Amabhithi & Amabhayithi iyikholomu yamasonto onke lapho uMhleli Oyinhloko u-Robert abelana ngemicabango yakhe mayelana nemidlalo yevidiyo kanye nemboni ngeSonto elivilaphayo. Ukufunda okulula kosuku lokuphumula, ama-Bits & Bytes mafushane, afinyelele iphuzu, futhi kukhona ongakufunda ngesiphuzo esihle.
Ubaba wami uTony (mina nodadewethu esimbiza ngoBuddy, indaba emfushane mhlawumbe ngesinye isikhathi) muhle. Ngezindlela eziningi, kupholile ngokwe-classical. Uhamba ngemoto yomsipha. Uthanda ezemidlalo. Ujabulela ubhiya obandayo nogwayi njalo nje. Uyingcweti nge-grill. Nokho, ngezinye izindlela, ubaba akahambisani nokusanhlamvu uma kuziwa endleleni evamile abantu abaningi abacabanga ngayo ngamadoda “apholile.” Uhlale elandela isigqi sakhe futhi ebambelele ezinkolelweni zakhe. Lapho abantu bechitha ubudoda bendabuko ngokuthi “bunobuthi” ngicabanga ngobaba wami nokuthi ukwazile kanjani ukugxilisa ukubaluleka kokuba yindoda ngaphandle kokukuguqulela umkhuba wokucindezela okucindezelayo i-Intanethi ethanda ukuwugxeka. Kimina, ukuba yindoda kuhambisana nezifundo namagugu uBuddy adlule kuwo kusukela ngiseyingane, izifundo ezigcizelela inhlonipho evamile, ukuhlonipha abanye, nomusa. Ngingase ngenze iphutha, kodwa ukuthanda ubaba kungenza ngilwele okungenani ukuzama ukufana naye.
Kungenxa kababa wami, ngendlela ejikeleza kancane, ukuthi ngikhululekile ukuthuthukisa uthando lwami lwemidlalo yevidiyo. Akakaze ngempela adlale imidlalo yevidiyo, kodwa futhi akakaze angisuse kuyo. UBuddy akazange agcizelele ukuthi kufanele ngenze izinto ezithile ngoba nje ngingumfana. Kwakungadingeki ngijoyine iqembu lezemidlalo, noma ngisebenze ezimotweni, noma ngilalele izinhlobo ezithile zomculo. Ngangikhululekile ukuba yimi, futhi lokho kwakusho ukuthi ngikhululekile ukuba i-chubby nerd edlala imidlalo yevidiyo. Ngokuqinisekile ubaba angenza konke okusemandleni akhe ukuze angihlanganyele izinto. Sadlala i-catch, ubaba wami wangibonisa indlela efanele yokuchaza imininingwane yemoto, futhi ngaphezu kwakho konke salalela umsakazi oyinganekwane yomdlalo ngamunye u-Bill King ebiza imidlalo ka-Oakland A emsakazweni. Lezi kwakuyizinto zonke enganginazo wayefuna Nokho, ukuze sixoxe naye, futhi ngenxa yokuthi sabelana ngalokhu okuhlangenwe nakho ngenxa yesithakazelo sobabili, kwakwenza kwaba okukhethekile.
Hhayi ukuthi ubaba akanalo nencane igamer kuye. Kwakunezikhathi eziningi zantambama lapho uBuddy ayengilanda mina nodadewethu esikoleni bese kuthi, lapho esanda kufika emsebenzini, achithe isikhathi esithile edlala. I-Tetris ku-Game Boys yethu ukuze siziphumulele. Ubaba futhi uzimisele ngephinili noma nini lapho sizithola siseduze nomshini (Umshini wephinball we-Addams Family e-Neptune's Kingdom arcade e-Santa Cruz eyintandokazi yomndeni, emuva kosuku). Ngisho akakwazanga ukuphunyula ngokuphelele uhlanya lwePokémon lapho luqhuma okokuqala—wacabanga ukuthi indlela uJigglypuff ayezocekela ngayo phansi ubuso bezisulu zakhe ezilele ku-anime yayimnandi kakhulu, ngakho udadewethu wamtholela umfanekiso oshwabene womlingiswa.
Uma ngibheka ubaba kanye nezingane zakubo, ngihlala ngimangazwa indlela amadoda ahlukile (no-Anti wami uLinda) owakhiqiza ngayo umkhulu wami uCarlos. Zonke izingane zakini zinobuntu nezithakazelo ezihlukene. Amehlo kaMarrujo athukuthele athambekele ekulahleni uhlu lwethu lozalo esabelwe lona, kodwa ngaphandle kwalokho umoya ofanayo wokuzihlukanisa nalowo umkhulu uCarlos awufaka ezinganeni zakhe uyafana nendlela uBuddy akhulisa ngayo owakhe. Ukuthanda kwethu kwakungase kuhluke endleleni esasisebenzisa ngayo isikhathi sethu esikhululekile, kodwa kwagcina kungokuncomayo ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Kaningi ngoMgqibelo ekuseni ngemva kokuphela kopopayi ngangichitha nezinhlelo zokupheka zikababa ze-PBS ku-TV ngenkathi ngihlezi noGame Boy wami ngibukele. Lapho intshisekelo yami yemidlalo idlula izinto azithandayo kababa kanye nokuzilibazisa, ngangihlale ngijabule ukwabelana; Ngajabula lapho ngimbonisa o-A I-Triple Play 2000 ngenkathi iphuma ku-Nintendo 64. Okugqamile kakhulu ukuthi ubaba anginikeze izikhombisi-ndlela zokushayela ngingene LA Okuyimfihlo ukuze akhombise ukuthi angathola kuphi izimpawu zomhlaba zangempela ezakhiwe kabusha igeyimu (“uma ujikela kwesokunxele kulo mgwaqo uzohamba amabhlogo ambalwa bese ubona ithiyetha”).
Njengoba ngilungiselela ukuya kodla isidlo sakusihlwa nobaba, ngibonga kakhulu ngazo zonke izifundo angifundise zona futhi asaqhubeka nokwabelana nami kuze kube yilolu suku. Ngicabanga ukuthi ngezindlela eziningi ezahlukene ngiyasilela emibonweni nasezimisweni ubaba angifundise zona. Ngiwumfanekiso wesibuko esisontekile, esinephutha sikababa. Izingxenye zami ezisebenza ngendlela okufanele ngenze ngayo ngizisho kuye. UBuddy wangibonisa ukuthi kusho ukuthini ngempela ukuba yindoda futhi yinto engiyohlala ngiyilangazelela ukuyibonga. Ubaba kaBaba Ojabulayo, Buddy. Uyi-Bowser ku-Bowser yami, Jr.
Okuthunyelwe Amabhithi & Amabhayithi: Baba ivele kuqala Nintendojo.
