Forty years ago, the world was used to controversial ads. Campaigns on toasters, vacuum cleaners and even cigarettes, aimed at the kind of man who didn’t mind coming back home to a woman in an apron, a warm meal and beer… every single day.

Nobody had turned its engine on in a hundred years. There were parts missing, or simply stolen, and what was once a Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost, was now two seats and a steering wheel resting on rims.

Some years ago, before the world went mad, computer games were a huge part of daily life — for some. Now in the year 2012, former hardcore gamers roam the planet disguised as techies, lawyers or dentists. A small group, however, has planned a resistance, of sorts.

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George Ninan was in a state of near panic. The 27-year-old programmer had prepared himself for a 14-hour train journey but not for the two-hour delay that was now facing him.