I have a thing for evil bald bad guys. The Kurgan is too sexy.

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.

It is on!" Aech shouted into his comlink. "it is on like Red Dawn!

I’d designed my avatar’s face and body to look, more or less, like my own. My avatar had a slightly smaller nose than me, and he was taller. And thinner. And more muscular. And he didn’t have any teenage acne. But aside from these minor details, we looked more or less identical.

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 created the OASIS because I never felt at home in the real world. I didn't know how to connect with the people there.

For one quarter, Black Tiger lets me escape from my rotten existence for three glorious hours. Pretty good deal.