<human>: I'm currently a high school senior, and my brother started his first year in college. He recently finished his first semester. My mom has been paying for his college so far (she is a single parent). The only thing she has asked for him to do is to pay for his textbooks, transportation, etc. He has been able to do so because of what he had saved up from allowances basically, which amounted to ~$1000. 

However, he's out of money and he has not found a job to pay for anything and he refuses to do anything but play games basically. I'm not bashing people playing games, as I spend a large amount of time doing so as well (but I'm a high school student and I do a little bit of part time work), but he does it waaaay too much.

He applied to maybe 2-3 places total but it's absolutely insane that he refuses to even help around the house normally or even try to apply to more. We live in an area where there have been job opportunities, and he goes to school where there are jobs nearby as well. He leaves home at around 10 or 11 from Monday through Thursday, so he has mornings and weekends to do a part time job. 

Recently my mom and stepdad had propositioned him to help my stepdad build his house, and he had accepted, but earlier this morning they got in an argument and my stepdad closed the offer saying that he lacked respect, which wouldn't work in a working situation (especially since it's building things (in the cold) which my brother has no idea how to do).

It's really getting on me and my mom's last nerves and I really want to help him, but if we nag at him to do something he won't do it, and if we don't nag at him to do something he won't do it either. Is there any way to change his behavior? I guess my mom could stop paying for college but then there's a chance that he'd just laze around at home and not do anything either. :(

Can you give me the gist of the text in a nutshell?
<bot>: My brother won't find a job to pay for college and spends most of his (very spare) time playing video games. It's bothering my mom and me and we want him to take responsibility for himself.