Rob Sterling

I love G4 TV. The network recently did a delightful show on how the 1984 E.T. game for the 2600 killed the video game business for ten years. And truth told, I bought a Commodore Vic-20 on the same day E.T. opened, using my snow-shovelling money. (A couple years ago I addressed an internal audience at GMAC and met the father of the Vic-20. That’s a whole ‘nutha story, but it’s worth mentioning that he’s a professor at Wharton. You think any of those Atari guys are teaching at Wharton? Pfah.)

Drawbacks to G4 - Pete Rojas’ hair. I’ve met Pete a couple times. We both set up Calacanis Weblogsinc blogs at about the same time (but people actually read Pete’s and Nick Denton doesn’t hate me, at least not as much). But Pete - get a friggin’ haircut. Please. Please. I can’t look at it anymore. It’s like you have a really bad toupee, except it’s actually your real hair.

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