Playing With Pain
March, 1982
No one has ever achieved anything great without enduring pain, and that holds true for those who aspire to record-breaking scores on video games.But the pain is more than generalized muscle ache from standing in one place for a long time. Look at any veteran Defender player's left hand, for instance, and you'll see the telltale signs of his addiction, just as a brown spot on the thumb gives away the inveterate marijuana smoker. The Defender player will have a blister or a callus on the top knuck...
