Growing up, being Asian and a nerd went together like peanut butter and jelly to everyone else. I remember having to hide my flute case in my backpack all through high school in fear of ridicule from my jock friends (remember American Pie?). But now thanks to the whole “nerd-chic” thing, I can now wear my coke bottle glasses in public and pass for being fashionable. Yao Ming made a huge impact into the main stream and shocked the athletic world when he entered the NBA in 2002, but he’s no nerd. 8 years later and what do we got? E-Athletes. Honestly, I don’t know if this is a step forward or backwards? I foresee an army of scraggly looking super-nerds with extremely powerful index and middle fingers and a hunch back with pale acne-riddled from sitting in the basement for too long. I don’t know? Maybe this is the future of athleticism?
Eeesh.
Really though. If this ends up anywhere close to what Tron (2) is like, sign me up!
