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#736 - FFAF: Video Games That Became Spy/Crime/Sports Dramas

The Counsel of Trent

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Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game

In the 1930s, pinball machines started showing up in bars and taverns around the country. It was something like a fun game to play in the bleakness of the Great Depression. In 1942, New York City's mayor Furella LaGuardia enacted a law to make pinball illegal. The film is about Roger Sharp who argued his case to save pinball from being banned.

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