Best Remedy for Being Sick: Computer Games

So, since Friday, I've been lying in my bed. I've been asleep for like 32/54 hours, attempted to work at Barnes and Noble 3 1/2 hours but wound up napping at work, and was attempting to sleep for another 10 hours. I wasn't able to eat on Friday and Saturday that much, but on Sunday I mostly relaxed and watched The Powerpuff Girls and The Office on DVD. But other than that, what else did I do during my weekend of being sick? Play computer games.

I played a lot of Super Mario 64, which I downloaded on an N64 Emulator last year. I also downloaded Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time & Majora's Mask and I was playing Ocarina of Time and wanted to beat that game first before moving onto Majora's Mask and then move onto Super Mario; however, I got stuck in Ocarina of Time and started to play Super Mario. Even when I got out of the spot in Legend of Zelda with help from a friend (since using the computer keys to play these games are a lot harder to use than the joystick), I continued to play Super Mario and want to finish playing that before I go back to Legend of Zelda.

But anyway.. I started playing Super Mario 64 and am currently in a competition with Chris over who has the most stars, and of course I'm winning with 96/120 stars. I really enjoy playing this game, and it makes me kind of sad to know that I almost beat it. I have vague memories of playing it when I was a kid, but I mostly only remember my brother playing, and me trying to play but having to ask my brother for help anyway on the harder levels. But I'm basically beating this game all by myself (with help from GameFaqs, of course). But this game overall is a lot of fun and is definitely one of my favorites to play. Just sad to think that I only have 24 stars left, and I'll probably get a few more after I do this blog.

In addition to playing games on my N64 Emulator, I also regularly play games on Pogo.com. I used to play a lot when I was a teenager, but I stopped playing for a few years and when I turned 18, I remember that people who were 18+ could try to win cash prizes for cashing in "tokens" won in the games, so I started playing again. Among my favorite games on there are Scrabble (I rule at that game.), Poppit, Mahjong Safari, Golf Solitare, Sweet Tooth, and Word Whomp. I have other games that I play once in a while but those are the games that I win the most tokens in so I play those a lot more. The games range from classic board games to word games to sports games, etc; games that can appeal to all casual gamers. Most of the games are free and by winning, the player can get tokens. The player can use those tokens in exchange for a chance to win cash prizes. The chances seem very slim, but I'm very hopeful that one day that I can win some money just by playing some games. I feel that playing these games essentially aren't a waste of time as opposed to Farmville.. at least I'm trying to win some money.

So hopefully I'll be able to win some money from Pogo. I currently have 355,689 tokens, and I usually cash in for a chance to win when I'm running out of money or feeling veryy lucky. I haven't won yet though..