The Abominable Snowman
Have you ever played SkiFree? I feel like everyone has at least once, even if it was in their dreams. I think it was the first game I ever played on a computer when my Aunt brought it home on one of those big useless floppy disks. I remember the first time playing to and I was like “Shit man, this is awesome. You ski and you ski and you ski, and there are some dogs and other people. Shit it would be cool to shoot some stuff.” And then, all of a sudden, like some drunken father barging into your room to catch you watching furry-porn, the fucking abominable snowman comes out of no where to ruin the fun. Sure you can press F to go faster and outrun his ass, but by the time my 10 year old hands fumbled over to the F key, I was a goner. And what if there was a tree? Or a dog? Or another skier? Tell me how I’m ever supposed to go skiing after that. Tell me how I’m ever supposed to go skiing stoned and not, even for a second, get really fucking worried that that little pixelated bastard is going to jump out at me and eat me.
My friend’s mom used to run a hair salon and we used to hang out there and I remember one of the highlights was getting to play Ski Free on his step-dad’s computer. God were we the lamest kids ever, huh?
