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.

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

My characters are all kind of geek archetypes of people I've encountered at gaming and comic book conventions.

I noticed in the late 1990s that my friends and I were already nostalgic for the 1980s, and by the turn of the century, VH1's 'I Love the '80s' gave all of us an accelerated nostalgia for our generation.

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.

In the far reaches of the world, under a lost and lonely hill, lies the TOMB OF HORRORS. This labyrinthine crypt is filled with terrible traps, strange and ferocious monsters, rich and magical treasures, and somewhere within rests the evil DemiLich.

You’re evil, you know that?” I said. She grinned and shook her head. “Chaotic Neutral, sugar.