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Now We Know Why the Mario Brothers Are Plumbers

Jesse Walker | 2.2.2007 5:01 PM

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If Grand Theft Auto encourages crime, what does this game do? From the practically prehistoric year of 1973:

If you prefer the presidential scandals of the '80s, you can trade arms to Iran for quarters and feed them into this.

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