虽然现在很难想象，有一段时间没有那么久以前…

Although it s kind of hard to imagine now, there was a time not so long ago when the concept of a video game was a "pie in the sky" idea. Computers were barely seen as useful tools in business, and were viewed as having even less potential for entertainment. Technology has a way of changing the way we think about things, and it wasn t long before early video games captured the minds and quarters of an entire generation. Yes, I am a child of the eighties, and I feel fortunate to have spent part of my childhood in the decade where video games went from a pipe dream to a cultural phenomenon.

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