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The serious business of making things up

by NICK SMOOT/Contributing Writer
| August 3, 2025 1:00 AM

At some point, we all stop to realize a strange truth: everything around us — your favorite movie, your phone, even your kitchen table — was once nothing more than an idea someone made up.

Seriously, imagine trying to pitch Super Mario Bros. for the first time.

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