After two-and-a-half solid decades, it's safe to say that video games are no longer a "hobby" for Randy -- they're a bona fide lifestyle. He too emerged from the land of VIC-20s and Commodore 64s, and he too acknowledges their rightful place as today's forebears, but he feels that games are only getting better and better with each generation.

Considering their parallels to board games, Randy harbors a soft spot for strategy titles and sim-builders, but he also holds a hefty appreciation for story-centric action adventures. When he finally detaches from gaming each day, he reads post-modernist fiction, memoirs, and Beat poetry.