Dear SHELPSHOT:
I've been a video game player all my life, but once my daughter was born (she's 4 now) I noticed that I had less time to play games. Working over 60 hours a week doesn't help either. That's why I want to tell you about my method for fitting games into my schedule.
One of the last games I purchased was Dragon Age for my Playstation 3 control deck. I had barely played long enough to complete the Joining ritual, when I became a father.
Life moves quickly as you get older, as I'm sure many of your readers know. But playing Dragon Age put me in a strange headspace. For some reason I was thinking about Dragon Warrior for the NES a lot; another game I never completed. I would find myself humming the Alefgard music to myself while walking to work, and I would doodle the funny slime character on Post-it notes over and over. And that's when it hit me! I bought Dragon Age exactly twenty years after getting Dragon Warrior for my ninth birthday!
To make a long story short, I started a new quest on my Dragon Warrior cartridge and named my character "Birthday". Every year on November 3rd, I dust off my NES and continue my quest for as much time as I can spare. It might be the only game I play now, but it also helps me reflect on the last year and quantify the passage of time.
Tomorrow is my birthday, and I should be able to play long enough reach the town of Garinham. I'm excited for my daughter to learn how to read so that she can help me complete my quest!
Kind regards,
Andrew Piest
Dear Andrew,
Thank you for your letter to SHELPSHOT's Licensed Professional Video Game Counsellors. To answer your question, the powerful Silver Harp can be found in the Grave of Garin, but you will need a magic key from Rimuldar to open the door to the tomb. Gain EXP by battling many foes!
