My History of Computer Games in the 20th Century

I always had a problem when people asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up;  I never could find an answer.

I would have said astronaut, but I knew that the food was awful

I eventually started saying ‘architect’ which led to a university course and a good grounding in many design skills, but my heart was never really in it.

What I didn’t know then, and I didn’t realise until recently, was that the very thing I wanted to do to make a living didn’t even exist at the time.

It might not even exist now.



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