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Comment by jbombadil

1 day ago

I think there's a case for a corporate class action lawsuit against Neal for employee productivity loss every time every time a new game is published.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Quest

> There is an urban myth that the release of Dragon Quest III caused a law to be passed in Japan banning the sale of Dragon Quest games or video games in general except on certain days such as weekends or national holidays. When III was released in Japan, over 300 schoolchildren were arrested for truancy while waiting in stores for the game to be released. The rumor claims there was a measurable dip in productivity when a Dragon Quest game was released and although muggings of Dragon Quest titles became so widespread that there were hearings in the Japanese Diet, no law was ever passed.

I seem to remember some similar discussion about when google put pacman in the google doodle.