February 1, 2010 scottcjones 4Comments

>A friend recently described a mutual friend as “being good” at videogames. Here are his exact words: “[Person X] is really awesome at videogames,” he said.I’ve heard people use this expression before. “So-and-so is awesome at games,” etc. For some reason this expression never fails to give me a case of third-degree red ass.Blame it on my competitive nature. I grew up with a brother who was a year younger than me. We were peers, always working to out-do–and undo–the other throughout our childhoods.Whenever I hear that so-and-so is good at videogames, I always want to 1. disprove this notion…