Bleeding Eye Of The Tiger

I'm absolutely consumed with "Big Brain Academy" for the Nintendo DS. I don't own the system, but I was able to borrow it from my sister over the weekend. Lucky for me Big Brain Academy was one of the first games she bought for the system 'cause it was the one game that made me fall in love with the system. Well, that's not exactly true. I suppose "Nintendogs" was that game. There are a few actually... like "Electroplankton". But after playing the demo for Big Brain Academy for the first time all I remember was wanting to own the system so much it hurt. :P It's another in the long series of "brain training" games for the DS. Although, it's much more slick than the rest of 'em. I love the art direction of the game most of all. Dr. Lobe (your guide in the game) is one of the most awesome character designs in video game history. He's odd... maybe somewhat unsettling too. You have to see him.

Anyway, I didn't meant to fawn all over Big Brain Academy. The focus of my post is more about my obsession with obtaining the highest score possible. I'm more or less doomed if you present me with a game of any sort that gives me a personal score that I can approve upon. I'm consumed with perfection. Big Brain Academy is one of those games. You can obtain an overall grade for a group of brain exercises... or you can compete for medals in individual rounds of all the various games. The medals, I thought, ranged from bronze, to silver and then to gold. But I found out tonight that there's a legendary platinum medal. Oooooh... ahhhhh... So of course, I'm consumed with earning platinum medals in an many games as I can. It'll be nearly impossible. But that's never stopped me before. Which is unfortunate 'cause I inevitably take my obsession to such a point that the game no longer becomes a game... meaning it loses all fun. :(

The game's still fun. And I don't believe I could push myself to the point of making the game an unpleasant experience. Oddly, it's not so frustrating playing an exercise over and over again and "losing". Perhaps I'm growing? Who knows. I'm still competitive though. I haven't lost the fire, which is good. Well gee, I guess there isn't much more to say than that. In fact, I didn't even know where I meant to go with this post. I thought it would've grown into something... guess not tonight. ;) It's nice to challenge yourself, and I don't believe I'll ever tire of it. It's quite fun. :D

Oh! One last little aside before I go. I thought it was funny when I went to the bathroom earlier tonight and caught a glimpse of my left eye in the mirror. I popped a few tiny blood vessels in my eye! *LOL* Well "popped" maybe sounds more serious than it should. Y'know how it can get sometimes I'm sure. It looks like my eye's bleeding. I think it definitely had to do with my obsession in earning the platinum medal in all three difficulty settings (easy, normal and hard) for the "Matchmaker" game in the "Identify" category. I've been playing that like a madman tonight and it requires the most intense visual focus. Guess there are consequences to every obsession. ;) On the plus, I earned two platinum medals! (easy and normal. I'm coming for you hard) :D ;) :P

DS333, striving.