Thanks, I appreciate it =)

Indeed, hopefully the next 8 years are much less eventful than the previous few were.

Just turned 32 last week...
However...

Considering I had cancer at 28.
And a stroke at 30.
Reading 40 would be an accomplishment.

Here's hoping...

This is the clear answer.

Alas, youth is wasted on the young.

Thanks to having had cancer and a stroke by the age of 30... Far more often than I would like.

http://www.terrisus.com/pictures/1-nes.jpg
http://www.terrisus.com/pictures/1-snes1.jpg
http://www.terrisus.com/pictures/1-snes2.jpg
http://www.terrisus.com/pictures/1-ps1.jpg

Of course, they're particularly suited to RPGs, but, in theory they could be used with any game.
I had gone through a similar sort of situation last year, when I had cancer in my left arm, and they said it was possible I might end up losing it - which thankfully I didn't, but, my arm had to be in a cast for a couple of weeks after the surgery still. So, was kind of preparing for that possibility, and so picked up all four of those. Definitely not a fun situation, but fortunately there are some options out there.

On Veteran, started off at 9-1-1.
Kept going, after 100 rounds was at 38-35-27.

So, winning more than a third of the time, and losing less than a third of the time through 100 rounds.

Legends of Terris is a MUD which had been on AOL dating back to the mid-90s, and is still active and being played online (legendsofterris.com).

Wikipedia used to have a page listing for Legends of Terris with plenty of information. Soon after, much of the information was cleared out, due to it "not being from a reliable source." Soon after that, the page was deleted, due to not being "important enough," or something to that effect.

Yes, my username here (and most every place I've registered for anything over the past decade) is based on Terris. No, I don't run Terris, nor am I involved in its administration. I've just been playing it for the past decade plus, and love it very much. And no, I'm not involved enough in Wikipedia to go through the effort of trying to jump through their hoops in order to try to get the page back up or anything like that.

Seeing what Wikipedia did to the Legends of Terris page, while plenty of pages that seem extremely irrelevant with hardly any sources, or sources from random people, has been plenty of reason for me to not rely on Wikipedia for anything.

From the article:
"Yes, some N64 games retailed for as high as $80, but it was also the high end of a 60 to 80 dollar range,"

I never recall paying more than $59.99US for an N64 game (maybe one of the games that came with something else in the box, but other than that), and have a number of receipts still sitting around to verify that (prices below from ebworld.com from a couple of purchases in 2000. I would have posted the full emails, but slashdot's filter kept being upset with it).
People now always seem to talk about regularly paying $70 or $80 for N64 games, but, I have no clue at all where people were shopping where they were paying that.

179934 $49.99 BANJO TOOIE N64
182565 $59.99 AIDYN CHRONICLES: 1ST MAGE N64
182829 $59.99 Mario Tennis
182835 $59.99 Legend of ZELDA 2: Majora's Mask
182837 $59.99 HEY YOU PIKACHU N64
182841 $59.99 PAPER MARIO STORY N64

162701 Perfect Dark $59.99
176879 OGRE BTLE 64 PRSN LORDLY CALIB $59.99
164384 Pokemon Stadium $59.99
175495 MARIO PARTY 2 N64 $49.99

I've been playing my MUD of choice, Legends of Terris, for a dozen years or more now, and still play it quite regularly.
(Also have my username most places based off of it, needless to say).

Certainly much less active than it was, but, still a very dedicated core of players.
The world in there really seems like home, with many great friendships formed over time. There really hasn't ever been anything quite like it for me.

Crowdsourced commissioned art? Sounds like a good plan to me, actually. Kickstarter funds a wide variety of projects (not just art) in a similar manner.