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Game Over: Why the Nostalgia for Tiger Electronics Might Not Be What It Seems
We remember the beep as a hymn and the plastic as warm. But Tiger Electronics’ handhelds - the tiny licensed LCD games that populated pockets and schoolyards - survive mostly in memory, not in mechanics. This piece explains why nostalgia smooths over the clunkiness, and what that tells us about memory, identity, and why we keep buying broken pasts.