he Nintendo Entertainment System was released in the United States on 18 October 1985: about a year after I was born, and 40 years ago today. Its as if the company sensed that a sucker whod spend thousands of dollars on plastic toys and electronic games had just entered the world. Actually, its as if the company had sensed that an entire generation of fools like me was about to enter the world. Which is true. That was the time to strike. We were about to be drained of every dollar we received...
