Video games have been a passion of mine since I was a little kid. I can still remember getting my first Nintendo and thinking, “how are these graphics even possible?” I think back on that now and just laugh. Some of my best memories were gathering at friends’ houses and playing Madden, NBA 2K, Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat. We would play sometimes for hours, talking trash to each other the entire time. There were no participation trophies back then. You were either a winner or a loser and to the victor goes the spoils. The spoils being endless smack talk. Man, I wanted to hurt those guys sometimes, haha. It was always in good fun and we are all still close to this day. It amazes me when I think how we are more technologically advanced now than ever in human history but also the most disconnected. My vision is that this place will provide an environment to bring people back together again and help facilitate those types of life-long relationships.