Re: So I'm an Uncle
Post by: bustin98 on September 02, 2009, 03:16:23 PM
When I was young, there were no 'Where's Waldo' books. That joke flew right over my head. I looked at that and I couldn't understand why you were calling him a dick. I still don't know why but I see what's going on now. Man, give us old people a break.
Title: Re: So I'm an Uncle
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on September 02, 2009, 03:20:14 PM
When I was young, there were no 'Where's Waldo' books. That joke flew right over my head. I looked at that and I couldn't understand why you were calling him a dick. I still don't know why but I see what's going on now. Man, give us old people a break.
Which is why old people need to be sent off on an iceberg.
Title: Re: So I'm an Uncle
Post by: EasyCure on September 02, 2009, 04:02:11 PM
When I was young, there were no 'Where's Waldo' books. That joke flew right over my head. I looked at that and I couldn't understand why you were calling him a dick. I still don't know why but I see what's going on now. Man, give us old people a break.
Which is why old people need to be sent off on a iceberg.
Yeah, c'mon bustin98.. bad pun incoming in 3...2...1.. lettuce (http://www.instantrimshot.com)
When I was young, there were no 'Where's Waldo' books. That joke flew right over my head. I looked at that and I couldn't understand why you were calling him a dick. I still don't know why but I see what's going on now. Man, give us old people a break.
I had no idea Waldo/Wally was relatively new, so i checked up on it and the first book was published in the US back in 1987.. a whopping year after i was born :P Guess growing up with them, i just assumed they were always around.
Title: Re: So I'm an Uncle
Post by: ThePerm on September 02, 2009, 04:35:47 PM
I made the same joke when we put it on him. Red and White Stripes = Waldo. Camo = He's ready to be fighting Predator, he was wearing baseball clothes the day before yesterday and then when we changed him we changed him into different colored baseball clothes. I was like "he switched baseball teams?" About putting the Hurt on you..he's only a few weeks old and he has pretty strong legs, he kicks real hard. His mom is 6'3.
Title: Re: So I'm an Uncle
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on September 02, 2009, 06:37:03 PM
When I was young, there were no 'Where's Waldo' books. That joke flew right over my head. I looked at that and I couldn't understand why you were calling him a dick. I still don't know why but I see what's going on now. Man, give us old people a break.
Which is why old people need to be sent off on a iceberg.
Yeah, c'mon bustin98.. bad pun incoming in 3...2...1.. lettuce (http://www.instantrimshot.com)
I'm sorry, but I had to do it. (http://www.instantcrickets.com)
I expect Mop_it_up to keep that one in mind, even if she never actually uses it
Title: Re: So I'm an Uncle
Post by: Caterkiller on September 03, 2009, 02:29:36 AM
Man you guys are making me laugh today! BlackbeardNmild and GoldenPhoenix are funny!
Congrats on the babies guys! Hopefuly the tv will raise them and you can teach them to hate what you hate!
Title: Re: So I'm an Uncle
Post by: ThePerm on September 03, 2009, 06:21:38 AM
im already planning on teaching them about ghostbusters...
Title: Re: So I'm an Uncle
Post by: EasyCure on September 03, 2009, 10:14:05 AM
im already planning on teaching them about ghostbusters...
Does that mean that during his potty training you'll go wiz next to him and show him how not to cross the streams?
You never cross the streams.
"There's something very important I forgot to tell you. Don't cross the streams… It would be bad… Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light." —Egon Spengler on crossing streams
And he is a scientist. He should know.
Title: Re: So I'm an Uncle
Post by: Stratos on September 03, 2009, 12:35:20 PM
LOL, I completely missed the joke. I didn't even notice that you changed my text until I was about to post something else, then I figured it was a joke but was not getting it, so I was lost.
im already planning on teaching them about ghostbusters...
Don't forget Nintendo and Star Wars. Kids need to know about those things too.
Title: Re: So I'm an Uncle
Post by: Mop it up on September 03, 2009, 05:51:32 PM
Teaching kids about Nintendo? I can already see it now...
"Back in my day we didn't have any fancy-shmancy save features, we started from the beginning each and every time. We used a rectangle with two buttons as a controller and you never heard us complainin' about comfort. Games weren't stuffed full of extras like difficulty selectors, online modes, achievements, and all of that fluff; heck, we were lucky if a game had cheat codes! Our games were brutally difficult and WE LIKED IT!"
Title: Re: So I'm an Uncle
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on September 03, 2009, 05:54:46 PM
Teaching kids about Nintendo? I can already see it now...
"Back in my day we didn't have any fancy-shmancy save features, we started from the beginning each and every time. We used a rectangle with two buttons as a controller and you never heard us complainin' about comfort. Games weren't stuffed full of extras like difficulty selectors, online modes, achievements, and all of that fluff; heck, we were lucky if a game had cheat codes! Our games were brutally difficult and WE LIKED IT!"
Nick Swardson on teaching about videogames (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4rADJT4WKA)
Title: Re: So I'm an Uncle
Post by: EasyCure on September 03, 2009, 07:39:22 PM
Teaching kids about Nintendo? I can already see it now...
"Back in my day we didn't have any fancy-shmancy save features, we started from the beginning each and every time. We used a rectangle with two buttons as a controller and you never heard us complainin' about comfort. Games weren't stuffed full of extras like difficulty selectors, online modes, achievements, and all of that fluff; heck, we were lucky if a game had cheat codes! Our games were brutally difficult and WE LIKED IT!"
Game B and Satellaview (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellaview) say hi.
Just saying..
