rodomontade
[rod-uh-mon-teyd, -tahd, -muh n-, roh-duh-]
1. vainglorious boasting or bragging; pretentious, blustering talk.
3. to boast; brag; talk big.
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“I can definitely do it.”
Jake said proudly. His friends
reacted with a mixture of shock and disbelief.
“No you
can’t.” Peter replied. “No one can.
It’s impossible.”
“No it
isn’t, ‘cause I did.”
“No, I’m
pretty sure it’s impossible.” Linus
said. I read it online. The guy who made
the game said it was designed to be pretty much impossible to beat. It’s some kind of statement about
something. I forgot what though.”
“That
doesn’t mean it’s completely impossible.”
Jake said. “It just means it’s
really, really hard. I can say for
certain that I beat it.”
“Yeah,
sure you can.” Peter said, rolling his
eyes.
Both he and Linus knew Jake loved
to brag about his supposed gaming prowess, but when asked to prove his claims,
always had some excuse why he couldn’t.
Neither of them had any doubt that was the case with such an infamously
difficult game.
“Yup, sure can.” Jake said.
Whether he detected Peter’s sarcasm or simply chose to take it as an
honest statement, neither of the other two could tell. “That game is only impossible for noobs like
you two. For a real gamer like me, it’s
no problem at all.”
“So does that mean you’re better
than the hundreds of pro gamers that couldn’t beat it?” Linus asked.
“Seems like it, huh?”
“Well, in that case, all hail the
god of gamers. The high school student
who can out play the pros.” Peter said
with mock fanfare.
“Thank you, thank you.” Jake said.
He bowed his head and held his hand out in front of him, waving it in
little circles. It was now certain to
the other two that he recognized Peter’s sarcasm, he just chose not to
interpret it as such. Either that, or he
was just playing along.
“Well, great sir, would you be so
kind as to show us mere mortals your greatness?” Linus asked.
“How?”
“We go over to your place after
school today and you show us your completed save file, or maybe even show us
how you beat it at all.”
A sudden flash of nervousness appeared
on Jake’s face, but didn’t last long.
That was all his friends needed to see.
“Oh yeah, that’s a great idea.” Peter said.
“I mean, if you beat it once, you must have saved the game. And even if you didn’t, you should be able to
do it again, right?”
“Oh, sure, yeah, no problem. I’ll beat it as many times as you want. But not tonight. My parents have a thing tonight. I guess so people they know are coming over
or something.”
“Oh,
that’s too bad.” Peter said with a smile
on his face. “Well then a different day then.”
“Sure,
but by then I might be out of practice too much to really get in to it. You know how it is, right?”
“Sure.” Linus said.
“In that case you must have recorded your game winning play through,
right? I mean, I know you’ve got the
programs and stuff, so that’s not a problem.
And once you knew you were going to win, you must have recorded it,
right?”
“Oh,
uh, yeah, yeah, of course I did. Yeah, I’d
have to be an idiot not to, right?”
“So
then can we see the video?”
“I don’t
think that’s a good idea. My gaming
powers are so great that just watching the video of my playing might cause
problems for you two.”
“Problems? Like what?”
Linus asked. He was having a hard
time stifling his laughter, and from the look on Peter’s face, he was having
just as much trouble.
“Well,
like, you might get so jealous of my mad skills that you can never bring
yourself to play another video game again.”
“Wow. Now that’s a good one.” Peter said.
“I don’t think you used that one since…what was it, two weeks ago?”
“Three.” Linus said.
“Oh
shut it.” Jake said irritably. “I beat the game and that’s all there is to
it. Believe it or not, it doesn’t
matter.”
“Yeah,
yeah, yeah.” Peter said, rolling his
eyes. “So you’re really not going to show
us how you beat the one game that was designed not to be beaten?”
“I don’t
see why I need to.” Jake said, crossing
his arms as he spoke.
“Of
course not.” Linus said. “Well, if you ever feel the need to show off
your “mad skills”, we’ll be eager to see it.”
Neither
Linus nor Peter could contain their laughter any longer. Jake just grumbled, unable to say anything between
the noise his friends were making.
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There are actually games that are designed not to be won. Some just don't have no actually ending. Some are just made to be impossibly hard. Just look up the World's Hardest Game and prepare for frustration. Although, technically that one is possible to win, it's just...yeah...
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