the story of gamer zone

The Story of Gamer Zone is available from various places, in various formats: Amazon.com (Paperback) Amazon.com – Kendel Format Drive-Thru RPG – PDF eBook Format Apple AppStore – iPhone / iPad App    

Gamer Zone was not my idea.  Good God it was not my idea.  In fact, Gamer Zone was as far from my plans as you could get.  My wife at the time and I discussed some concepts for a restaurant that also was a gaming center, and went as far as planning it out.  We looked at …

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“Jack… tell me a story.” “Fuck you.” “That’s my favorite!” – Eddy Murphy & Nick Nolte, 48 Hours   I’ve given just a bit of background on the local Wichita LAN Gaming Center business field before jumping into the beginning of Gamer Zone.  It is somewhat important to the Story of Gamer Zone.  Also important …

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“Every new beginning comes from some other beginnings end.” – Closing Time, Matchbox 20 LAN Gaming Centers are an amazingly simple idea. Get a space, some computers and X Boxes, then charge people to play games. Unfortunately the reality is much more complex. One of the first problems with the situation is gamer geeks are …

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In January of 2009, I published my first book:  The Story of Gamer Zone.  It wasn’t a great book, by any means, but people still buy it from time to time.  Let me tell you a secret: I hate that book. Oh, it’s not the story that’s the problem.  It’s the writing and the editing. …

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