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The fairies have their light back on again!
What else can Tiffi do while waiting for everyone to send help? She recalls the story of Peter Pan and how Tinkerbell was dying because she drank some poison. She remembers Peter Pan saying, ‘Tinkerbell is going to die because not enough people believe in fairies. But if all of you clap your hands real hard to show that…
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Elsa goes to the Game Fair
Thank you @Spinnifix for sharing this story idea with me. We first meet up with Elsa, our storyteller, a couple of weeks ago doing a Google search for a short story idea. Her eye catches an advertisement on TV for the Barcelona Game Fair. Unfortunately, it was postponed due to the Covid-19 virus. If you haven’t read the…
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Oops! Elsa forgot to ask her friends to join her
It doesn’t take Elsa too long to get to Barcelona. As she approaches the building she is very surprised that there isn’t a whole bunch of people walking in. But then she remembers that the game fair started yesterday. She can’t even begin to imagine how hectic it was the first day. She has to remember to pick up some…
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Elsa checks out the directory book
“Wow this is a beautiful building,” Elsa thinks. “There’s a rack of books and it might be a directory book to this show. I better go get a copy.” Elsa is so thrilled that they didn’t cancel this fair. In the back of her mind is the thought that she might end up with new story ideas as she walks the aisles. She is very…
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Elsa can’t find the gaming booths
This place is so large that she has no clue where to look for those booths. She stops to ask a couple standing in front of a booth if they know where the gaming aisles are. The man points to the left but the woman points to the right. They surely have no clue where it is. She’ll have to find it on her own. She continues…
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Finally, the right aisle!
Elsa walks over to the first booth and hears a man talking to an elderly lady so she listens to what he has to say. ‘Today, video games make up a $100 billion global industry, and nearly two-thirds of American homes have household members who play video games regularly. And it’s really no wonder: Video games have been…
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More history on gaming
‘In 1977, Atari released the Atari 2600 (also known as the Video Computer System), a home console that featured joysticks and interchangeable game cartridges that played multi-colored games, effectively kicking off the second generation of the video game consoles. The video game industry had a few notable milestones in the…
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The Video Game Crash
The man stops for a few seconds to take a drink and quench his thirst. Now he is ready to continue. The video game crash of 1983 (known as the Atari shock in Japan) was a large-scale recession in the video game industry that occurred from 1983 to 1985, primarily in the United States. The crash was attributed to several…
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The First Console War
Elsa had no idea that there was so much history behind the video game industry but she is really enjoying all of this. She has to take a brochure from this booth so that she can share all of this with her friends. ‘Also, in 1989, Sega released its 16-bit Genesis console in North America as a successor to its 1986 Sega…
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Super Mario
“Are you guys getting tired or bored yet?” questions the man. “Do any of you remember Super Mario? How about some history from that time frame?” Elsa remembers her children playing Super Mario and the others who have gathered shake their heads in agreement. Some remember playing Super Mario but never knew the history…