Sheer nostalgia. Remembrance of the days, when there were no Play Stations, we were devoid of the 3-D gaming experience and graphic cards, gaming encounters needed to pass through a long connection sequences of console to TV and remote controllers. There existed cartridges, and Super Mario ruled the world. In addition, there was Tank, straightforward entertainment, where all you needed to do was to control your given vehicle, inside a specific area, blow up your enemies into ashes and complete stage after stage.
It was some serious fun back then. You would have to maneuver in the four main directions, loaded with just one gun, and you have enemies lining up against you. Moreover, you were supposed to save a target. Sometimes there would be top ups, which would either upgrade or degrade your status. Another main attraction was the stages. It was compilation of a variety of things, from bricks to iron blocks, to water to forests, to cement roads, all in one stage. As you cross one stage, the next stage gets tougher and more challenging. Moreover, the view would be from the top, for a better maneuvering of your move.
However, it all went through the drain. The cycle of nature, you may say. The old makes way for the new. The whole of gaming sector was occupied with much more advanced interactive experiences. Day in and day out, we were being fed with more and more inputs. We started to get completely involved. They urged us to use our brains. Stress busters became more of competitive game now.
It is often said, being childish is good. Then someone took it too seriously, for our good. A new version was developed for our own old Tank. It was a fusion of the old game with the new interface. It had more colors; it became more attractive, interactive. You got more guns, more air attacks. Still the aim was the same; kill them all, as Metallica would have said.
Playing it turned out to be, altogether, a new experience. You did not need any brains; you did not need to be Einstein for it. Sit, shoot and you are done; all you need it a good power of attention. Probably this was the reason too that it became a success.
Therefore, the next time you are aggravated to the core and need to fun, sheer, pure, plain fun and need some place to take your frustration out, you do know what and how you need to do the needed. So yeah, Blow them up indeed.