F Minus by Tony Carrillo for August 13, 2020

At one time way before the dawn of “Pong”, the outside fresh air game was one of the more popular games…

It’s not safe to go outside anymore. :(

The outside game has impressive graphics but seems to be stuck on the “HARD” difficulty level.

What is this “safe” you are referring to?

Yes, because kids obviously have no idea what the outside is. Ok boomer

Earthbound on SNES was the first game I remember reminding me to take a break. Every couple of hours your in-game cell phone would ring and your in-game dad would say you’ve been going pretty hard at it and urge you to take a break.

Batteries not required.

My brothers and I played outside from dawn till dusk; as much to avoid chores as anything.

And once outdoors maybe they will discover bicycles, skateboards, and the frogs in that creek down at the end of the block.

Did he mean “you” or “we”?

All depends on where you live.

Red Dead Redemption II.

Gee, man, e-mail me some of that fresh air.

Yeah. In a mask.

Except in the Winter months, we played outside and rode our bikes every day of course that was before 24/7 TV programming. Our Mothers did not want us inside underfoot anyway. You could hear the Mothers throughout the blocks calling for their children to come in to wash up for dinner.

That game is called “golf”.