… friends — even if it was at a discount — and he would buy me a new game. And games were not cheap. He once bought me a Super Mario Bros. 3 game cartridge at the flea market in El Paso, Texas. It was the Japanese version of the game, and I needed an adapter. He dropped $75 for it. That’s about $180 after adjusting for inflation! That’s more than modern video games go for on the …
In Defense of Video Games
René F. Najera, MPH, DrPH
