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Hustler, Juggs." Later in the teenager, surrounded by shanky picture even more.
chapter, there seems to be some metalhead kids in their Van Halen
underlying sarcasm when she T-shirts and black rubber
describes her visit to Nintendo. bracelets." Everyone has to
The author seems to resent remember those black rubber
Nintendo's wholesome family bracelets! She then tells us how Editor’s Note: Lately this
oriented, kid-friendly environment the phrase "YOWIE MOOEY!!!" book has been taking a
and goes on to describe Nintendo's became her and her brother's considerable amount of flak in the
tip line as the flip side of a phone sibling code word for the last classic gaming community. People
sex line. It's disturbing because moment before a situation falls have questioned J.C. Herz’s
the Nintendo tour doesn't seem to apart in a game. Like how I would historical accuracy as well as
belong in the chapter, yet because say "OH NO!!" and then "BOOM" criticizing her flagrant use of “large”
it's there it leaves you with the the game was over. words.
impression that reading Nintendo If Joystick Nation were to have
Power will eventually lead to Juggs another name, it would be "JoyPad To add fuel to the fire, PBS
Magazine and calling Nintendo's Nation." As much of a history and announced recently that a
Hotline will lead you to porno 900 sociology lesson the book may be, documentary based on “Joystick
number addiction. At least it it doesn't explore the old Atari Nation” is in the works.
seems mapped that way. games nearly enough. You can't
For those readers looking for a talk about Asteriods, Pac-Man and What are your thoughts on the
book about someone reminiscing Space Invaders before some link book as well as the PBS decision?
about videogames' glory days, to Doom, Myst and Mortal Kombat
Joystick Nation includes a few is formed. There's a continued We’d love to hear from you on the
memories. She describes a walk blurring of arcade and video subject! Write to us at:
down memory lane while visiting games to computer games that's
the American Museum of the likely to continue. It used to be so Classic Gamer Magazine
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