Girls are no substitute for Play Station

2002-05-03 - 8:42 a.m.

Here's a tip for the ladies:

You know how you like it when your boy tells you that you're the most gorgeous thing to walk the Earth? Well, your boy likes hearing the same shit too.

He likes to hear that you're not actually into washboard abs, he likes to hear that you appreciate his talents on many levels, he likes to hear that even though he doesn't do everything exactly the way you think he should, you're still proud of him.

What don't boys like? The fact that you remember every single screw-up he's ever made, and keep it readily accessible in the short-term memory part of your brain, so you can bring it up at a moment's notice.

Having said that, I think that's the secret to why boys love video games. Video games are a form of interaction where our TOP scores are recorded, and our low ones are simply forgotten. No video game will ever bring up that one time that you got your ass beaten, cooked, and handed back to you on a plate, but anytime you ask the very same game if it recalls the time you went on an undefeatable rampage of deft skill, it will gladly show you that it does.

There's a difference between low maintenance and no maintenance.