“Ah, man, this guy’s more exhausting than I thought.”80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFpJbPS48ub
What’s the first thing that comes to your mind when you think about gaming?80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfafg4wm210
Do you picture a bunch of over-eccentric boys kept silent by the audio of their headphones? 80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDkQDVBjO1F
Do you imagine a whole new world of exaggerated color schemes and characters with various hair colors?80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡajXguORKr9
Do you think of racing, fighting, shooting, skating, gambling?80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvHvZgt9zS4
Do you live off of gaming? Or is it just one of those things that you’ll never understand the hype about?80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJmRU7exXID
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.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7f5NMkieKG
“Fuji. Come down for lunch before I call out your entire name.”80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhAv7d02mZB
“Oh. This is bad. This is bad, bad.”80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdE9xIL7uBP
But man, I’m on the last level of RawSK8.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnGJCfb57al
“Fuji Nak-”80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRbxkn5P5VD
"I’M COMING!!"80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgFWPXyEy8E
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. 80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpxwkwAMKv3
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.”80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV2P29uVwCI
I feel like my life is about to come to an end over a bowl of miso soup. I should really head off now. 80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrblNEuHxMQ
“Yes, I’m here, I'm here!” 80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDxquUJcPcI
“No you’re physically here, but mentally, spiritually, emotionally, and in every other way possible, you’re there.”80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnFQaR97XqU
“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.”80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡICikdQ4IDT
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. 80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGD1hYW8WGE
“Mom, we need a new heater.”80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuSJoITZPk1
“Sure, I’ll sell your gaming set for it.”80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyALRix7mLf
“Mom, our heaters work beautifully, the suggestion of a new heater is absurd.”80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4gjLR7vEmM
Yep, she’s the only game I can’t figure out.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ81fQePd15G
“Okasa, tadaima!”
“Oh, a warm welcome to my much preferred child.”80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡriGvVRVxRn
“Yeah, I always knew you played favorites.”80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIYPTOU7YB2
“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,80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZlMGmKohgk
“I’m dumb, but not that dumb.”
“You’re dumb enough to have not passed a math quiz you cheated on.”80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMRhal4oxud
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). 80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD5xV0Zs0Ic
“I… I… I’ll cheat better next time.”80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrih6MhiksQ
“Dear God, I don’t know if I should be ashamed or proud right now.” 80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Gy16ADqPi
“Knowing this boy, the latter, mother. At least he’s putting effort into something other than twiddling his thumbs.”80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2SuIL1fWGZ
“Alright, foods getting cold, let’s eat. Itadakimasu.”80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsU9jvW5PxN
(Fuji and Junko in unison) “Itadakimasu.”80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZND81W1caI
“Geh.”80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx6OySjfEwR
I slightly choke on the Miso soup.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEQoHJAeL86
It’s cold.
ns 172.69.59.177da2
and then Add to home screen.