Dartpaw86: When Bernard is talking to Nurse Edna, she says that Lucasarts heard of the incident that happened during the first game, and cashed in on it by making a computer game based on it, and owes Fred several million dollars in royalties for using their likenesses etc...

But what boggles me, is that apparently Weird Ed bought the game for his computer. Despite it's based on the incident that scarred him for life and forced him into massive therapy.

Though I could just say it's there solely for Easter Egg status and leave it at that, despite the conversation with Edna really does seem to be trying to justify it being there.

ZarkonDrule: Therapeutic tool?

Maybe his therapist forced him to face his past lol

Dreadjaws: There's a number of explanations. As an aside, the idea that Ed "bought" the game is a bit silly. Considering it's based on their life, they surely got at least one free copy.

Anyway, my short list would be:

1) Ed got the game installed on his computer by his father and didn't know what it was about.
2) Ed was aware of the theme of the game, but didn't think his traumatic moment would feature in it.
3) Ed might have know all about the game, but inherited the PC from his father and was unaware that the game was installed in it.
4) Ed might not actually be aware that the game is based on his family's life.

Dartpaw86: But what boggles me, is that apparently Weird Ed bought the game for his computer. Despite it's based on the incident that scarred him for life and forced him into massive therapy.

LogicDeLuxe: Actually, this incident is completely optional and not even useful.
I guess, if Ed would play it, he wouldn't even think of hurting the hamster.
Also he probably didn't play it, as there is no savegame. He might got the computer with the game already installed and didn't bother.

Also talking about canon, that makes Syd and Bernard the only selectable MM characters to exist in the DOTT universe. The other kids must be fictive alternatives then. Is this by any chance inspired by magazines of the time? That was the most frequent combination used in printed playthroughs, usually solved with Bernard's abilities.