Talk:It's All It Took/@comment-25021327-20141227035746

I like this one a lot :) A good concept, executed very well! A great thing about this story is that I think most folks can relate to it on a certain level. I know that I, as well as some friends of mine, have gotten so into a certain thing, or activity that the world seemed to slowly (or quickly) dissipate into an afterthought. Whether it be reading a book, drawing, writing, gaming, or doing needlepoint, anything can monopolize your senses.

As a boy, one of my group of friends would get so sucked into Video games, that on one occasion, we decided to do an experiment. Our friend Danny was playing NES (Super Mario Bros 3, I believe) and the rest of us were in the next room being very quiet. One of us snuck around the doorway, and turned the lights out, while the others kept watch on Danny. He didn't seems to even acknowledge that he was suddenly in a totally dark room. Later, when his sister came to get him, he asked "Vicky, why did you turn the lights off?" this was probably at least 20 minutes after the switch was hit.

Though this story is an extreme case, I would honestly not be surprised in the least to see a report on the news of someone dying from over-gaming and not taking care of themself.

The pacing here was pretty much perfect, and worked great with the length of this piece. I love the dark humor running throughout this story as well, it helps to make Jason a more relatable and likeable character albeit one about whom we really know nothing.

I read this one before, but I just popped upon it again via the random page button. I'm really glad that I did! Concise, engaging, thoughtful, humorous, this is a great piece :)