My brother and I had an elaborately worked-out story and setting for our Nintendo-themed plush dolls that mostly reflected our exposure to <i>Dragonball Z</i> in afternoon&#x2F;early-morning cartoon blocks.<p>In fact, it was slightly more aware of its own genre conventions than DBZ ever achieved.<p>Of course, we had loads and loads of free time back then.  Why, I had so much free time back then, I could spend time trying to write my own pathetically hand-crafted D3D8 game engine <i>and</i> play with dolls with my brother, <i>all in the same week!</i><p>Compare to adulthood, in which I&#x27;m lucky to combine going to the gym, basic household tasks, and accomplishing 5 hours of hobby-stuff in a single week of outside-work time.