Welcome back to a miniseries within the Friday Know-It-All that we call “Return to the Computer Lab.” This is a semi-regular series in which our editorial staff explore the beloved computer games of our childhoods. (Are you surprised to learn many of us spent a lot of time on the computer?) Editor Sophie is here this week to talk about movie tie-ins and hoaxes.
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Gaming is a divisive topic in the trivia world. A lot of players know a lot of things about a lot of games. A lot of players know very little about games except that Luigi is the one with the green hat, and they’re often less than thrilled when we ask about them. Our staff, though, we know things about games. Let us tell you a few of them.