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Ta-Nehisi Coates - Ta-Nehisi Coates is a senior editor for The Atlantic, where he writes about culture, politics, and social issues for TheAtlantic.com and the magazine. He is the author of the memoir The Beautiful Struggle. More

Born in 1975, the product of two beautiful parents. Raised in West Baltimore—not quite The Wire, but sometimes ill all the same. Studied at the Mecca for some years in the mid-’90s. Emerged with a purpose, if not a degree. Slowly migrated up the East Coast with a baby and my beloved, until I reached the shores of Harlem. Wrote some stuff along the way.
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The Sort Of Thing That Makes Me Wish I Was 15...

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Nov 11 2009, 3:29 PM ET Comment

Dragon Age just released their toolset editor. I really would love to use to remake the Caves of Chaos, Against The Giants or some such. I just don't have time. I remember back in the day making RPGs with if/then commands on my C-64. Man, so much has changed. I would have gone into game design. I wish I could have seen the path.  

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