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There is an age-old problem: Socially-awkward teen-aged boys need something to do at lunchtime. In the 1960s, these guys probably formed the Chess Club. In the 70s, I'm guessing it was Dungeons & Dragons. In my day, it was apparently the Strategic Games Club.
Check out the black and white photo here. I was confused, at first, because A) there were so many people in it and B) a lot of them were the "cool" kids. Upon further inspection, however, the explanation became clear: a couple dozen cool kids crashed the photo for the Strategic Games Club. This is why the caption reads "non-member" for 2/3 of the people. Extract all the rowdy blond kids and you are left with about a dozen . . . socially-awkward boys.
I wondered where these same kids - because their species could not possibly have become extinct in the past two decades- had gone? They are now found at the "Xbox Club," which describes itself as having the following mission:
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"The Xbox Club is a haven for gamers at school. At lunch its members compete in Halo 3, Call of Duty 4, and Gears of War 2 tournaments.” The club was started in 2006 when it “raised money through donations and baked goods sales to purchase the Xbox 360s.”
Something tells me they were heavier on the “donations” than revenues from the bake sale.
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