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+# longway
+
+being a little joke program based on a recurring utterance in [the Action Button review of Pac-Man by Tim Rogers](https://youtu.be/GPzVlTgZoCg?t=190).
+
+```bash
+MOBYKEY=moby_123abc go run main.go
+wow. games sure have come a long way since Bust-A-Move 4 for Windows!
+```
+
+that's it. there are no flags. the output is slightly randomized.
+
+thanks, [moby games](https://mobygames.com), for the slick API <3
+
+## author
+
+[vilmibm](https://tilde.town/~vilmibm)