BRAIN TRAINER ADVANCE

Yesterday, on my way to the supermarket, I stopped by some crazy thrift store which sells not second hand but left-over electronics, bed-sheets, and suitcases, ludicrous, I know! I made a sweep over to the electronic department, and low, my eye caught a glimpse of a shiny white game-boy device.

The covering was immaculate, highly technical and very appealing- it read "The Brain Trainer Advance." I bought it for a mere $10 reduced from $25, and installed 2 AAA batteries.

At first nothing, so I pressed the on switch and a jolly song began to play. DU DI DI DA LALALA DU DU BOP BI BI BOO BOP. The thing consisted of 6 training programs and 2 brain age and brain stress assessments along with some graphs to track your progress.

First I tried the brain age game which asked you to find numbers in order in a very clustered screen. I sat down and began. To my surprise I discovered that I had the brain of a 68 year old woman. I tried again, this time with my eyes unflinching and the lights glaring at the screen turned full blast. Alright, I was now at 27 years old. I tried a final time and voila every muscle spasming to make record time, I had done it, 21 years old. Still off a year but I was pretty much at my prime!

The other games were very frustrating, I didn't even pass 60 years old on the brain stress and memory games. There was a card counting game which made me want to throw the thing in the fireplace.

The brain trainer advance is a remarkable tool made by Sega with plenty of research supporting their claims. If you don't use it you lose it- that's of course in reference to the brain Casa Nova.