From A to B and back again

The Citizen always strikes in twos—here he is at the New York Sun (reviewing the memoir Foreskin's Lament) and at Salon, on sneakers and videogames: “[T]he NES controller had an A and a B button. Confusing! I wanted to play vids, not pilot jets. Give me one joystick, one button, and line up them ‘Space Invaders.’”

I second that emotion!