Are you serious AllenW?
Are you in turn saying that Burgertime was a influential title in regards to the eating practices of young people? There are a slew of videogames out there that related to food, the preparation and consumption of. I don't think that any of them have a strong impact on young people.
At least MLE doesn't involve car-jacking and killing everything in site.
Actually, there's a lot more to competitive eating than gluttony. There's also greed. Check out this video of competitive eater Erik Denmark engaging in an economics debate while shoveling food into his mouth
http://www.twistedpine.org/seattleuntimely/index.php5?episodeNum=12
@sireatsalot
Actually Burgertime was much more influential as a vehicle of communist propaganda (sort of like the claim about Mario, but this is real). Check it out.
http://www.twistedpine.org/seattleuntimely/index.php5?episodeNum=22
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