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.

Very well! he said. You shall prove your worth by facing me in a joust! I'd never heard of an undead lich king challenging someone to a joust. Especially not in a subterranean burial chamber. All right, I said uncertainly. But won't we be needing horses for that? Not horses, he replied, stepping away from his throne. Birds.

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

I was obsessed. I wouldn't quit. My grades suffered. I didn't care.

You were born at a pretty crappy time in history. And it looks like things are only gonna get worse from here on out.

Everybody uses pop culture as a shorthand. You might make an obscure reference to Monty Python or Iron Eagle that only some people will get, but if they do it conveys a world of meaning.

Continue your quest by taking the test. Yes, but what test? What test was I supposed to take? The Kobayashi Maru? The Pepsi Challenge? Could the clue have been any more vague?