Ever since his high-school graduation and stumbling across the game tester ad in a Power Games magazine, Thornton was glued to his television and game console.Video games were presented to him on a regular basis, first by mail and, more often than not, sent digitally to one of his gaming systems.

Galactic Casualties of War was one of his favorite games of all time.He loved its special effects and the feeling of being immersed in an alien world, commander of Green Squadron and ...