30 thoughts on “That Time in 1990 When I Was in Nintendo Power Magazine”

1. I don’t get how they can say “…Wheaton exclaimed.” when your statement didn’t end in an exclamation mark.

2. That was a pretty well written piece. Are you happy to still have it or are you indifferent with it?

3. LOVING all this praise for Nic Cage. This whole thing reads like Reddit’s demo, but without any dickbutt.

4. Very nice. Good humor in it. Do your still feel The same way about acting and eventually going for House of Representatives?

5. House of representatives? 🙂 Awesome

6. Wayne Gretzky is arguably the greatest hockey player to ever lace up a pair of skates, and they couldn’t even get his name right! ಠ_ಠ

   1. I noticed that too. Gretsky haha!

7. How was playing on The Hawks? And how are those political aspirations going? 🙂

8. They couldn’t get Gretzky’s last name right, and correct me if I’m wrong, but “Stand By Me” came out in 1986, did it not?

9. this glimpse of you at 17 is interesting; you don’t say whether you agree with it. i could totally see you stirring things up in the house; I would totally vote for you. i like you and think you’d bring a nice authentic touch to the place. you’d make it a whole different playing field. i suspect quite a bit of f-bombing might occur though, do you think? when i was 17 i quit high school and moved out on my own for the first time. after attending about 17 different schools i didn’t really feel connected with school and was just totally over it. i now have a couple of degrees though, so i suppose it turned out ok. i loved nintendo too…

10. I read the line about wanting to join the House of Representatives and the first thing that came to mind was “Mayor Goldie Wilson!” Not sure why, but I’m sticking with it.

11. Please stay out of politics. Your life does not need to be
    saturated with dysfunction.

12. Adorbs!!

13. Congress could use Wheaton’s Law.

    1. Everyone should follow Wheaton’s Law!! The world would be a better place.

14. click to embiggin I say Mr. Wheaton your use of the english language amazes me. lol lol Better to make them under estimate us yes lol lol geek on Sir 🙂 lol lol 🙂

15. Does your admiration of Nicholas Cage’s work continue? That made the modern meme-enjoyer in me smile a great big smile.

16. How did that hockey game go?

    It’s pretty amazing that we all learned to blow the dust out of our NES cartridges. I mean, without the Internet to share our experiences, we all individually arrived at the same solution.

17. If you’re going to run for the US House of Reps make sure to give us a lot of advance notice so we can all move to your district and vote 😉

18. Reminder of why teenage me had that big crush.

19. Hey, 1989 was peak Cage.

    That was post Raising Arizona, Moonstruck, Vampire’s Kiss, and Peggy Sue Got Married. But pre Wild at Heart. Wil was right on the money because Cage was Jordan then.

20. Wil, it seems you have been delving into your past a lot lately. Either you have you been cleaning or revisiting or both. All are good for you, and I know it is fun for us. It is nice to appreciate the important things in life whether in the present or past. I am a non-linear being so…just kidding. I wish.

21. Wil. You. Me. My house. Year 2038. End of the world 32-bit style. Bring the NES deck, NHL cartridge, and your latest micro brew. I’ll supply the munchies, robot servants, doobies, and Patrick Stewart impressions.

22. I think you should link to this when the trolls are all, like, you don’t like the Kings, man! You’re just a poseur/fair weather fan! Do you even know anything about hockey? Or, better yet, just keep ignoring and/or blocking them. 😉

23. Cage/Wheaton in ’92.

    Darkest timeline?

    Or the utopia we crave, but can never attain?

24. The resemblance just hit me. You look a lot like Jonathan Toews in that picture.

25. I was in Nintendo Power too!

    I had a high score…

    1. My husband had a letter published in Nintendo Power. He wrote about how much Yoshi sucks. Although I adore Yoshi, the letter still made me laugh and I’m proud of him for having a bit of writing published.

26. Wheaton for president!
    That’s all I have to say about that.

27. Ya know, I didn’t cry on my own wedding day, yet I did shed tears while reading the final issue of Nintendo Power.

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