The year I was born signified the end of an era: 1989, when the Berlin Wall was knocked down in celebration of my birth. I was raised near Detroit, where all who came in contact with me were better for it, and have grown into finer people than most who've lacked a touch of me in their lives. I played hockey; I was pretty stinkin' good, before I took slapshots to both of my ankles for your sins. Now, I drink beer as though it were water, and make my way across steam to baptize newbs in parts of their own controllers as they break them.