Essay–Game Atrophy

I’m 44 years old. I’ve been playing computer games off and on since I was ten. Arcades. Atari 2600. Hell, even some game on a PET luggable back in the day. If you don’t know what that is, go look it up and laugh.
In the 90s, my friends and I held quite a few LAN parties. We played Quake, Tribes, Star Craft, Unreal, etc. Bottom line? It was a relatively inexpensive way to share camaraderie and waste a Saturday. Back then, I was all right. I had my moments of brilliance, but I was always just a somewhat good gamer. I couldn’t last five minutes in the online world of crazed pre-teens and pimply faced youths that did nothing but play over and over again. Plus, their internet connection was usually better than mine.
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Legends of Garaaga–18

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Episode 18 of the “Legends of Garaaga” podcast presentation.
Signed, personalized trade paperback copies of both The Black and Legends of Garaaga are now available at Shadowpublications.com. Supplies are limited. There will be NO back orders. Get ‘em while they’re still around.
You can purchase the Legends of Garaaga ebook, tradepaperback, and unabridged audiobook.
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Legends of Garaaga is copyright 2014 by Paul E Cooley and is protected by a Creative Commons, Attribution, Non-Commercial, No Derivatives License.
Music by Kevin MacLeod. You can find his work at http://incompetech.com

Closet Treats on Sale at Amazon.com

My novel Closet Treats is now available for 99¢ from Amazon.com for the next week. The Parsec Award Nominated novel has disturbed a ton of people over the years and to this day, I still receive pictures of ice cream trucks from all over the world. Why? You’ll have to read it or listen to it to figure that one out.
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