The lessons of life or even the lessons about life can sometimes be found in the worlds and on the courses of the great and all-knowing Mario Kart. (If you have no idea what that is, you might want to skip this one.)
-- This may sound like it comes from one of those sarcastic “Dad of the Year” nominations, but I just couldn’t help myself. I was fixated on what was in front of me: nothing but open pixilated dirt. Or maybe it was supposed to be chocolate? Either way, I was in first place of a race that felt like, video game or not, winning was everything.