The thing that ate college.

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There was hardly a day, junior year, that my friend and I didn't sit down and plunk quarters into the tabletop machine in the lounge. That little warble that passes for a theme song will probably go with me to my grave.

This is a deceptively simple little game. You pilot an oblong paddle and bounce a ball off a compound of bricks. It's much like Breakout, except when you catch little pills that fall from the sky, you can shoot lasers, make your paddle short or long, and gain all sorts of extra powers. Ball speed increases with time.

Your goal is to wipe out the entire wall that looms above your head. Do this and you will head toward the glory of placing your name in the high score list.

Don't do this, and, well, hopefully you too will find yourself in the vicinity of a place that has really good toasted bagels.