Gotta Catch 'em All

A Life Well Wasted by Robert Ashley

Mar 3, 200944:09Games & Hobbies

Robert Ashley explores the world of collectors and archivists, visiting a massive underground collection of videogames, a vintage pinball museum, and a program at Stanford University that hopes to save the history of onl...

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