I Mean You (Candy) Crush Me

I used to be a video gamer,back in the nineties. Since I didn't have anything to do, I would sometimes spend all day playing.  Although, I discovered that if I played too long or too late, my mind would get a little weird.  I once played well past midnight, and I believe I discovered a level to a game that I was never able to find again.  I cut back my playing time, somewhat.  Once I opened my store, my game time was limited to weekends mostly, as well as the occasional Gameboy session at the store.  I only worked five days a week, back then, so my weekends were clear.  However, around 2005, I had to start going in on Saturdays.  I had to push so much stuff into Sunday that I had to start seriously cutting back my game playing.  Ultimately, I mostly gave it up.  I even stopped playing at the store because it was unprofessional (not to mention that it was difficult to save whenever a potential customer came in).  I even stopped keeping up with the new games and systems that were coming out.  Then, a few years ago, a was waiting to be picked up at the library after an oil change that turned into something much more serious (strangely enough, that happens quite often to me), I ran out of things to do online and decided to look for games.  I tried out a few, none of them big names, but it started to get me into the habit again.  On another such outing, a finally found Bejeweled.  I had heard about it for awhile, but in had taken me some time to try it.  I loved it.  I would play it whenever I had extra time.  I would sometimes try other games, usually other three-in-a-row variants or the occasional 9-ball sim.  Then, last year, I finally joined Facebook.  After a few months, I got friends and started playing more games on it.  The only real problem here is that I have trouble meeting up with said friends to play, as my schedule isn't as free as theirs it seems.  Still, I have been exploring a few new types.  After seeing ads for weeks for the television game show version, I finally tried out Candy Crush a few weeks ago.  While it has a few  tweaks over Bejeweled, I still prefer it over Crush.  Yes, the latter might have an actual story and better upgrades, Bejeweled is still the original, in my view anyway, for this type of game.  I am not sure why I favor gems over candy pieces, but maybe it is just because I played it first.  I have almost always preferred the first version of something over updates or variants that I find later.  Not always, but frequently.  I do change my mind as well.  What I don't get is why contestants have to dangle from the ceiling to play?  Couldn't the producers find a better, safer way to do this?  It just doesn't make sense to me.  I might watch the first episode or so, just to see it.  I am game for almost anything after all.