However it is primarily a cultural phenomenon, it’s simply spread to the rest of the world as part of the US cultural zeitgeist and near-hegemony.

The game has several different possible endings depending on your choices. The short story of course has only one ending: very depressing one that is the title of the story.

One of the few near perfect adaptations of a short story or novel into a game. Harlan Ellison was notoriously difficult to work with at times, but this one they were able to do a great job.

I remember watching a few episodes of this show as a kid. I specifically remember the episode where they played Dragon’s Lair, because given the very short play time the contestants had for the game, there were really only a few possible choices that everyone got correct and so they all had the same score…