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I have a vivid memory of the Taco Joint down the road from me getting a new Asteroids machine. I had played Space Invaders before, but was never that excited about it - but Asteroids - that was a game! My cousin and I would pour quarters into it for hours. For weeks, we were to afraid to even use the thruster, but eventually took a chance, and got pretty damn good at it.

Then along came Donkey Kong - at the pizza place a block north, and Asteroids was old news. Donkey Kong was the most amazing, bizarre, frustrating and fun thing Evar! We had no idea what we were doing - even when we figured out how to play the game, we had no good idea what the story was supposed to be. Then there was the explosion of machines, but Asteroids and Donkey Kong will always be my faves.

At any given time, I recall being excited to go play one of the following games: Space Invaders, Asteroids, Donkey Kong, Tempest, Donkey Kong Jr., Joust, Pingu, QBert, Xevious, Defender, Robotron, Pole Position and Tron.

These days, it's PC games for me. Half Life 2 just can't be beat, even though I've played through the whole thing. It's a lot of fun watching my little kids get into games too - how good they are at them. Barbie Pet Rescue is actually pretty fun!