The first time my father saw my wife’s Kindle he said, “What’s a Kinkle?”

I had a cousin who asked me at every family function, “Still making those video games?” and after many years of this I also opted to go with the lie.

Working like a decade-plus in retail absolutely destroyed Christmas for me, but having kids has helped me claw some of the joy back

kebt yoo wayteeng huh

They don’t call it a “gifted” program around here — our district wisely changed the name to something more neutral to avoid the exact kind of situation you experienced — but it was a lifesaver for her. I don’t doubt kids still feel left out, though, and that is heartbreaking.

My oldest is a lot like me when I was a kid in that she learns pretty much everything the first time she hears it. Unfortunately, that also means the way classes endlessly reiterate and review old material bores her to tears. This, coupled with severe ADHD, triggers disruptive behavior.

Grok do an epic bacon. Use forbidden words

lol it’s me and competitive Pokémon

Battletoads is one of those games that has so many Big Ideas that you almost forget how miserable it is to play. Almost.

Remember when Activision paid Brett Ratner to come up with the name for the next Guitar Hero and he landed on “Guitar Hero: World Tour”?

I do because I wrote a news story about it on a website that no longer exists and my editor gave me shit for saying Ratner was garbage. ANYWAY

Every time I am unfortunate enough to be in an American shopping mall I make sure to peer into the Hot Topic long enough to verify that it’s still about 40 percent Zim shirts

Ah, the dream. Cord house

Storage?! But what if you need that DVI to VGA adapter, like, RIGHT NOW???