I grew up a hardcore gamer, I played everything, often played it well, and certainly played it long. In effect I have been modding from almost the very start, as many of the games that "came out" when I first started playing computer games where printouts you had to type in yourself.

For several years after university I was able to remain a hardcore gamer, but someplace between seriously contributing to the IT industry and forming my own business I became a more causal...