| | One of my friends said two things that made me laugh hysterically this week. 1) that a series of localized thunderstorms, including a direct lightening strike on my power pole, was because of my Flux Capacitor (aka De Lorean time machine.) Duh! Of course I have one. How else could I explain the time travel required in my AKS novel? 2) that he never knew I played video games on the computer. Wow! I could understand new friends not knowing this, since in recent years I traded in my joy sticks and dual-shock playstation controllers for my iconic Venus Flytrap (man-eating) avatar for online poker. But, the gamer heart and soul remains, and always will.
It was computer video games, not balancing my checking account, that prompted me to get my first computer in 1981. Prior to that I was playing pong and Space Invaders (Space Armada, it was called to avoid copyright issues) on a Mattel Intellivision -- very cutting edge in 1979. (BTW, Intellivision is a "portmanteau" -- combined from Intelligent Television, much like web-log became BLOG.)
My brother, who isn't my brother at all but became family as a result of our shared love for owning Commodore computers and playing video games in the very early 1980's, especially loved RPG and D&D. He introduced me to "Castle" adventure games. It's hard to say which I loved more -- Castlevania or Temple of Apshai. I still have every version of Castlevania for Playstation and Gameboy Color (GBC) and often play them. I also have my 25-year old Temple of Apshai game on cassette, complete with pristeen box, manual and instruction sheet. I knew it was collectible, but today saw it called "a gamer's treasure" in this history of computer RPG. I also had this wonderfully fun game for my Vic-20. What do you expect from someone who sports a COSMIC vanity license plate ?? It was Roswell aliens, Marvin the Martian, Space Invaders, and all things UFO that got me to this point in life, baby! Larry King is just catching up!  (his hour-long show on UFO's is replaying now, gotta watch.)
Installment Deux (Sunday) on RPG/fantasy in the form of Magic! another favorite topic of mine!
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