- Central Asia (Wikipedia)
Central Asia is a subregion of Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the southwest and Eastern Europe in the northwest to Western China and Mongolia in the east, and from Afghanistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the north. It includes Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The countries as a group are also colloquially referred to as the “-stans” as all have names ending with the Persian suffix “-stan” (meaning “land of”) in both respective native languages and most other languages.
- The Atari Years (dougneubauer1.wordpress.com)
After all these years I’ve finally realized that there are a lot of folks who are really interested in the early days of Atari and video games. So I’m writing this stuff down as best I can remember it. — Doug Neubauer, June 20, 2009