Comic 32: Childish Things

In the Nintendo game “Double Dribble”, there was a spot behind the three point line that was always money.

The spot was located in the upper right hand corner. You could take off from anywhere, hang in the air as long as you wanted, and as long you found the spot, the ball would always go in.

That spot made the game really fun when you initially found it, but eventually it turned the game into a joke. This was egregiously poor Japanese programming (perhaps even more egregious than naming a basketball game after a basketball penalty), but despite all this, we would still play for hours.

From time to time, I’ve tried to find that spot on a real court. Not there.

- Sandeep