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We Asked The Red Carpet: Were Old Video Games Actually Bad? Or Good?

I have a nearly irrational dislike for retro video games. I assume most of the old "classics" wasted my youth with their needlessly bottomless pits and/or a hunger for my quarters.


Do old video games deserve my scorn? Will no one speak up for the quality of these things? Read… 2/16/12 11:00pm 2/16/12 11:00pm

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