Gamer TV Championship

1. Microsoft has a lot of money.

2. Dude, $10,000 for 1 race ?!?!

3. I need to game more.

I'll admit, I do alot of leisurely activities, from watching brand new movies (not that they're all masterpieces, because let's face it, some were pure uncreative thoughts slammed together with equally bad actors, directors, and cameramen) as well as listening to new music (that is good, such as Rebel Meets Rebel, Slayer, Black Label Society, Dragonforce....)....yeah, with music I could go on forever.....

I've done my share of gaming, but seems I need to oil up the ol' thumbs, get my trigger fingers ready, and get down to training, because if you really can make a life from playing video games, wow, somebody lied to me long ago.

However, I do hesitate, after all, what would be the point in looking at the clock, or anywhere from the tv screen; I mean, you really couldn't afford to miss anything. And one could argue that you could live life through the video games now, but again, what would be the point, with only yourself around when you finally do go to sleep. I couldn't imagine not going anywhere, doing anything, just sitting, and playing.....

Though I do have a wireless controller, does that mean I'll incorporate gaming into my multi-tasking life, during exercise time, perhaps running in place with my soldier mates on a first person shooter, or doing jumping jacks after passing a level? No, I'm not that serious.....I hope.

Yet it does boggle my brain to think someone earned ten grand in less than two minutes, with one race, and it wasn't even real; no sponsers like at Nascar, just a screen and a bunch of serious gamers.
Now that's high wager playing.

There were many prizes awarded, including Best Buy shopping sprees (of unspecified amounts), to go along with the cash. And you didn't have to be number one to win money. $5,000 for second place is not a bad consolation prize.

Now, I'm wondering how old you must be to enter, because my five year old does head shots like he's a trained Marine sharpshooter.

I know I certainly won't tell him he's wasting too much time playing video games. Maybe he's just in training. All I know, is today's games are alot different than the Atari and Mario games I grew up on.