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I spent most of my childhood welded to my Atari 2600, until I got my first computer, a TRS-80.

I think it's a bit silly to brand the Internet as the 'downfall of youth.'

Once the people of planet Earth are all hanging out together online in a virtual world without any borders, I think it could change social networking, entertainment and even politics.

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I was 7 years old when the '80s began and 17 years old when they ended, so it was an incredibly formative decade for me.

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I'm incredibly nostalgic for the '80s, because I think that's when Geek Culture really kicked in to high gear.

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I have to avoid things like 'World of Warcraft' or 'Minecraft', otherwise I'd never get any work done.

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My favorite video game of all time is called 'Black Tiger'. It's a Capcom Dungeons and Dragons game from 1987. I have the actual arcade version sitting in my office.

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Before I became a full-time writer, I worked in tech support in those giant cubicle farms you see. I was surrounded by people who played video games all the time - sometimes actually in the call centers, playing online multiplayer games. I saw friends of mine who began to feel that going online was more compelling to them than real life.

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I've never really collected anything other than old Atari cartridges. I only had, like, 12 Atari games as a kid, so at some point in my 20s I decided I was going to own all of them.

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I feel like I was hit by all of geek culture at once while I was growing up in the '70s and '80s. Saturday morning cartoons like 'Star Blazers' and 'Robotech.' Live action Japanese shows like 'Ultraman' and 'The Space Giants.'

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