Well, I spoke with my wife last night. After suggesting that the programmers may have gotten the inspiration for the game concept from some aspect of reality, she paused for a second, let it sink in, gave me a dirty look, and responded with a "watch it, Mister!".
After playing it out for a few minutes, I eventually told her about your suggestion, after which we both got a good laugh out of it all!
Thanks for your suggestion, Ubereil!
