Ok. If you started messing around with consoles in the 70s and computers in the early 80s (as I did), you'll get a hearty dose of nostalgia if you pick up Commodork by Rob O'Hara (if you have a Kindle, it's only $0.99). Talk of disk trading, the computer and specifically BBS culture and even the rarity of computers in that era all bring back tons of memories. And there's lots of game stuff too.

So, to that end, I ask the following questions:

What was your first computer?

Mine was a Tandy Model II followed shortly thereafter by a TRS-80 Color Computer and a Franklin Ace (Apple ][ compatible), then back to a Tandy Model 1000 PC.

What was your first modem?

I believe it was a 300bps US Robotics. My family couldn't afford the Hayes.

What was your first console?

We had a Magnavox Odyssey, then an Atari 2600 around 1979. The kid across the street had an Atari 7200 and a Colecovision. I was so jealous.

What was the first BBS or online service you'd ever connected to (if you are too young to know what these were, please leave blank)?

Novasys and the Atari BBS (both NYC) are what I remember most. There were some earlier but I don't remember them well.

What was the first computer (which may or may not have been a PC) game you'd ever played?

I'm not sure, but I think there were some text adventures on the Model II I played. None have stuck with me permanently. I remember Poltergeist on the TRS-80 very well. On my Apple ][, I remember Below the Root, Temple of Apshai, Castle Wolfenstein, Dark Castle, Miner 2049er, Drol and Choplifter. Most were terrible but I loved them all the same.

Credit goes to my buddy Chris Charla (VP of Biz Dev at Backbone) for recommending the book to me when we were having dinner in Dallas last week.

As many of you know, Capcom is a very active participant within the PC Gaming Alliance, so it should be no surprise that we (and several of our co-members above) are bringing “the goods” to the PCGA CES booth.

First off, the booth is in the North Hall – Booth #5616

While Capcom will have a suite set up off-site for media and a few consumer events, the PCGA booth is the only publicly available place during the show to check out our wares.

So on that Capcom front, you’ll get to play Dark Void PC (with special Nvidia-powered PhysX enhancements) weeks before it’s available publicly. This is the first time we’ll show the enhanced PC version publicly so it’s a great opportunity for everyone to see how amazing it looks. We’ll have Resident Evil 5 and Street Fighter IV PC setups (complete with SFIV Tournament Edition Fight Sticks) also available for networked play over Games for Windows Live.

You’ll see new ATI Eyefinity triple monitor supported games running on a sweet Intel Core i7-powered Alienware ALX system. New Alienware M15X and M17X will be showing off games on the highest performance laptops in the market. Microsoft will have all systems present running on Windows 7 and you’ll see some of the new touch-screen games that MS is promoting to make use of those features running on a new Dell touch-screen PC.

There will be give-aways too… copies of Street Fighter IV PC, World of Goo, Dirt 2 PC, special limited edition Dark Void Will figurines, an ATI graphics card, Games for Windows Neon signs and more. Different give-aways will happen on different days and with different qualifications to win. Stop by the booth early each day to see what’s what.

For an extra special treat (or not, depending upon your point of view), I’ll be in the booth Friday from 2PM until 6PM if you wanted to set a special time to come by and say “hi”.