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The Ever Evolving World Ep. 1 - Why I Became a Writer

By Adam Westenberger | 02/21/12

Over 20 years ago, I took my first steps as a gamer. The NES had been a dominate player but was losing ground to the next generation: SNES and Genesis. These two new consoles battled it out for supremacy in the gaming world. Every month, I would go to my favorite gaming magazines to read the blow by blow report on who was winning the “console war.”

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