“Ah, man, this guy’s more exhausting than I thought.”1030Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡixiZWGM6FM
What’s the first thing that comes to your mind when you think about gaming?1030Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwCza68vLuj
Do you picture a bunch of over-eccentric boys kept silent by the audio of their headphones? 1030Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcCXr9hOx2L
Do you imagine a whole new world of exaggerated color schemes and characters with various hair colors?1030Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvWYqvFesLx
Do you think of racing, fighting, shooting, skating, gambling?1030Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT0pOqNpr1f
Do you live off of gaming? Or is it just one of those things that you’ll never understand the hype about?1030Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfvSiJJ0poi
I live for it. Every breath I take behind my screen is new power flowing to my avatar. Every level I unlock is a whole new galaxy that I must swim through. Every character I take down, every creature I pulverize, every road I wander, every weapon I hold, every item I gain, every game I win. I live for it.1030Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwPELJtMXsy
“Fuji. Come down for lunch before I call out your entire name.”1030Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWfNlsKjxDm
“Oh. This is bad. This is bad, bad.”1030Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2qLmfnFsjR
But man, I’m on the last level of RawSK8.1030Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnin7Zpjb1n
“Fuji Nak-”1030Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLS7PMckpdq
"I’M COMING!!"1030Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlj3FJNmZmn
I rip off my ultra-bass headphones while gently placing them on my grazed desk. I abruptly swirl around 180 degrees in my swivel and violently jump onto the floor with my pale bare feet. It’s so cold. Was it this cold when I was gaming? I take one step closer to my door, and oh no- I’m already looking back. The room’s dark. All of the lights are off, and the windows are shut. The heater’s just barely working, we really need a new one. My desk’s cramped up with a mountain of tissues, Cola cans (some finished and some partially full), a half-eaten bowl of Ramen noodles, some thrashed-up looking figurines, lollipop wrappers and sticks, and a bunch of gambling cards dripping off the desk like water. I don’t even gamble (yet), where the hell did the cards come from?
My eyes shift away from the hot mess and gaze into the computer screen. A mirage of colors that look so enticing it’s almost dangerous- the only thing lighting up the room, brighter than blurred city lights. I taste the sourness of adrenalin wafting through the air. Wait a second- it’s sweat, so much for having my own dramatic monologue. 1030Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtnF8NHof37
I can feel my eyes gleam and grow bigger as they study the game’s interface with undeniable astonishment. “RESUME”, “HELP”, “CHANGE SK8”. These three words, floating in the middle of the glass like undiscovered planets, appear to me as Gods. Each button has a heartbeat of its own, and I can feel mine synchronize with every one of them. I get a cold sweat when competing, yet I’m on fire like never before. I feel like I’m being absolved off my sins in Church and every crack of the whip, off the game, is painful. I feel like-
“FUJI NAKAMURA, WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU.”1030Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD2Aig22wrt
I feel like my life is about to come to an end over a bowl of miso soup. I should really head off now. 1030Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDaXotu60Fr
“Yes, I’m here, I'm here!” 1030Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqZXsGVvhVG
“No you’re physically here, but mentally, spiritually, emotionally, and in every other way possible, you’re there.”1030Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3DZE53JYrn
“Isn’t the existence of my body more than enough?”
“The existence of your body will no longer be if you come this late for lunch again.”1030Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVsGKN5IeEq
She’s smiling, but it seems sinister. Is this a good or a bad sign? Either way, the only thing that gives me more goosebumps than losing virtually is this woman right here. Mom. 1030Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLbLucmhRKG
“Mom, we need a new heater.”1030Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr8HzYV1hx1
“Sure, I’ll sell your gaming set for it.”1030Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlNKhCThcdB
“Mom, our heaters work beautifully, the suggestion of a new heater is absurd.”1030Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlGq8t9sGW0
Yep, she’s the only game I can’t figure out.1030Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4xd8Tx3UWt
“Okasa, tadaima!”
“Oh, a warm welcome to my much preferred child.”1030Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkjsORgqyBY
“Yeah, I always knew you played favorites.”1030Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrhlc7R2qnA
“I did not say ‘favorite’, I said ‘preferred’.
With a short gap of silence taken to absorb the after-attack of such an already diminishing remark, all I could say is,1030Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkIUzFSM9ot
“I’m dumb, but not that dumb.”
“You’re dumb enough to have not passed a math quiz you cheated on.”1030Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsTWiVKq3wU
And this is a game I’d never want to play, “The Sister Complex”, aka, Junko Nakamura. She was named after Junko Tabei, the first Japanese female climber to have climbed Mt. Everest. My parents, and their creepy obsession with the concept of overcoming situations, named her after the woman who’d overcome the highest mountain in the world. They have high standards, yet they had me. But as long as she hasn’t climbed Mt. Fuji, I’m good (wink wink). 1030Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi9ieZ7OH7W
“I… I… I’ll cheat better next time.”1030Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy9dTSAdvyK
“Dear God, I don’t know if I should be ashamed or proud right now.” 1030Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQF8PNvZY7b
“Knowing this boy, the latter, mother. At least he’s putting effort into something other than twiddling his thumbs.”1030Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnuGrIaOpC2
“Alright, foods getting cold, let’s eat. Itadakimasu.”1030Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFb2OwzfVkE
(Fuji and Junko in unison) “Itadakimasu.”1030Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4MLC0kaBXi
“Geh.”1030Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1vrfK6THTQ
I slightly choke on the Miso soup.1030Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVWCZuR5Ab6
It’s cold.
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and then Add to home screen.