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Old 05-03-2012, 11:53 PM   #56
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So did you play Demon Attack on your Atari console? I did. I also spent way too many quarters playing Missile Command. I never did play RPGs - too shy to have enough friends - but overall, I think the mogul in the book is about 5 years younger than I. I'm also really enjoying Will Wheaton's sense of humor about the whole thing. He's such a fanboy.
He played it totally straight, but I had to pause and back up when he read
Spoiler:
the bit about him and Cory Doctorow being lifelong co-chairs of the future internet.
It just distracted me with a big grin on my face for several minutes.

I wasn't too aware of my surroundings until the mid '80s, but Joust and Defender were two of my favorite games as a kid.
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