As I sat down in my room to decide what I wanted to write about for my extra blog post, it hit me almost too perfectly. I leave my TV on a lot, and the Simpsons came on. In this particular episode, Marge sits down to play an MMORPG similar to LOTRO, with a medieval theme. First, she goes through the EULA, which a gamelike character tells her to ignore and click "agree." Within the game, Marge meets the toons of the other Simpsons characters, including, Moe, Principal Skinner, Apu, and Mrs. Krabapple.
Marge gets so involved in the game that she ends up playing for over a day at a time. This humorously illustrates the intense dedication some people hold. She goes through quests, collaborating with other players, and earning gold. She continues to enjoy the world, until she is unintentionally killed by Bart's character.
During the course of her gameplay, Marge also encounters a griefer. Shadow Knight, a character all others fear, turned out to be Bart's character. Bart and Marge engage in quests and end up in Bart's trophy room. Marge changed all Bart's skulls and weapons to Hello Kitty themes, which Bart goes around destroying, proceeding to inadvertently killing Marge. Marge is so upset, she gets angry with Bart in real life. Bart makes it up by pressing alt + f5, sacrificing two thirds of his power to revive her. Bart's griefing ways come back to haunt him, however, as the other characters band together and kill the Shadow Knight in his Dungeon.
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