Regardless of what you think of Techcrunch founder Michael Arrington’s ethics, what has been revealed via the Techcrunch #twittergate is some of the most fascinating information to have hit the mediasphere in a long time. As Cult of the Amateur author A.J. Keen puts it, referring to the leak, technology start-ups have become the “hottest celebrities in America… receiving the same kind of obsessionally intimate coverage from the media that was once reserved for kings of pop like Michael Jackson or Elvis.”

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The first time I see Billy Mitchell he is holding court among the games, greeting admirers, signing autographs, and distributing bumper stickers that celebrate his greatest achievement: WORLD’S FIRST PERFECT PACMAN. This is the summer of 2003, and we are at the Sixth Annual Classic Gaming Expo, held in the slightly run-down conference facilities of the Plaza Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Billy is impossible to miss.

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