A 41 year old geezer with the mind and maturity level of a 23 year old. Whether my mind never grew up or my heart refused was of no consequence as I discovered the one real, true passion and major interest very early. At the age of about 8, I discovered the QBASIC language on a Tandy TRS-1000 (before Windows 3.1 was even released!) and began enjoying the control more than the 8-bit games of which I'd grown tired. Unfortunately, games didn't remain 8-bit... and they soon drew me back in. Shortening an already long story, I pissed away 20 years gaming... if I'd have just stuck with programming, starting at 8 YEARS OLD right before computer systems exploded exponentially... I'd have been developing the games to which I ultimately gave half the years of my life. Isn't it ironic... don't ya think? I wonder what my potential bank account would've looked like... :'(