Lawrence Tabak started off with Candy Land but before long hit the harder stuff (Pong, Tron, etc.). His first job was playing knock hockey with ten-year-olds as a playground supervisor. He later tried pizza assembly and door-to-door solicitation before settling into a series of jobs in Iowa, California, New Jersey, and Kansas as a tennis professional. His writing has appeared in numerous national magazines and journals, including Fast Company , Salon.com, and The Atlantic Monthly . He and his wife have raised two game-obsessed boys--among their accomplishments are stints on the pro-gaming squads of SK Gaming and Fnatic.