Gamer Girl Program

December 31, 1987

This was her life, alone in an arcade on New Year's Eve.

Ok, there was one staff guy hanging out by the jukebox. Either he was a creep, or too shy to talk to a real-life "girl". Of course, having just turned 18, she wasn't a girl anymore. Anyway, she didn't care about him. She needed to blow off some steam. Another fight with her mother had left her both physically keyed up, and mentally exhausted. She needed a challenge.

Josie wasn't your ordinary girl. She was an arcade queen. She wasn't just the best female player in their little town, she won almost half the tournaments when the "boys" played too. She loved showing them up. This arcade was her home away from an excruciating home. She had a strategy for every game in the place. That was, until she saw the new one.

The machine itself was sleek, black, shiny and smooth. Only one blood red letter was scrawled across the front of it: Program.

Seemed like a bland name. Every video game was a program. But it was new, and new was just what she wanted right then. She reached into her heavy coin pouch, to make sure she had at least twenty quarters in there. It shouldn't take more than seven or eight to figure the game out. She eagerly closed on the joystick, and controls. Just two buttons. Seemed simplistic. She glanced down at the directions.

INSERT QUARTER

WATCH SCREEN

PRESS START

FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS

FOR

REWARDS

AND CONTINUED

PLAY

That's it? Fine, she'd play along, literally. She popped her quarter into the coin slot. Just as she did the staff guy hit a button on the jukebox and Salt n' Pepa's "Push It' began playing. It wasn't a bad song, it had just been so overplayed. MTV had the video on so many times a day. Anyway, time to focus on the game.

Push push it real good.

As soon as she hit Start, the lights began. Flashing, whirling, forming spirals and shapes that dissolved into mist within minutes, only to turn into patterns, and waves and energy. The graphics were really great. The game began. Round one was simple enough. The point was just to match colored bubbles by hitting one, then the other of the same color. Josie needed less than a minute to work out the sensitivity of the joystick, from there she was picking them off like womp rats.

Push push it real good.

PROCEEDING TO ROUND TWO

Now, the bubbles had words in them. Three on each side, still three different colors. The words though, seemed to make no sense. She tapped on a blue word on the left side that read "Obedience," the matching one on the other side read "Pleasure." They really had nothing to do with each other, but the combo matched and she earned more points. She wasn't sure how long she'd been playing, but she knew she was doing well for her first quarter. She knew she was doing well.

Push push it real good.

The next combination was "service" and "bliss," followed by "surrender" and "orgasm." Woah! That was naughty. She was caught by surprise, then surprised again as the screen began to flash and swirl even faster now. She really had to focus.

Push push it real good.

MATCH WORD IN COLUMN A

WITH SAME COLOR WORD

IN COLUMN B AND C

FOCUS

She looked at the first line which was simply "I." The next columns began moving, like a slot machine, spinning quickly. She really had to focus.

The first combo was "I love sex." She was a bit shocked, but yes, the two times she'd had sex had been great.

"Obedience is pleasure."

What? The spirals and swirls and lights were making it so hard to focus and she really had to focus. She needed to focus on the colors, the words didn't matter.

"Service is bliss"

"I want sex."

True, she guessed, a little New Year's nookie would have been nice.

Push push it real good.

"I am bi."

Wow, she'd only just realized that.

Pus-pussy's real good.

"I love cock."

Yeah, cock was great.

"I suck cock."

She was just thinking, wouldn't some cock taste great right about now?

"I love cum."

Suck suck it real good.

She licked her lips.

"I'm a slut."

Was she? It would be fun, wouldn't it?

"I must obey."

Then, she hit the sweet spot, as the dancing lights, the text, and the subliminals laced in the jukebox took complete hold. Her eyes glazed; her mouth gaped open.

"I must obey."

"I must obey."

"I must obey."

"I must obey."

"I fuck men."

"I fuck chicks."

Fuck-fuck it real good.

"I must suck."

"I must fuck."

"I must lick."

Lick-lick it real good.

"I must submit."

"I must obey."

"All holes open."

"All are welcome."

"Fuck me good."

"Fuck me hard"

"Be a slut."

Slut slut baby.

"Turn and kneel."

"Turn and kneel."

"Turn and kneel."

She clicked the first two lines, before the command sunk in. She turned and slowly sank to her knees. Her eyes dutifully to the floor, it was only his shoes she was. But she knew who he was, the staff guy from the arcade. He stood close, facing her.

He undid his fly.

Josie had a new favorite game.