#602 Setting the new high score on a video game

It’s a big deal. When I was a little kid my friends and I took pictures of the TV screen after setting new high scores. It was so important to us we’d even mail the photos to video game magazines hoping they’d splash them across their pages as a late-breaking scoop. Two eight-year-olds defeat Bowser in epic battle No-holds-barred streetfight in turtle-dragon-thing’s lair features fire balls and flying hammers Yes, if you’ve been there you know the road to setting a new high score is paved with lots of swearing, thrown controllers, and empty soda cans. Blurry eyes, all-day bedhead, and expanding pit stains are the mark of these basement-dwelling champions. Now, while cracking top spot at home offers a big rush, there’s something to be said about the rare moment you actually pull it off in an arcade. After all, you’ve probably dumped a few buckets of quarters into the machine just to get to M. Bison, so the payoff is your treat for spending weeks of allowance and candy money. Also, you…