The screen’s cold hum buzzes under my tiny fingers. I twist the controller, trying to make the little man stop bouncing off the walls. His sprite gets stuck sometimes, floating like a paper airplane against the green bricks. It makes me want to shake the system, hoping it will snap back to normal. The sound of glitching is like static whispers, barely there but enough to irritate. I try another game, but the glitches follow, tiny interruptions in the pretend world. Maybe if I play just one more level…