In episode 10, we talk about the place where most of our core teenage memories lived, as well as the home of most arcades: the mall. We talk about how our local newspaper spoiled a video game Christmas surprise for one of us, general mall nostalgia, including the smells that take us back, some of the worst places to eat in a mall food court, the lust for physical media in a digital age, the quest to collect every Super Nintendo game, the shot of dopamine that nostalgia gives people, the escapism in playing retro gaming, and the unlikely resurrection of one of our favorite childhood restaurants that nobody asked for.

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