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Oct 24
41m 20s

Hidden Levels #6: Segagaga

ROMAN MARS
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One SEGA employee chronicles the company’s struggles the only way he knows how: by turning it into a game.

San Francisco! Come to a screening of Drop Dead Cityfollowed by a conversation with Roman on Monday, Nov 3. Info and tickets.

Hidden Levels is a production of 99% Invisible and WBUR's Endless Thread.

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