Alex CP 8

   After our tutoring session, Mubarak and I joined his friends Yusef and Jasem and we played some Zombies at we’d had planned. Like last time, it was abundantly evident that I take this video game far too seriously. Maybe it was the research of strategy and vantage points I’d done the night before or the emotional investment that increased with every level, regardless, it’s a good thing I don’t own this game. Anyway, they seemed to feed off my energy and we all had a good time. We made it to level 18 in a game that took over 75 minutes. After that they introduced me to this game called “Rayman”. It looked and played like Sonic the Hedgehog meets Super Mario all the while in the animation of the Candy Land board. Just as when I was eleven, without racing or shooting, I didn’t understand the whole point of these kind of games. But they loved it so I partook. I was some green character who died too much so I passed up the sticks to Yusef after a game or two. When I realized that it was dark outside and over four hours had unknowingly passed, I decided to head home.