Ever have something totally weird pop into your head?

Today “A Winner Is You” popped into mine. I couldn’t remember what it was from. I thought for a second then realized I live in the internet age – a time when seemingly infinite information is at my fingertips.

A quick Google search refreshed my memory – it’s the victory message in the old Pro Wrestling game from the NES. One of those great video game “Lost In Translation” moments.

Man, I spent so much time playing that game.

The little town I grew up in was divided in half by a creek (or ‘crick’ as we called it) that ran down the middle. On our side of town I was the resident video game tool – I had the systems, played the game, kicked ass…that sort of thing. The other side of town had a kid filling the same role.

When Pro Wrestling came out, somehow word spread and by summer the challenge was on. He stopped by and with my undersized-by-any-standard bedroom full of kids from the neighborhood, the competition began. Best of three. I used Kin Korn Karn and my opponent used King Slender. If you know anything about the game, you know I had the inferior character. I should’ve used Starman. I was good with Starman too, but I knew how to be cheap with Karn’s chop.

I lost 2-1…in my own house! Ugh.

Remind me to tell the story of completing Super Mario Bros. with one life and no warping sometime.