I’m not the sort of person into video games, and what few games I’ve gotten into were so tame, most gamers from toddlers to boomers would fall asleep watching me play. Even the peaceful Myst, comedic Kyrandia, and family friendly King’s Quest games were at times a little too thrilling for me, while the lands of Zork raised my blood pressure and neck hairs a little too much. Once, a co-worker lent me a CIA-type game where I excelled at the first half, the analysis part, and then nearly had a heart attack at the shoot-’em-up field agent part before I gave it up entirely. Probably the most exciting game I ever mastered was Pagan, but even then, cutting people down with my sword made me uneasy. I tried Wolfenstein once, and it literally nauseated me—I got so dizzy and queasy, I had to lie down for the rest of the night.

So, word and puzzle games are more my thing, if I play any games at all, and when I’m sick of working and need a break, I play a little bit of Cubis Gold or Bookworm to calm my thoughts … when I’m not playing Sudoku or Rubik’s Cube, that is.

Anyway, I usually get quite bored with Bookworm and quit long before the game’s over, but this time I stuck it out until the library went up in flames, and I don’t think I did too shabbily. Here’s my score at the end of the game:

My challenge to anyone with time and boredom? Best my score. Please! I’m dying to know what comes after the rank of Lexographer...

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