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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
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- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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Have you heard of the cancelled Penn and Teller video game Desert Bus?
It takes 8 hours to beat, requires your constant attention, and can't be paused. I'd say that still falls into the "possible to beat" but you could keep pushing the limits further.
What if there were 10 levels like that but you can pause between levels? Still technically possible. What about 1000 levels? That requires almost a year of active playtime, but there are pro players with that many hours in their game. Where's the limit? 10K? 50K? 500K? I don't know.
Of course, this is all just a random thought experience on what it means for a game to be possible to beat. I don't think there's an empirical way to define the boundary between possible and impossible, but we could also just restrict it to "games that have been beaten at least once by someone and are provably beatable".
Ultimately I do agree with you though. There are just too many games out there for this to be possible anyway.
Yes I am familiar with Desert Bus. I was thinking of that game and a few based off it when I wrote my second paragraph. That, and the abundance of flash games targeted toward kids.
For "possible to beat" I really mean possible. Not humanly reasonable. If there is a way for a standard human to do it, as difficult as it may be, it counts. Unless the game is unfinished, has no means of completion (like some Action52 games) or is impossible by design, it counts.