To whom it may concern

It's the 14th of the month, and that's the date we put aside to think about all those amazing minor characters, places, organisations and general backdrop that make Eerie so compellingly watchable.

This month's theme is:

MUTANT ATTACK

"That was pathetic," said Dash. "I might not remember anything beyond the last six months, but I feel confident saying that was the most pitiful thing I've ever seen in my life."

"Don't listen to him, Marshall," Simon said loyally. "You did fine."

"The game machine laughed at him," said Dash. "A glowing green skull appeared on the screen, laughed and called him a loser."

"You couldn't do any better," Simon shot back. "I bet you don't even know how to play Mutant Attack."

Dash shrugged.

"I know enough not to get laughed at by green pixelated skulls," he said.

Ongoing Verse: Trusted Associates Inc

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It's Tuesday, so today you get a choice between two prompts. Pick one, combine both, pit them against each other - on Tuesday, you choose!

This week, your options are:

Eerie Enquirer versus Mutant Attacks

just finished my essay on video art in Eerie, Indiana. Let me know if you wanna read it

— eli bot (@REALelibot) October 2, 2019

so the game in today's @CallMeKevin1811 video is 100% a game they'd have at the arcade in #EerieIndiana https://t.co/h457SnURDx

— William Arthur (@Wart_M) May 20, 2019

I don't know what got me nostalgic, but I looked up a mall that's 30 minutes from my hometown (45-ish from where I am now), just to see if it still has an arcade. The old Tilt arcade is gone, but it has a Namco-run arcade now (can't remember the name), and a Pacman Cafe coming.

— Sandwichhead (@IdentInvalid) October 9, 2018

It was the smallest mall, but had some stuff I couldn't find elsewhere (a Primus "Fly" shirt? Wish I still had one), and it figured into my formative years.

— Sandwichhead (@IdentInvalid) October 9, 2018

It had one of the larger pre-Super Walmarts attached to it. We always seemed to frequent that mall on Sundays, around tornado season. Hit the mall, check out the record store, hit the arcade (Street Fighter II: Champion Edition? Super SSFII?), go home for Sunday TV...

— Sandwichhead (@IdentInvalid) October 9, 2018

It had one of the larger pre-Super Walmarts attached to it. We always seemed to frequent that mall on Sundays, around tornado season. Hit the mall, check out the record store, hit the arcade (Street Fighter II: Champion Edition? Super SSFII?), go home for Sunday TV...

— Sandwichhead (@IdentInvalid) October 9, 2018

Assuming the weather wasn't knocking out the signal (we were either no-cable or didn't have cable split to our bedroom yet) or it wasn't pre-empted by sports or some country music bullshit, I had Eerie, Indiana and Mann and Machine to watch. Neither lasted long.

— Sandwichhead (@IdentInvalid) October 9, 2018

That was the time that I really got into certain bands, decided I wanted a guitar, gaming was in another renaissance, and I was kinda figuring out who I was.

— Sandwichhead (@IdentInvalid) October 9, 2018

Plus, no matter how small the place was, it had an arcade that had things I wanted to play, and not all of it was the same as the other places. At the time, I had 3 malls within 30 minutes, 2 grocery stores within 5-10, and a laundromat when the washer died.

— Sandwichhead (@IdentInvalid) October 9, 2018

Add to that 3 or 4 good gaming mags, Mad, Cracked, and whatever book took my fancy filling my lap...it was a pretty good time.

— Sandwichhead (@IdentInvalid) October 9, 2018