Me and my grandfather. Yes, he’s wearing a Mario shirt.
When we found out a couple of years ago that he had early onset Alzheimer’s, the doctor suggested some exercises for his mind. He (yes, my grandfather, the same man that wouldn’t let me hook my PSX up to the big screen because “it messes the TV up and I didn’t pay all this money to have you hogging my tube up”) asked about video games and the doctor said sure. We bought him a Wii and New Super Mario Bros.
He’s almost as good of a Nintendo player as me. His mind hasn’t deteriorated at all since then. He loves playing, and asked me about getting a DS today. I’m thinking of getting him one for Christmas.
Thanks, Mario.