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<v ->It's the seductive world of video games,</v>

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the illusion of power, at 25 cents a shot.

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(upbeat music)

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<v ->There were always a bunch of kids at the Arcade.</v>

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You can never play Joust cause there was always somebody

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with a Rush jacket...

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You never wanted to put your quarter down.

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<v ->Now millions of American kids are hooked, mesmerized,</v>

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when they do stop to talk it's in a language

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only they understand.

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<v ->And I remember standing in the doorway of the arcade</v>

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wondering what are we gonna do here?

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They're not coming any more.

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(upbeat music)

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<v ->Yeah, I've got 40, 50 machines here.</v>

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Is there a need for an intervention?

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I don't know.

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(upbeat music)

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<v ->It was collecting it and it was restoring - every mech,</v>

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the internals, the wiring, the steppers - I was in the zone.

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<v ->We had all the arcade games, but I like</v>

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to play PlayStation,

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So that's what he would do with me.

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<v ->It's a good place for people to just be a kid again.</v>

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There's people that come in here, who come in and play

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the same game for six hours because

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they can't find it anywhere else.

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(upbeat music)

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<v ->The golden age of arcades is... now.</v>

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(upbeat music)

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(crowd cheering and clapping)