He's a Sponge, he lives under water in a place called Bikini Bottom, he talks to an aptly named crab known as Krabs, and his best friend is a starfish named Patrick. Oh and did I forget to mention that this measly little setting has spawned from it millions of dollars worth of merchandise, two videogames, and a full length feature film that grossed over 32 million dollars in the box-office on its opening weekend? None of this comes into my realm of understanding, there's nothing special about these characters to me, there's nothing that should make millions of people adore them as they do, and yet here I am sitting down to write a review of a game about a Sponge and his pair of square pants.
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