I love the PlayStation 2. Even with all the more advanced, "better" consoles that have come out since, there's nothing like my old faithful. Recently, my father discovered some old games from my childhood, and I was so hyped to be reunited with some of my forgotten favorites. There was a Harley Davidson game, a WWE game from like 2007, The Bee Movie game, Lego Star Wars, and best of all; Cars Mater-National Championships. 

If you've ever played an older video game based-on a movie, you would probably expect the Cars game to not be very good, and in some ways that's accurate. It has terrible graphics, the physics are wacky, and the audio is as bad as it gets. The soundtrack is just horrible aside from Rascal Flatts' "Life is a Highway," the most iconic song from the original movie. Every time you turn Lightning McQueen, his tires make a terrible screeching sound. Also, the NPCs in the game say the same couple of phrases over and over again. It's total madness audibly, but otherwise a really fun game!

I spent the day Tuesday running around doing errands, eventually coming home with the desire to do nothing but sit on the couch and boot up the old system. I just made it to the point in the game where I can play as Monster McQueen, a monster truck. It's gnarly! An hour or so with the controller in my hands seemed to take the load off, and it was great to have a fun little outlet to bring some mindless enjoyment to my day. 

For some, it might be impossible to look past the quirks and dated technology in this game, but for me, that's what makes it special. Some old games are straight-up unplayable, but then there's some that you would likely write-off as bad which turn out to be just the opposite. I'm having a fun time with it and that's all that really matters. With that, I'd like to take this opportunity to remind you to not judge a book (or a PS2 game) by its cover! LOL