Of the many gifts I have received over the course of my life, the one for which I felt the most unvarnished joy was Super Mario Land 2. I received it from my grandparents on Christmas Eve, 1992. I was 7-years-old. The intensity with which a young child can wish from some trinket is matched only by the intensity of their excitement when they unwrap it. I…
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