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		switchbak on Nov 22, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Children, left behind by suburbia, need better com... Absolutely. And the video games of the era were so hard and/or frustrating that you couldn't really play them all day. We've really mastered the art of creating compelling and addictive time sucks, and our kids are paying the price for it. Ok we're all paying a price for it, but kids the worst.

dragonwriter on Nov 22, 2023 [–]

> Absolutely. And the video games of the era were so hard and/or frustrating that you couldn't really play them all day.

You really could and while its lost somewhere now I had the Pitfall Harry Explorer's Club patch I earned by doing just that.

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