Family Fun at the Mall

I went down to Matti Multiplex at Edna Mall to catch the movie Salt, but had about an hour to kill before showtime. Most of the mall was actually closed, so I went down to the first floor and took a walk through  "Bob's Bongo's Fun Palace"! They had martial arts fighting video games, sports games, and lots of driving games, like "Hummer", where young kids get to climb up into a Hummer-shaped console and drive through cityscape courses against the clock. There were also younger kid games, like "Rust-eze", a Lightning McQueen lookalike, that shifted back-and-forth, much to the delight of the small passenger. There were also real, live bumper cars, a Wheel of Fortune-like game, and a stupendous ride called "Space Bounce" which hurtles 6 kids up a tower and then bounces them down laughing and whooping. Afterward, watching the movie, with the car chases and fight scenes, I felt like it was a bit like Bob's, but with a Russian conspiracy added to the family fun.