Ah, Yordle, the yellow dragon. While not the most challenging dragon out of the three in Atari Adventure, he was the most obnoxious. What an epic pain in the ass he was. Atari released Adventure in 1980 and speaking for myself, I was damned grateful to have it. We were a lower-income family then, and having an Atari was a gift, even if my sister and I, as kids, didn’t fully understand that at the...
Roman Numerals: Not a Secret Code
Recently, a Facebook acquaintance, after reading some of the memoir episodes from this site, duly informed me she doesn’t understand Roman numerals. Really? Huh! Since she’s only a few years younger than me (and a Gen-Xer), her declaration mildly surprised me. I thought my generation knew Roman numerals, mostly because I distinctly recall many of the clocks in elementary and middle school using...