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Arcades: Nostalgia Abounds

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There was a cultural backlash against video games. They were they're like, you know, I've got three car washes and An arcade well,. And they also made a pretty good sideline on selling little kids drugs The other and this is From that verge article you mentioned they list a another big reason which was that There was a culture of moral panic about them. It was within the same bubble that anything that was that parents didn't fully understand that kids were really into was Suspect and dangerous to keep your kids away from it.

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