While on vacation in Florida, I caught wind of a rumor that the Hilton Grand Vacations Club Sea World in Orlando spawned the birth of a popular portable gaming device. As a staffer for GamingNexus, I of course was curious and interested to unearth the details behind this fable that I was hearing. The story, as I understand it, goes something like this. Back in 2002, a Japanese Businessman who stayed at the resort drew the attention of the staff because he would go to the main pool everyday, but never swam or lay out in the sun. He didn’t even order anything from the poolside bar. He just sat and stared into the sky day after day.
Apparently, the rumor goes that some of the staff was bold enough to get close to the man to hear him slowly muttering under his breath while he stared into the sky. They never were able to make out exactly what he was saying, but snippets of words such as handheld, gaming device and universal disc were picked up. After a few days, one astute Towel Boy realized that the business man wasn’t just staring at the sky, but at the object seen in the picture below. It sure bears an uncanny resemblance to a certain something….
