Ted Cruz Comes Clean: He’s a Secret Video Game Addict

The Daily Beast ^ | May 28, 2015 | Tim Mak

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

Those original Nintendo sets are valuable now. I sold one about 12 years ago in a garage sale — brand new unopened for $50. Dummy! Of course that is not as bad as the 1966 Plymouth Barracuda I sold for $500, but the guy cheated me and I only got $350.

[MeshugeMikey]

this is the EXPOSE that will ROCK THE WORLD!!!

[Lumper20]

Get help.

[demshateGod]

Congratulations. Your wife must be very proud.

[Lazamataz]

HOOKED ON MONKEY PHONICS!!!

I'M JONESING FOR A 'SCHWA'!!!!!

[a fool in paradise]

Unlike a more gregarious politician like Sen. John McCain

[Lazamataz]

Tell me about it. I play Call Of Duty for 1 to 2 hours most nights before bed. I’ve master prestiged the last 5 releases and have been playing for about 8 years. I’m a beast! I’m in the top 3,000 of millions who play hardcore team deathmatch.

You may think you are good, and then you meet Freddy.

[NorthMountain]

The menses flow from anyone is not up to the task of governence.

It would be an improvement over the Kenyan Usurper.

[wastedyears]

Killing time on a phone is an addiction? I guess the author of this “article” doesn’t know anybody that’s built their own computer for gaming.

[Patriot Babe]

OMG Zelda is my all time favorite =)

[TADSLOS]

LMAO. I figured it wouldn’t take you long to post this here.

[wastedyears]

SOCOM was better.

[wastedyears]

Sounds like you have a silly litmus test.

[knittnmom]

Google Play has a classic tetris version for the android devices. Just sayin’. :-)

[wastedyears]

I have never figured out the draw of playing characters made of "1" and "0"

I'd stick to reading...

Have you checked out any videos of games? I play single player for the story, graphics come a distant second, though they're of course nice to look at. Halo is a great series, though I've lost interest in playing it and traded in my 360 to get something else.

Red Faction: Guerrilla is a ridiculous game - there's very few buildings you can't destroy. Makes Battlefield's "destructible" buildings and "Levelution" look like Lego in comparison.

[Durus]

Real geeks don't have "management" degrees. They are the ones making cutting edge technology, including games, while managers yuk it up drinking light beer and watching whatever idiotic distraction society is using to cover wide spread government failure that has been occurring for the last 100 years. Some "Real geeks" think watching sports is sedentary and fills a voyeuristic wish fulfillment fantasy. Some "Real Geeks" fail to see how being a fan of modern Bread and Circuses qualifies one for government even given the low bar government has set, but then "Real Geeks" have a hard time understanding stupidity. "Real Geeks" also have a special title for their "sister's daughter"; namely "a niece".

Almost everyone I meet that hate computer games and gamers are a baby boomers and/or suck at any technological endeavor.

[CatherineofAragon]

"I will not vote for any video game addict period."

I think it's kinda cute, actually.

[PROCON]

Skyward Sword, Babe!

Grown son and I are currently meandering through "Hyrule Warrior".

[mowowie]

Me too...
Pong, then Gunfighter and Breakout then Atari 2600 then Colecovision then Atari 5200 then Nintendo SES then Super Nintendo then Sega Genesis Then Sega Dreamcast Then Playstation then PS2 then PS3.
Now i mainly game on my PC.
I wonder if Ted plays Battlefield.....

[mowowie]

All you guys that were into arcade games from the 70’s and 80’s should check out MAME.
An emulator that lets one play ALL of the actual arcade games from that era.