This monthly column features a riveting conversation between brothers Norman and Gordon McLuhan from Moose Jaw. This month’s column is about Video Games!

Gord: Welcome back from the summer everyone! I’m Gord.

Norm: And I’m Norm! We do hope you had a good break and didn’t kill any goblins or anything…

Gord: Hey, what’s in the past is in the past. 

Norm: …yeah. Anyway! Today our topic is Video Games! Now, we don’t have any of these electronic games at the farm.

Gord: Nope! In fact, I only learned about them last week when Norm was hauling stuff in from the menacing, purple portal in our yard.

Norm: And I only knew what they were from that crazy scientist guy Willy Huge-in-Bottom that made some bouncing ball on a computer!

Gord: WILLY hWHAT?

Norm: Willy Huge-in-Bottom. Movin’ on, between all those bones and gold nuggets that pop through that portal, I found some grey brick called a gameboy!

Gord: There is no boy, but there sure are games!

Norm: It has all these different shapes floatin’ down!

Gord: And we get points when they disappear!

Norm: It’s just like that game we played with the rock and the frogs in the mystical forest out back.

Gord: Oh yeahhh! Oh man, I love throwing rocks at those glowing orange toads.

Norm: And then running away when they start breathing fire is the best part!

Gord: Hey, if we got such a cool game from the portal, what else do ya think is in it?

Norm: Let’s find out.

*15 minutes late*

Gord: Portal’s haunted.

Norm: Huh?

Gord: *cocking handgun* Portal’s haunted.

Norm: Ohhh yeah, for sure. Where’s the bayonet, Gord?

Gord: In my closet, I’m grabbing our medieval armour from your room.

Norm: Oh go for it, that’ll protect us from those zombie pig guys and the tall dark fellows.

Gord: oh, you guys are still here… uhh see you next time I guess? Norm and I are goin’ monster hunting, so uh… yeah. Bye!

Norm: See ya!