Don’t get me wrong, you do you and enjoy whatever, not judging. Just chiming in with my two cents on the reason why I think kids shows don’t grow up and mature alongside their audience.

In my opinion, cartoon shows don’t adapt themselves to older audiences: adults are supposed to grow out of kids content.

Maybe we’re on to something here, because honestly, after thinking a little more about it, I would say that the whole book really could work as a videogame. One could even use the James Incandenza filmography as some kind of in game collectible, like some Interlace tapes that you’d have to find scattered throughout the game world.

They could probably also add a MGS mission scene where Hal had to sneak around the academy tunnels in order to get his pot fix. And another one where you’d have to get the timing right on the “jumping in front of the train” for the Wheelchair Assassin’s initiation. Honestly I think this game might actually have potential to work.

It’s probably be impossible to do but an Infinite Jest rpg in the same vein as Disco Elysium would be the bees knees. Tenis and Eschaton mini games included.