Those gridded links remind me of the NeoPets site which would overlay a very busy "map" image with a tiny link, which would take you to a page with tons of powe

Those gridded links remind me of the NeoPets site which would overlay a very busy "map" image with a tiny link, which would take you to a page with tons of powerful items. You used to be able to find the link with tab - the accessibility feature that barely highlighted / cycled through links. They simply removed that accessibility feature from their page.