GI.n: What was your very first video game experience (not necessarily the first game you played) and why do you think that has "stuck in your head" to this day?

Roger Hantz: I have different memories of growing up and playing all kinds of different games on various game systems. ColecoVision, Atari, even some off-the-wall type of console that only came with one of those light-guns a la Duck Hunt. But, the memory that sticks out most in my head was playing Legend of Zelda on NES, and finding the hidden stairwell within the first dungeon. In my naiveté, I remember saying out loud, "Wow! Maybe this leads to Ganon!" That feeling of accomplishment and wonder and excitement (and some self-proclaimed cleverness, too) is something I think every gamer likes to feel, and I guess I've been chasing that same type of feeling over and over all these years I've spent as a gamer.