who am i

i sat on the floor

At one point in my life, after more than twenty years out in the world, I found myself back at my mom's house.

I was sitting on the floor, taking inventory of what was left of my life.

My mom walked by and asked me, "What are you doing?"

I looked up and said:

"I'm building a world I want to live in."

I didn’t know exactly where that world would lead yet.
But I knew it had to be built.

For most of my life I was told there was a right way to do things — a narrow path you were supposed to follow. I followed those paths, learned the systems, worked the jobs, and studied the rules.

Over time I realized something important.

Many systems aren't broken because people are malicious.

They’re broken because nobody questions them.

I’ve always been the type of person who studies the system, learns the rules deeply, and then finds the most efficient path through them. Sometimes that means standing right on the edge of what people think is possible.

Not unethical.
Not harmful.
Just… unconventional.

That mindset is what I call being a degen.

Not the insult people throw around online.

The real meaning.

A degen is someone who refuses to accept that the limits placed on them are permanent.

A degen learns everything they can, pushes boundaries, and builds new paths where none existed before.

I've spent decades in technology — solving problems, learning systems, staying up until sunrise chasing solutions, then still showing up the next morning ready to work harder than anyone else in the room.

Not because I had to.

Because I love building.

Pac's Arcade is the result of that mindset.

It's a place for creators, builders, artists, and dreamers who feel like they never quite fit into the traditional systems of the world.

Here we build new ones.

Not with anger.

With curiosity, creativity, and community.

This is the world I'm building.

And if you're reading this, you're invited to help build it too.