The time had come. Unprepared we both turned back to the consoles and there were people jumping on them and saw people getting crushed by the people above them because they were the first to get their hands on them but were losing them as people grabbed them and pulled them under them. so they could get one too, even if it was already in someone else's hands. Knowing we had failed to get what we had come for, we watched desperately as people began to stand up, some with consoles in hand, others empty handed but in a dilapidated state. As we emerged from the chaos, we talked about what we could have become if we had switched to consoles at the same time as everyone else, the older people certainly wouldn't have shown us any mercy. James left to find his parents so I did the same and went to the place where I had planned to meet my uncle. After waiting for a while, I saw him come out with a big TV and 2 tablets, so I knew at least it had gone well for him while my hopes and dreams were shattered. On the car ride home, I thought about what it would be like to play video games, which most of my friends played and they always talked about all the fun times they would have in the games. I thought I would never experience playing video games, but I figured I would be fine since I didn't need to for