I used to visit a friend’s house after school in the 90s. We played Need for Speed 2 on his computer. Thanks to a bunch of cheat codes, you could turn the game from a challenging car race into a completely ridiculous experience. I distinctly remember driving a T-rex around a Hollywood studios–inspired track at 200+ kilometers per hour. It was insane—but also insanely fun.
After finding the level and car on Youtube, one of the comments on the video stood out to me: “I miss the times when cheats made no sense and actually added a lot of fun to games.” My memory is a good example: I can barely recall any of the cars in the game, let alone the different tracks—but I can remember that T-rex-in-Hollywood experience any day of the week.
Sometimes, the things that make no sense are actually the few things that do. Don’t dismiss the quirky, fun, or seemingly irrelevant. One day, either of those qualities might be the only one that remains.