Own the Awesomeness 4/10

If you play video games you might very well have a stack of them. You might even have two stacks of them. Hell, you might have a couple shelves on a bookcase or entertainment center full of them! I know that you’re proud of your collection. Imagine how proud you would be if you had this collection:

Or this bench:

I bet that looking at those images and then your own pile you hear the words “is it in yet?” somewhere in the background, don’t you?

Hate video games if you want, but this shows dedication and some reverence from the collector. He could use a bigger TV, or at least a flat screen…

Look at me, spitting on his TV in the face of all those games! For shame. Then again, if you read his FAQ he clearly takes a lot of shit from people. It’s defensive from the get go, I presume because of all the people who (ironically while at a computer) email him and tell him that he has no life. Maybe they complain about his TV…

Look, fella, let me offer some advice. OWN IT. You are not alone in this world. Sony can sell America 40 million PlayStations, that’s a lot of us. Sure, against 300 million it might seem small, but then again you have to remember that you have to move the number pretty far back to reach any kind of common denominator in this country. (We all live on the same hemisphere, hooray!) We’re Democrat, Republican, NASCAR, Rally, trains, jets, flowers, books, dogs, money, and potatoes, whatever. Tens of millions is a lot of people. Worldwide that number skyrockets.

Don’t be ashamed of this. Your FAQ tells me that somehow you are, a little bit. Don’t read those emails, and don’t respond to them, let alone have a FAQ about it. By doing so you are only encouraging the assholes to send you more emails. I know you don’t spend your time sending emails to a guy who collects oil cans that he’s wasting his time, so don’t bother with the fools who sent you insulting messages. They’re worthless and arguing with them will do nothing. They don’t want to have their minds changed, they just want to feel better about themselves a little bit by poking fun at you.

I knew a guy, late 40s, beautiful kids, and a fabulous wife who had a game room like yours. It was so fantastic it was featured on a local PBS show about collectors. You’re legit, man. You’re one of the good ones. Your FAQ can be free of the defensive language and focus on why you rock so much.

Screw everyone else. And get a bigger TV…