In this review of Forest of Fortune for HTML Giant, Sean Carswell unpacks how advertising works in casino culture and what it means for the people stuck in its vortex:

We’re often seduced by advertising, untroubled by the knowledge that we’re being lied to, uncritical of the alternate reality it sells. We want the story regardless. In almost every case, it’s the story we purchase. The commodity is just the bi-product, something we’ll keep around until the story loses its luster.

A really sharp and savvy take that makes me seem much smarter than I am. To quote Pee Wee Herman, “I meant to do that.”