So I've always hated video games. Always. When I was 11 my parents got my sister and I a Super Nintendo, available today at vintage toy stores everywhere (or the ubiquitous Ebay) I played like a crazy person for about three days, missing meals and staying up late just to get past level four, and then I never touched the thing again.
Flash forward 15 years and here I am at 26 spending countless hours parked in front of the TV playing Guitar Hero. It's too fun for words, really, and those of you who haven't played need to go out to your local big box electronics store and take a turn on the demo. Don't be intimidated by the hordes of 13-year-old boys crowding around the system, just wait your turn and go for it. They don't know most of the songs on the game anyway. But I - I knew the melody and the lyrics to "Barracuda" and these little punks were clueless. I kicked their asses.
So I guess I have to recant - video games aren't evil. There, I said it.
