Do video games make you want to shoot people??????????

[derby378]

45. If so, I'm in big trouble...

Ginny and I have been videogame fans for years. Her favorite console was the Super Nintendo. Her favorite games, which I enjoyed almost as much as she did, were Super Mario World and Super Mario Kart.

When the first generation of 64-bit machines came out, she didn't enjoy them quite as much as the older systems, partially because there was just so much more for her to keep track of on screen. After her near-fatal illness and hospitalization in 2003, part of her nervous system could no longer tolerate fast movement on screen. Also, she developed a case of carpal tunnel.

We'd dig out the old SNES and play it as much as we could, but Ginny's carpal tunnel always started acting up after a while.

Thing is, Ginny was always a big supporter of gun control in the same way that I am not, but neither of us developed any homicidal rages as a result of all that gaming. The worst that happened would be that Ginny would get sullen if she lost to me - she was very competitive. But when she won, she always enjoyed telling me, "You got beat by a girl." Ginny comes from a branch of the Read family that may also include the female pirate Mary Read, who had her own way of telling downed opponents that they got beat by a girl. I'll leave you to research that at your leisure.

And this year? I'm taking the plunge into Xbox 360, complete with the original Halo as well as Call of Duty: Black Ops 2. I've got some catching up to do.