Later, I learned about other ways: running a Linux game port in the Chromebook's Linux container, using a lightweight emulator, or loading a legally purchased WAD into a trusted source port—but those sounded messy and risky on a device I didn’t own. For quick, quiet relief between classes, the browser build was perfect: ephemeral, immediate, and—most importantly—easy to hide when the bell rang.
Later, I learned about other ways: running a Linux game port in the Chromebook's Linux container, using a lightweight emulator, or loading a legally purchased WAD into a trusted source port—but those sounded messy and risky on a device I didn’t own. For quick, quiet relief between classes, the browser build was perfect: ephemeral, immediate, and—most importantly—easy to hide when the bell rang.