{"id":1372,"date":"2012-10-16T11:46:37","date_gmt":"2012-10-16T11:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/?p=1372"},"modified":"2012-10-16T11:46:37","modified_gmt":"2012-10-16T11:46:37","slug":"my-top-100-67-katamari-damacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/?p=1372","title":{"rendered":"My Top 100: #67 – Katamari Damacy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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2004 – Namco (PlayStation 2)<\/p><\/div>\n

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In late 2004, I was in my first year back to University after taking a one year break to work, make some cash and clear my head.\u00a0 Something had gone terribly wrong somewhere in the re-application process, and I was stuck with nothing but introduction classes or fillers completely unrelated to my intended major, Journalism.\u00a0 I was discouraged and uninterested, and I didn’t see myself doing anything but dropping out.<\/p>\n

As glad as I am now that I did that, I was pretty bummed out about it at the time.<\/p>\n

Fall was in full swing by the time I started thinking I should bow out gracefully, and I knew that skipping class at that point was probably not that big\u00a0a deal.\u00a0 Once my friends Greg and Mitch were done their classes for the day, it was off to Greg’s to play a variety of games.\u00a0 NHL 2005<\/em> and Mortal Kombat: Deception <\/em>got played the most in those days…\u00a0 ahhhh good times.<\/p>\n

Eventually, I was out of school, but kept hanging out at the Student Union Building on campus.\u00a0 My parking pass was still good for a few months, so why not??<\/p>\n

The gaming sessions continued into the Wintertime, and Greg eventually introduced me to this game that seemed to be an import…\u00a0 there’s no way a North American release would have Japanese lounge music…\u00a0 would it??<\/p>\n

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