The feeling of a breakthrough is a searing feeling of joy. Something I’ll treasure forever. Staring me in the face was exactly what I was looking for: an ad for the Page Master.
It was calling for devs to create games for a “new groundbreaking educational device” to encourage children to read. It was created by Team Imaginarium. There was a PO Box listed, belonging to a Salem NH address. I finally had a publisher name and narrowed down the location.
The fact that the console was developed in my home state felt both astonishing, and off somehow. The Imaginarium Page Master now feels somehow fated to be the thing I uncover. — The Researcher, 8:02PM, Dec 28, 2018
Whenever I dream, it’s typically my mind processing something in a way that my waking mind cannot, with all the expectations and confines of rationality stripped away. That’s why I take dreams seriously.
In the one I had, I saw the Page Master in Brent’s hands, on the bus, as in my memory. But taking the device in my hand, I was able to turn it over, looking closely at it. There were pine trees carved into the back of the housing.
White Pines, just like the ones seen along every street and backyard around my hometown.
I woke up with the thought: what if somehow this console was only in New England? Or even New Hampshire, where I lived? — The Researcher, 9:33PM, Dec 20, 2018
I’ve gotten used to disappointment. So without much expectation, I checked the local business archives for game companies.
I was incredibly intrigued to find at least one game publishers in NH that operated from the late 80s to early 2000s. They did not create any consoles, but it did lead me to finding a game dev journal in the periodical archives of the University of New Hampshire. — The Researcher, 7:36PM, Dec 20, 2018
I'm not seeing a clear connection between Brent's disappearence, and the the fact that the Pagemaster feels strangely hard to find more information about. Could it be that he just happened to be playing this, and nothing else?
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The photo in the newspaper is a definite match to the Ad from the magazine.
I should try to find "Team Imaginarium" and anyone who may have worked on the console.
