Even though he'd made the decision to stay, it still surprised Riley when he walked into the classroom to teach another class in another semester. He truly thought he'd be one and done but no. Apparently, a part of him liked this place. Go figure.

Once the students had arrived and Riley had hooked up the consoles they'd be using for today's video game, he got started on the brief lecture.

"Hey guys, welcome to what I think is the first class of the new semester," he said, half smiling. "Yeah, it's a little early which means it's a little cold but hey, you're all here now. Today, we're gonna take it easy and get the introductions out of the way but we're gonna play a video game too. For those that don't know, this class is about classic video games. Each class, we'll take a look at video game from the past that you played on a console that is no longer relevant. Now, I know some of you might come from different worlds were tech is a little different and video games might be either more advanced or not even invented at all. For this class, though, we'll be concentrating on this world's video games since that's what I know and I'd love to sound like the smart person in the room."

He knew there was one or two people who might make that hard. Kids were so smart these days.

"So, intros. Easy peasy. Just let me know your name and what type of video game you like. Puzzle, adventure, role playing, simulation, anything. You can give me an example of a video game you really like too, if you want. After that, I've got some Atari consoles hooked up -- "

Yes, Atari.

" -- so we're gonna play some Pitfall. Let's get started!"

Ah, nerdism. Riley was in his element.