He unlocked his door and entered the dark apartment, keeping the lights off. There was enough ambient light from his various electronic equipment for him to see. Sebastian, the cat who had adopted him when he moved into the apartment, wound through his legs, reminding him that he needed to fill the bowl on the windowsill. He did that and then grabbed a beer for himself before heading into his office and taking a seat at his desk.

While he mostly worked on his couch in front of his big screen television, which was ideal for testing finished games, he liked the more intimate space of his office for the...