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Friday, July 25, 2008 --- 27 days ago http://blog.canoe.ca/tanyaenberg/2008/07/24/the_monster_in_the_basement
 From Relatively Speaking, originally appeared in July 24, 08 edition of 24 hours This is the little secret. The tucked away hobby only leaked upon sharing an first-floor apartment, bills and a bed with the boyfriend. And it's making noise in our basement, which, in typical unfinished fashion is a rather damp and dreary place. The commotion has been coming up through the floors like a monster who has just busted free and, recently, I came face-to-face with the monster who, apparently, is well-armed with guns (though he seems happy enough simply hanging out in the underground). This raucous-causing beast is known as the video game. Seems the guy in my life enjoys kicking back at the computer clicking, dragging and shooting stuff playing Age of Empires and Rise of Nations. Who knew? Certainly not this cat. Let's be straight here - this is not a big deal. It's not like finding out your loved one is a major firearms enthusiast with a secret stash of bullets and semi-automatics in the closet. Certainly it's far from discovering he's been slipping on your lingerie when you're not around, or that he's got another wife and barrel full of children living in Ohio or some place. Video games in the large picture, where things can always be more horrible than they are, is about on par with finding Celine Dion's entire body of work in your partner's CD collection, which would actually be far worse because then you might inadvertently be forced to lis ... |
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