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Once upon a time, calling another kid a nerd or geek was one of the worst playground insults imaginable, as bad if not worse than calling someone a teacher's pet. Then the internet arrived, and with it came the need for people with the skills and temperament to build it. These turned out to be the exact traits that got geeky kids picked on at school: Vivid imaginations, an obsession with technical details, and a willingness to stick with complex puzzles for hours on end.

In the end, the nerds got their revenge, and today, everything nerdy and geeky, from board and video games to fantasy worlds, is cool. Role-playing games such as Dungeons and Dragons and Ma

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