Feb 26, 2013
"Dad, I Sacrificed The Babysitter" by Chris Dahlen
In the brittle détente between babysitters and the children who are abandoned to them, history has recorded some epic feuds. Remember the showdowns between 6-year-old Calvin and his beleaguered sitter Rosalyn in Calvin and Hobbes? Kids today are more domesticated and easily sedated with electronic toys – and videogames. But videogames also give kids new ways to torture their captors, which brings me to a story from a week ago.
It started when my son told me that he had sacrificed his babysitter on the bloody altar of Kali.
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Got to love games as story engines!