I was an ordinary kid sitting at my laptop surfing the internet, playing video games, and playing Guitar Hero. As I was surfing the net, I came across a page that said, “Get ready for something different, experience the birth of technology, the Total Redux Experience.” Naturally, I clicked on the link. At first nothing much happened. The hourglass icon spun as if it were trying to load something.After a few minutes of this, I started to lose my patience and so I proceeded to close the Internet window. However, my computer wasn’t cooperating. Simply put, the window would not close. So… I tried again with no luck. Suddenly, the room started to shake. It occurred to me that this might be an earthquake and proceeded to grip the wall. The shaking continued for a few more minutes and I continued to hold on to the wall.
After the shaking stopped I let go of the wall and started to look around. The room looked a little different. The furniture seemed newer and the laptop was replaced by some kind of old fashioned computer. There was a game called Jump Man on the screen. Judging from the name of the game the objective seemed fairly obvious. The graphics on this computer looked cheesy and were played using a funny looking disk. After a few minutes of this, I decided I had enough. I quit the game and a blue screen replaced the Jump Man screen.
As I stared at the blue screen, I heard voices coming from the other room. I quickly hid in the closet as I did not know what to expect. Two boys in their teen years entered the room both sporting mullet hairdos. They both looked very familiar; especially the one on the right. I could be mistaken; that boy looks like my father and the other boy looks like my uncle- sort of.
The two teens started to chat. “Who put Jump Man in?” “Probably our dorky little brother.” The two teens started playing other games and then left the room. I pinched myself to make sure this was real. Regardless, I needed to figure out what was happening…
