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Patricia J.L. πŸ‘»πŸ§ΆπŸ–ŠοΈ's avatar

I learned about Polybius through Angry Video Game Nerd. He had an interesting video about the weird history of this legend.

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John Coon's avatar

Do you have a link to the video? I'd like it to check it out.

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Andrew Smith's avatar

Some conspiracy theories have a grain of truth to them, and here's where this one is:

The hypothetical scenario you describe is more or less what I experienced after several hours at the arcade. I'd have phantom game-playing while trying to sleep! Of course, this happened because of such a ridiculous surplus of screen time, not because something something X-files Joe Rogan.

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John Coon's avatar

Kinds of feels like the ads and sponsored pages are about conditioning you to think about/want certain things as much as clicks and traffic. It's definitely a good leaping off point for a sci-fi thriller or horror story in the vein of Invasion of the Body Snatchers or something similar.

Definitely recommend watching The Last Starfighter. Entertaining, exciting, and funny. It's an underrated sci-fi movie.

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