Title: Re: So I'm an Uncle
Post by: ThePerm on September 04, 2009, 04:17:35 AM
those games for satellaview were really cheap! Wait nevermind...got my yen conversion wrong 1000 yen is roughly 8-10 dollars not 1 dollar
Title: Re: So I'm an Uncle
Post by: Mop it up on September 04, 2009, 06:15:16 PM
Game B and Satellaview (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellaview) say hi.
Just saying..
I was talking about the NES not the Super NES. The Super NES had an online accessory released in North America which was called the X-Band, and one of the games which could be played online with it was Doom. I'm not sure what else was available though.
Title: Re: So I'm an Uncle
Post by: EasyCure on September 04, 2009, 06:37:27 PM
Game B and Satellaview (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellaview) say hi.
Just saying..
I was talking about the NES not the Super NES. The Super NES had an online accessory released in North America which was called the X-Band, and one of the games which could be played online with it was Doom. I'm not sure what else was available though.
You still ignored "Game B" modes in NES games.
Just sayin ;)
Title: Re: So I'm an Uncle
Post by: Mop it up on September 04, 2009, 06:50:12 PM
Game B? Game & Watches had that too. Most games didn't though, certainly not enough to call it a standard of the time.
Title: Re: So I'm an Uncle
Post by: Stratos on September 04, 2009, 07:03:56 PM
I'm just laughing at our innate ability as a community to derail anything and everything. :D
Title: Re: So I'm an Uncle
Post by: Mop it up on September 04, 2009, 07:04:42 PM
It's a gift. And a curse.
Title: Re: So I'm an Uncle
Post by: EasyCure on September 04, 2009, 07:10:51 PM
I also said games didn't have save features and yet some of them did. I don't hear any complaining about that...
I choose my battles stubbornly.
So how's your nephew Stratos?? I wish I had a spare security blanket to send ya, cuz I have an awesome one I plan on giving to my best friends 4month old daughter when i visit her for the first time later this month (she was born after he moved to NM). I got it at the Nintendo World Store, its a very soft material and has a picture of Baby Mario being carried by a stork embroidered on it. It's one of the finest peices of Nintendo Merch ever!
Title: Re: So I'm an Uncle
Post by: Stratos on September 06, 2009, 02:06:11 PM
I also said games didn't have save features and yet some of them did. I don't hear any complaining about that...
I choose my battles stubbornly.
So how's your nephew Stratos?? I wish I had a spare security blanket to send ya, cuz I have an awesome one I plan on giving to my best friends 4month old daughter when i visit her for the first time later this month (she was born after he moved to NM). I got it at the Nintendo World Store, its a very soft material and has a picture of Baby Mario being carried by a stork embroidered on it. It's one of the finest peices of Nintendo Merch ever!
He and Mommy and Daddy are getting into a pretty steady routine now. His Dad has to go back to work on Tuesday I don't get to see him a whole lot because of work and girlfriend time, but he was giving me really odd looks today when I held him. He was all fussy and hungry and my sister needed to get ready to feed him so I held him for a bit and he just calmed down and gave me the strangest look. Like he had no clue what to think of me. Cute little bugger.
I now have to go to the Nintendo Store to get a blanket like that one for when/if I ever have a kid. Always wanted to go visit it anyway.
Title: Re: So I'm an Uncle
Post by: EasyCure on September 08, 2009, 09:28:39 AM
Good luck, their stock can be pretty crappy for anything other than (1st party) games and plush toys.
Title: Re: So I'm an Uncle
Post by: ThePerm on September 24, 2009, 04:43:41 AM
Title: Re: So I'm an Uncle
Post by: BeautifulShy on July 17, 2010, 02:20:54 PM
Well I'm going bump this because yesterday at 7:05 pm my sister had a baby girl.She is 7 pounds. She is healthy as well. So now I have a nephew and niece now.
Title: Re: So I'm an Uncle
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on July 17, 2010, 02:29:46 PM
Congratulations!!
Now it's your turn to put a bun in some girls oven. Make an Aunt of your sister as she made an Uncle out of you.
Title: Re: So I'm an Uncle
Post by: Toruresu on July 17, 2010, 03:15:43 PM
I have 2 nephews and 3 nieces myself, so I know the joys of being an uncle.
Congratulations Maxi!
Title: Re: So I'm an Uncle
Post by: ThePerm on January 30, 2011, 12:47:52 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOP1QIMDOXI
i think its funny that he keeps stopping, and then all of a sudden....."well gotta get back to dancing!"
Title: Re: So I'm an Uncle
Post by: UncleBob on January 30, 2011, 08:42:48 AM
Game B and Satellaview (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellaview) say hi.
Just saying..
I was talking about the NES not the Super NES. The Super NES had an online accessory released in North America which was called the X-Band, and one of the games which could be played online with it was Doom. I'm not sure what else was available though.
Well, if you want to talk about "on-line" and "back in the day", you need to go back to... the early 80's. The Intellivision had a piece of hardware, called the PlayCable (http://www.intvfunhouse.com/hardware/playcable/). By the strictest definition of the word, this wasn't "on-line". The equipment connected to your cable and when you selected the game you wanted, the device would simply wait until that game was broadcast, then download it. Basically, every game on the system was just broadcast in a cycle.
Now, the Atari 2600 (or VCS) had a thing called GameLine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameLine). I know less about it, but I do know that it actually connected to your phone line and would dial into a network to download games.
Title: Re: So I'm an Uncle
Post by: EasyCure on January 30, 2011, 11:19:12 AM
I was on the forums main page, saw the topic title and a post from unclebob and thought he made a thread about becoming an uncle. I came in here to simply reply "we know".
