Hi there. I live in the Portlandiego area. I have been a lame ass fan of phreaking going back to 1990. If you count the phone number I learned to make any landline where I grew up ring then we could change that to 1980. I am not that great at the technical side of phreaking, however I understand the language. When I discovered PLA redboxing was about to die, it had about 5 years to go. I used to play 'Car Wars', only with the little chits and the paper foldouts of the arena or the linking highway. Steve Jackson games also had a bunch of wargames with sci-fi themes on hexagon maps that featured great art but poor play. 'G.E.V.' was my favorite, but I never finished a game. 'Car Wars was a breakout, and presaged the video game blowup by a hair. It had a magazine that went with it-'Autoduel Quarterly'- but you could only get it by post or in the bigger town south of me, so it was tough, at that time, in 8th grade. The reason I bring this up is I was captivated by the sweeps that engulfed Steve Jackson Games. More than that I read the book concerning it by Bruce Sterling. After that I was hooked following phreaking and to a lesser extent hacking. At this point in time, they are almost nearly the same. I lamented the death of the payphone, seriously. It ushered in a new area of humanless conduct and a further detachment from the magic of the telephone. In my lifetime it is likely there will no no differenciation between what I consider a computer and what I consider a telephone. In other words, no more telephones.
Going back to Steve Jackson games, I wondered what became of Car Wars? Oh yeah its called 'Twisted Metal' and its okay. Way more importantly, what became of 'Illuminati'? As far as card/board games of that era, it was a standout.
Okay this was my little entry spiel. Now I need to find out how to fuck with my latest ex-girlfriend's cellphone. She texted mine from a ghost number and it took me a few to realize what was going on so I suppose I want some revenge however her shitty life is the best revenge I can have. Honestly. I am curious though, what the phreaks have been up to lately? I been out of the loop, and so, with all forthrightness, here I am to get into the loop. At least a little.
