one of my earliest video game memories was my neighbor from down the street burning me a copy of Roller Coaster Tycoon onto a CD and giving it to me for free, with the caveat that one day a week he would sit behind me and backseat game HARD. like "build this here, okay now build this here, no not there, HERE, okay now make a path here," etc etc. i never minded it at the time, i genuinely had no idea how to play so i thought he was teaching me. years later i learned that him and his family were Orthodox Jewish and him backseat gaming me was his way of getting around the Sabbath ban on playing video games
the entire family was so fucking funny dude. one time they accidentally left a floodlight in their backyard on past midnight that was shining directly into my parents' bedroom, so they go over and knock on their door to ask "hey can you turn that light off?"
and they go "no. we cannot turn the light off :)" and then my parents remember it's technically the Sabbath and the parents in particular are so Orthodox they won't even directly ask people to do things for them. and they keep repeating "no, WE can't turn the light off :)" while holding the door wide open and angling their bodies towards the light switch
















