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The first “mana bar” was invented by a caffeine addict. Which explains why it empties at the worst times.

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Mana points and similar resource bars come from tabletop and early computer role-playing games, based on the mana concept from Polynesian and Melanesian cultures. A caffeine addict did not invent them.

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