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    12 days ago

    I dunno if yall ever played video games or any other competitive activity as a kid but

    Kids can be really good at video games

    Beat them good

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    12 days ago

    I don’t even need to beat kids myself. I just tell them they aren’t a REAL gamer until they beat Battletoads on original hardware. Then they look confused because they never heard of Battletoads. That’s when I break out my original NES from my 1980s childhood, and Battletoads, TMNT, and Ghosts N Goblins. Original hardware. No save states, no rewind, no crutches of any kind. I don’t even bring game genie, or explain what that is.

    Buckle up kid, because your ego is about to take a fucking nosedive.

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      11 days ago

      I have a feeling kids these days might actually welcome a variety of real challenges after 10 hours of Fortnite completely softening their skull tissue

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    12 days ago

    i do not fuck around with mario kart. i will stomp your kid if given the chance, and also beat them at mario kart

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    12 days ago

    I play Mario Kart with my nephews over Christmas. I have to work really hard to not roflstomp them and even then I’ll still accidentally win from time to time because they keep running into banana peels in battle mode.

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        11 days ago

        My eight year old niece has been playing coop with me, and any time I wait to let her do a thing she goes “I did it! You’re terrible at games, I’m the best!” and I am tempted to go wild to recover my rep.

        She also keeps holding onto me at the wrong times in Heave Ho and Unravel Two causing us both to die, then turning in fury “Why did you do that!? You killed me!”

        Next christmas I bust out mario kart.

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    12 days ago

    Normally I wouldn’t feel so superior but then they get on that mic and talk that trash you gotta teach them what 30+ years of gaming experience really looks like. Keep those youngsters humble.

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    7 days ago

    It was all fun and games until the little shit started running his mouth when I let him win.