It could even be a youtube video or movie that you don’t think anyone reading this has heard of besides you.

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      The appeal of games like this is so odd to me. They’re moronic on one hand but viscerally addictive on the other. A very interesting psychological dynamic going on with this whole genre.

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        It’s no mystery if you consider the world at the time and the target audience.

        Home computers were only a couple of years past where you had to solder the chips on yourself and still in nerdy kid domain.

        There was a big overlap with the Dungeons and Dragans crowd. Puzzles and imagining yourself as some character were a huge appeal.

        Now factor in that the underwear section of the Sears catalog was still the closest thing to porn as most 12 year olds could get their hands on.