This pop star released a hit song whose title matches her age at the time.
22
During the rise of Nintendo in 1985, Sega created a mascot to rival Mario.
Sonic the Hedgehog
It took me a while for Nick's dog to finally like me.
Wall-E
A band that Ben openly says is one of his favorites.
Linkin Park
In this Call of Duty title, a haunting Zombies song became an instant fan favorite.
115
A known video game crash in 1983 was caused by one infamous game.
E.T.
Roughly after 2015, there was a period where Nick and I did not talk until 2017 because Ben did something.
Moved.
Instead of going to Mountain View High School, Ben's sister helped him transfer to another school because of the risk of seeing his bullies.
El Monte High School/EMHS
The song, "Kiss Me Thru the Phone", has a phone number where it's in the lyrics, and at one point, a real number you can call for a digital fan line from Soulja Boy.
(678) Triple 9-8212
In 1992, an outcry occurred for a famous game that later created the rating system we see today.
Mortal Kombat
After many attempts, Nick finally beat me in a game where I got very upset.
Chess
While growing up, Ben only own one home console at the time.
Gamecube
This Albuquerque phone number belongs to a lawyer you’d better call.
(505) 503-4455
The lawyer who saved Nintendo from a lawsuit from Universal Studios is now named after one of their popular IPs.
Our neighbor gave this nickname to Nick where I still call him to this day.
Boy Boy
One of Ben's favorite hand-held consoles was lost at the mall and still saddens him to this day.
DS Lite
This eight-digit code is required to arm the bomb in a legendary tactical shooter.
7355608
Near the end of the life span of the Sega Genesis, these two add-ons attempted to further extend the life span of the Genesis to compete with Nintendo.
Sega CD and 32x.
Star Wars
Ben, in total, had three restaurant jobs.
Tommy's Burgers, Baekjeong, Round Table Pizza