
Of course, there was a darker groove beneath the candy gloss. Tinkering with saves blurred lines between play and fabrication. Leaderboards became less about who had clicked the longest and more about who crafted the cleanest narrative of accomplishment. And where there’s a market, there’s commerce: paid editors and bespoke save services cropped up, promising bespoke legacies in exchange for crypto or favors. For purists, that felt like sacrilege; for others, it was a service that turned frustration into joy.