It all started innocently enough...

A poor girl stuck in the dead of a mucky-wet winter with no television, no radio and, worst of all, no internet. I had my computer, had my iTunes library, had Spider Solitaire. It was enough...for a little while.

Then Tetris Attack came into my life. At first I was skeptical; I liked the mindless, go at your own pace, take breaks when you want-ness of Spider Solitaire. A game that requires your full attention and gets progressively faster? I don't think so. Pus, I don't play video games.

Years ago, Moni, Chris and I saved up our allowance, pooled our money together and bought a NES. I'll admit I enjoyed Duck Hunt, but that's where it stopped. I gave Super Mario Bros a couple of tries and I was probably the worst player in the history of the game. I never passed level 1-2. (Stop laughing!) It was definitely not the best way to spend my hard earned allowance.

Fast forward 15 years to where Ang is in Germany. It's cold. It's wet. No television. No radio. No internet. She's bored. She's sick of Spider Solitaire. Suddenly Tetris Attack is on her computer. A lack of options leads her to start playing Tetris Attack.

Video game novice that I was, the first few games were not pretty. In fact, they were painful. I was lucky to make it past level 5. But I learn quickly. You're probably all wondering why I'm writing about a video game...I'll get to the point: I just broke my personal best record and made it all the way to level 58. Maybe that's not very impressive to a hardcore video game addict, but I don't think any of my friends fit that description, so all of you reading this can just be impressed. And to those of you who laughed about my Super Mario Bros story, I challenge you to a game of Tetris Attack.