I burned through all of my extra lives in a matter of minutes, and my two least-favorite words appeared on the screen: GAME OVER.

You'd be amazed how much research you can get done when you have no life whatsoever.

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'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.

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.

The clans began to bombard the outer force field with rockets, missiles, nukes, and harsh language.

I've heard Stephen King say that when you write a novel you end up revealing everything about yourself.