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I have to avoid things like 'World of Warcraft' or 'Minecraft', otherwise I'd never get any work done.
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... →
I've wanted to own a DeLorean since I was 10 years old, but it always seemed like a silly daydream. Like owning the 'A-Team' van or... →
I feel like I was hit by all of geek culture at once while I was growing up in the '70s and '80s. Saturday morning cartoons like 'Star... →
I notice when I'm at a party where I don't know anybody - even if I have nothing in common with somebody - we can still talk because we were... →
My favorite video game of all time is called 'Black Tiger'. It's a Capcom Dungeons and Dragons game from 1987. I have the actual arcade... →
Once the people of planet Earth are all hanging out together online in a virtual world without any borders, I think it could change social... →
I spent most of my childhood welded to my Atari 2600, until I got my first computer, a TRS-80.
I think it's a bit silly to brand the Internet as the 'downfall of youth.'
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'm incredibly nostalgic for the '80s, because I think that's when Geek Culture really kicked in to high gear.
Before I became a full-time writer, I worked in tech support in those giant cubicle farms you see. I was surrounded by people who played video games... →
I don't know if the '80s were unique, but we certainly got original, groundbreaking stuff at the time with movies like 'Back to the... →
Ernest Cline (born 1972) is an American novelist, spoken word artist and screenwriter.