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eBayer Sells NES For $50,000 To Pay Bills [Updated]

by Michael Suen | 2:25 pm, July 18th

Even in these trying economic times, a good number of us hold onto our old game consoles for the sheer nostalgia factor. They just don’t make ‘em like they used to. But eBay user “ronald3868″ of Hawthorne, California demonstrated his business savvy when he listed a Nintendo Entertainment System package bundle on the online auction web site for $35,000. In comparison, when the 8-bit game console was first released 25 years ago, a NES Deluxe Set featuring the console, a R.O.B. accessory, a light gun, Duck Hunt, and Gyromite cost $249.99. Today, NES bundles typically go for under $100 on eBay.

It now appears that ronald3868′s item–which also comes with four controllers, a Game Genie, a light gun, an original Nintendo bag, a cleaning kit, and 42 games–has sold for $50,000. How was he able to manage such a feat?

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Whew! Video Games Don’t Cause Rickets

by Robert Quigley | 3:15 pm, January 25th

Last week, there was a sensational bout of stories over in the UK to the effect that video games caused rickets, a disorder that leads to the dangerous softening of the bones in young children. Why, you ask? Because two doctors writing about the higher incidence of rickets due to lack of vitamin D, the body’s production of which is activated by sunlight, made the offhanded remark that “People tend to stay at home rather than going outside to kick a ball around. They stay at home on computer games.”

Naturally, the narrative became “vitamin D=sunlight, video games≠sunlight, ∴ video games=rickets.” Logical, right? Here’s the thing: the doctors who wrote the original report went out of their way to say the video game-rickets link was wildly overblown.

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