Okay. You want the truth? I had a lot of fun as a kid but then my parents moved me to a new neighborhood where I didn't have any friends. I stayed inside a lot, at that point.
In 1988, I got a Nes for Christmas. That console became my life. I was good. After a while, neighborhood kids would come over to play. We'd trade games. I'd give them codes. I'd beat the toughest games. I fit in.
Nintendo was there for me when I was friend-less. Some of the friends I have to this day were because of that 8-bit grey/black box. Nintendo was my first console and for a while, it was my life.
I'm a gamer to this day and it all goes back to the days of shooting ducks with the Zapper from two inches from the screen on my black and white TV.
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