I think that the very deliberate actions (like your food dilemma, for example) is exactly why I enjoyed and still do enjoy U7 – I feel like I am immersed in the game. (Alternately, did you know you could have used the quick-key “f” to create a food target cursor and then “feed” each group member? TONS easier.)

Ultimately, however, I think there is more mid-90′s nostalgia involved in my playing the game again and again than anything. I remember being 13, playing this game with my bakelite mouse, while skipping school and listening to old “The Eagles Greatest Hits” tapes on “repeat.” I never try to beat it anymore – only to wander around with old “friends,” manipulating items here and there and desperately trying to get lost in a world I know better than my own neighborhood.

What’s best, U7 temporarily cures my wanderlust when I’m stuck in the middle of lunch break at my quotidian desk job.