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Theuret doesn’t even have to be here. He says he retired three years ago, the day after his 22nd birthday, when he sold a few of his high-end engineering patents (which include a mechanism for motors to store their kinetic heat after being shut off, allowing them to restart immediately in subzero conditions). Not long into his retirement, he was spending nearly $1,000 daily on gadgets just to keep his boredom at bay, he says. After a nearby cousin asked him for a ride to Volt, Theuret—himself a lifelong avid gamer—stuck around to try it out. And he’s been here since.