The Gamer’s “Do Before Death, Marriage Or Kids”
1. Go online with a shooter and get your ass handed to you
2. Practice until you see that shooter every time you close your eyes
3. Vindicate yourself. Gloat
4. Sell your old gaming gear, thinking you’ll never want to play old games anymore
5. Buy it back, years later
6. Use a class project as a platform to talk to a captive audience about video games
7. Save a hapless parent from making a tragic video-gaming error at a store
8. Get good enough at an arcade game to attract a crowd of people
9. Play for an hour on a single quarter
10. Beat the music game of your choice on the highest difficulty setting