u/SuddenlyFrogs

INT, DINER. GEORGE AND JERRY SIT AT THEIR TABLE, AND HAVE CLEARLY BEEN ARGUING FOR A WHILE.

George: "I'm telling you, Jerry, the door killed me!"

JERRY IS SKEPTICAL.

Jerry: "Oh, it was the door."

George: "The Build Engine has so many bugs, it's a wonder anyone finishes a shareware episode. Duke Nukem is jank! Blood is jank!"

Jerry: "Oh, but Redneck Rampage, that's a masterpiece."

NEWMAN ARRIVES.

Jerry: "Hello, Newman."

Newman: "Don't patronise me. I have important information."

Jerry: "Did you read about the engine-killing gibs cheat from Rise of the Triad?"

Newman: "I found the terminal that explains the plot of Marathon. It's in Pathways Into Darkness."

Jerry: "Be still my beating heart. A plot? For a Doom clone?"

Newman: "You don't understand. You with your souped-up 24 megabyte PC and your polygons! You can't see the majesty of Mac gaming!"

NEWMAN STORMS OFF.

George: "I don't care if I ever beat the Cycloid Emperor, I am done with Build games."

JERRY LOOKS GENUINELY CONCERNED.

Jerry: "You're not gonna play Myst, are you?"

George: "No, of course not!"

GEORGE THINKS CAREFULLY.

George: "You think if I modded all the textures, I could play System Shock at work?"