For whatever reason, I was thinking about the Empire Strikes Back Atari game. Then, I remembered that the kid who let me play it was an older kid I met via the older brother of a friend my age. I think I lost track of him after that friend moved away, though this guy continued to live a few blocks away from me.
I looked him up, and
he's a real estate agent. I feel disappointed and somehow like that's a waste of human potential, but I guess that's not really justified. What did I think he was going to be? A professional cool video games introducer? I didn't know much about him other than he seemed mature, had the 2600, was good at pretend shoot-and-bomb games, and he liked tennis.