it’s on, right? no, I don’t think so. it was for a second though, I saw that green light. no problem. reset. maybe it was the initial connection. wait – there we go. it’s on. you ever played this? me neither. I’ve never really had one – they were always too expensive. okay, let’s see: this is yours, and this is mine. I think we’re supposed to… no. hrm. to be honest, I’m not sure. it sounded simple enough on the box, but I don’t understand how to get the thing over the- wait. what did you just do? that’s bad. we need to reset it. don’t do that. let’s try this again, okay, we know this part, how to begin again – I think we have everything. and, well, from what I’ve heard we need to make the… thing, whatever that is, work. but you have to use your side to help me get it there. I really don’t know how though. you know Kenny? he’s my neighbor? no? oh. well, he said that this was pretty easy. I’m not getting that, even though everyone seems to have played it. have you ever talked to anyone who’d won? yeah? what’d they say? really? they said that? fuckers. they could at least give us a few tips. now the thing is… damn it. let’s reset it again. are you getting tired of this? I hope not – I think we could both be good at this. with some practice. it can’t be that hard, right? I mean – it’s a pretty simple concept. what’s that? I’m over-complicating it? I thought you were. I only did that because you did the other thing. it’s not my fault. it’s yours. reset. okay, crap – we can get through this entire first level with our eyes closed by now, can’t we? it’s boring me. I mean – not boring me, but it’s just a reminder we screwed-up there in the last game. want to switch sides? no? okay. what if we ask Kenny for a cheat code? all these games have them, right? la-le-li-lo-lu, right?  or was it up-down-ri.. never mind. those were the only one’s I remember, but I think it was for some other game though. are you sure you’re not tired of this? you look a little tired. promise? you sure? okay. please don’t stop playing yet, I think we’re about to get to the next level. man, there sure are a lot of those little guys for this to be the first level… did you put it on ‘easy’? no? maybe we should. wait… hang on… yes! we did it! first level complete. now the second – shit! do you se- fuck. I died. that one was my fault. the thing came out of nowhere and I freaked. sorry. reset. you okay? you don’t like this game anymore, do you? I’m worried you’re wondering why you even sat down to play it in the first place. are you still sitting here for me? or for you? you don’t have to be nice and hang out if you don’t want to. gosh, it sure did look fun on the commercial, I wasn’t lying when I called you about it. I suppose it was the box, right? all the wonderful colors! the excitement!! I kept hearing it’s a good one though – can’t be sure of that myself, but others seem to like it. let’s play one more time, okay? I’ll keep an eye out for the monsters. you stay behind me, just in case I start firing. I don’t want you to get shot at again like I did earlier, they take points off for that.

one last time?

yeah? you sure?

ok.

reset.