{"id":149,"date":"2014-08-06T15:30:19","date_gmt":"2014-08-06T15:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themafia.segabits.com\/?p=149"},"modified":"2014-08-06T15:30:19","modified_gmt":"2014-08-06T15:30:19","slug":"a-young-boy-with-no-gaming-experience-played-sonic-06-and-what-happened-next-will-change-how-you-view-the-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/themafia.segabits.com\/?p=149","title":{"rendered":"A Young Boy with No Gaming Experience Played Sonic &#8217;06 and What Happened Next Will Change How You View the Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/themafia.segabits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Screen-Shot-2014-08-06-at-10.56.17-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/themafia.segabits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Screen-Shot-2014-08-06-at-10.56.17-AM-300x185.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2014-08-06 at 10.56.17 AM\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/themafia.segabits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Screen-Shot-2014-08-06-at-10.56.17-AM-300x185.png 300w, http:\/\/themafia.segabits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Screen-Shot-2014-08-06-at-10.56.17-AM.png 397w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> Cody Mcclelland grew up in a non-gaming household. His mom, Karen Mcclelland, said on her blog <a href=\"http:\/\/mommydomstories.com\" target=\"_blank\">Stories from Mommydom<\/a> that it wasn&#8217;t that the family was restrictive. It was just that Cody &#8220;never asked to play games and didn&#8217;t seem to have an interest&#8221;. However, on his 10th birthday Cody asked for an Xbox 360. &#8220;I was shocked that Cody wanted a game machine, but I really didn&#8217;t see a problem with it&#8221;, said his mom, and so Cody received the console he asked for and a selection of games from GameStop. &#8220;The Gamestops store had a buy three get one free sale, so we went for games we thought Cody might like&#8221;, his mom wrote, and the games Cody ended up with included Viva Pinata, Banjo Kazooie Nuts &#038; Bolts, Lego Star Wars, and Sonic the Hedgehog. From Karen&#8217;s blog post, she said that &#8220;Cody was loving the games, but when he got to Sonic the Hedgehog, something shocked me.&#8221;<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/themafia.segabits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Funeral-two-Downsized.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/themafia.segabits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Funeral-two-Downsized-300x199.png\" alt=\"Funeral-two-Downsized\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-152\" srcset=\"http:\/\/themafia.segabits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Funeral-two-Downsized-300x199.png 300w, http:\/\/themafia.segabits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Funeral-two-Downsized.png 426w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>CODY DIED BECUSE SONIC 06 is THE SHITTIEST GAME EVER!!!! Yup. Kid&#8217;s head fuckin blew up when he saw the loadin screen. jajajajaja<\/p>\n<p>Yo, we totally got you. Like the Onion but way more good at parodies and shit. Yo, but real talk, death ain&#8217;t funny. My bro Mikey died a few years back and it still hurts when I think about him or anything havin to do with Halo (his favorite game) or forklifts (killed by one). <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/themafia.segabits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/mikey.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/themafia.segabits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/mikey-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"mikey\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-99\" srcset=\"http:\/\/themafia.segabits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/mikey-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/themafia.segabits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/mikey.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Lead to the river<br \/>\nMidsummer, I waved<br \/>\nA &#8216;V&#8217; of black swans<br \/>\nOn with hope to the grave<br \/>\nAll through Red September<br \/>\nWith skies fire-paved<br \/>\nI begged you appear<br \/>\nLike a thorn for the holy ones<\/em><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nRIP MIKEY<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cody Mcclelland grew up in a non-gaming household. His mom, Karen Mcclelland, said on her blog Stories from Mommydom that it wasn&#8217;t that the family was restrictive. 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