'I'm stumped as to how to handle video games with my kid.' This stuck out the most for me. I never got as serious as you but I played an ungodly amount of Halo

'I'm stumped as to how to handle video games with my kid.' This stuck out the most for me. I never got as serious as you but I played an ungodly amount of Halo throughout high school and college. Tournaments etc. Thankfully not enough to really hurt my life. Once I got into web development it's taken a backseat. In really stressful times I still return to games to be able to escape. I'm very very undecided on what my overall take is and how I'm going to handle it when I have kids.