If I was feeling depressed or frustrated about my lot in life, all I had to do was tap the Player One button, and my worries would instantly slip away as my mind focused itself on the relentless pixelated onslaught on the screen in front of me. There, inside the game's two-dimensional universe, life was simple: It's just you against the machine. Move with your left hand, shoot with your right, and try to stay alive as long as possible.

Being human totally sucks most of the time. Videogames are the only thing that make life bearable.

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

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

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