Tao of Geek: Being a Grown-Up Geek in a Grown-Up World.

I’m a product of what you’d call the “Nintendo Generation.” Being too young to be in Generation X, and still needing a trendy generational designation, this is a term that has been coined to describe those of us who grew up on 3 ¼ inch GI Joe figures and Japanese import cartoons before they were called “Anime” like “Thundercats,” “Silver Hawks,” and of course the quintessential “Transformers.” Not to mention growing up post Atari, yet pre-internet, probably the biggest invention of our generation was the Nintendo. The game system that started the home video-game craze, hence the moniker, “Nintendo Generation.” However there is another movement that I think is more appropriate as our generation get’s older. As we all start becoming adults, moving into the working world and seeing things from our childhood come back again for the first time. Movies such as “Spider-Man” and “Transformers,” and the rise of comic-book culture, I think now is the time to embrace the movement to reclaim the term Geek. As the world becomes a scarier place the older we get, there’s a greater importance felt not only on people who are free thinkers, but also on properties that allow people to escape even if only for a short time. So now, I’m more proud to say I’m a Geek, than a member of the “Nintendo Generation.”