Age 8 was also the year that I, myself, started playing video games. The first game that I ever played was Diddy Kong Racing. When I started out, I always came in last place and my brother made a big fuss about it, which was not fun but over time, it became easier and I was able to win race after race. This was also the first time that I ever incorporated video game only characters into one of my stories. It felt strange at first, but I got use to it as I kept doing it. Most of the characters in that game aren’t involved in the Lisa Simpson Chronicles like they use to have been, although, one of them became very important for the story. Taj, the elephant genie, was the one who gave Lisa and Maggie their powers.