I loved playing the original Oregon Trail as a kid, with the fluorescent green graphics and the simplistic Y/N commands. Taught me more than 5th grade history ever did.
I used to make my living tweaking pixels in photoshop. Let me tell you, sometimes I have pixelated nightmares. The word dithering is akin to heavy rain on my day.
Medieval folk used to be suspicious of vegetables because they grew in the earth, and thus were closer to hell. Perhaps there is the most evil root of all festering under our very feet right now.