Origins…
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As the inaugural post for “The Riddle of Steal-The Blog” we thought it might be worthwhile to give the reader a brief look into the creation of this blog and its subsequent creative process.
Origins:
Two guys, best friends, born in the 70’s, raised on the classics: Star Wars, Superman, Raiders, Contra (you get the picture). We love our Texas home, but are currently enduring a generous layover in the PacNW. During our usual banter of all classic movies from the 1980’s (again, our formative years) we decided to discover what mysteries awaited at “RiddleOfSteel.com.” Surely, geeks the world round had inquired about this before, assuming some pioneering Gen Xer would have captured the domain years ago in order to pay homage to such greatness…
“Hither came Conan, The Cimmerian, black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand, a thief, a reaver, a slayer, with gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth, to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth under his sandaled feet.”
-Robert E. Howard, The Phoenix on the Sword, 1932.
