The purpose of this blog is to explore the games that have impressed me, influenced me, and shaped my life - all in chronological order.  So let's get started!

Atari began selling Pong machines November 29, 1972.  I was 7 years old.  I went to church on Sunday morning with my parents in Pulaski, TN (the church is still there... East Hill Church of Christ).  Every Sunday after church, we would go have lunch at the Blue Bird cafe (also still there).  My memory is that the burgers, beef stew, and open-faced roast beef sandwiches were amazing.  When my parents were paying at the register up front, I remember playing 45's on the jukebox.  But one day, sometime when I was 7 or 8 years old, they got this wondrous new woodgrain and yellow machine.  I was hooked.