Article Paperboy is a Terrible Employee
Article Origin Story: Paperboy
Atari headquarters, 1983. A group of bored game designers sit around a table.
- Carl
All right, guys, I know it’s been a slow day, but let’s finish on a high note, okay? We just need to come up with something that kids will find fun. We were all kids once. What did you guys think was fun when you were kids? How about you, Jonathan?
- Jonathan
Hmm… I had a paper route for a while. That was pretty good.
- Carl
Okay, good. What sort of stuff did you do?
- Jonathan
Let’s see… I delivered papers. That was important.
- Dave
Sure. What else?
- Jonathan
Well, I delivered the papers while riding a bike.
- Russell
Okay! Bike riding! Now we’re getting somewhere!
- Jonathan
I don’t know. The whole biking around thing wasn’t really that fun. I remember having to spend a lot mental energy just avoiding obstacles. Lots of fire hydrants and lawnmowers and bees. Also a lot of breakdancers for some reason.
- Dave
Hmm. Maybe we should focus on the act of delivering the papers. You had to throw the papers at the houses, right?
- Jonathan
Oh, yeah.
- Dave
And throwing stuff’s pretty fun, right?
