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@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ Later, all throughout high school, we were both in the same class. We were never
This did not keep us from maintaining a kind of distant friendship, mainly fueled by our shared interest in *Battletech*, other science fiction book series, and computer games. We sometimes met, half secretly, after school near the bicycle stands behind the gym to exchange books, have brief conversations about them, or share strategies for beating *LucasArts* point-and-click adventures like *Maniac Mansion* or *Zak McKracken*.
I sometimes regret not having had the courage to spend more time with him despite teenage peer pressure, but the need to belong and play the social game was as much of a minefield at that age as it is today. That reminds me that I still have the dark brown sheet of paper with the exit visa codes (early ’90s copy protection!) from *Zak McKracken* somewhere that he lent me, the one you needed to travel between places. That might be as good a hook as any to get back in touch with him.
I sometimes regret not having had the courage to spend more time with him despite teenage peer pressure, but the need to belong and play the social game was as much of a minefield at that age as it is today. That reminds me that I still have the dark brown sheet of paper with the [exit visa codes](https://www.c64copyprotection.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Zak.pdf) (early ’90s copy protection!) from *Zak McKracken* somewhere that he lent me, the one you needed to travel between places. That might be as good a hook as any to get back in touch with him.