A big reason why we love video games so much, I feel, is because they are an escape from our sometimes boring and monotonous lives. ... The feeling you get when you complete a good game is a feeling that's hard to compete with. It makes you feel important; like you have done something right.
We know this by him taking this reply in ‘with a sort of humble patience’. This means that he has experienced this kind of teasing - or even bullying before and he is used to it.
