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========== As a kid you don’t realize you’re beingwho you are, you just are. Until youbecome a teenager and you becomeself-conscious of who you are.I ended up seeing Phantom Menace, I think Isaw it nine times in theatres after it cameout. Which I think is probably thenerdiest thing I've ever done but Iloved it and I wouldn’t have changed a thing about that.We used to play Magic: TheGathering in—it was, the back room of the library.It was this dark little room and I wouldplay with these older kids and, atthe time, I thought they were reallycool. I totally looked up to those guys.I remember being in high school and I cameup with this term:I started calling myself a GERD, which is half geek/half nerd.I remember when Playstationfirst came out, they had Final Fantasy VII,...