Celebrating National Video Games Day at Nickel City

At the classic Northbrook arcade, every day is Video Games Day. For the rest of the country, it's September 12.

I celebrated my 19th birthday at Nickel City. The next day I woke up with pink eye. True story. I don't blame the arcade though, the experience just taught me the value of keeping my hands clean.  I had my 10th birthday there too, helped celebrate plenty others, not to mention the countless nights I went there at midnight to play Street Fighter with strangers. I remember when the place was called Super Just Games and had bumper cars. When I got hired to run Northbrook Patch, my first thought was, "heck yeah I can go to Nickel City whenever I want!" And yet, for the last few months, I've been just a bit too busy to stop by my favorite arcade. So when I stumbled upon a random Facebook status on Wednesday, announcing that Sept. 12 was …

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