{"id":335826,"date":"2025-10-20T12:15:51","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T12:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2165034"},"modified":"2025-10-20T12:15:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T12:15:51","slug":"the-big-con-review-the-fun-adventure-of-a-90s-hustler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-big-con-review-the-fun-adventure-of-a-90s-hustler\/","title":{"rendered":"The Big Con review &#8211; the fun adventure of a 90s hustler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/the-big-con-review-the-fun-adventure-of-a-90s-hustler.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I was incredibly annoyed when 2019 arrived. In fact, I&#8217;ve been annoyed ever since. It&#8217;s not that I&#8217;m the most well-informed K-pop fan by any means, but I did immediately recognise the charm of then-new boy band Verivery with their 90s throwback single <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0NHj1g5taxk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Ring Ring Ring&#8221;<\/a>. The bright colours, random shapes and yo-yos transported me back to my youth. Unfortunately, very few others have come along for the journey back to the era of California Dreams and The Battle of Seattle, but I imagine many more will jump towards that same magical time period presented via The Big Con.<\/p>\n<p>You play as Ali, a 17-year-old stuck helping her mum (sorry, &#8220;mom&#8221;) out at the video rental store. Deep breath: before internet-based streaming and downloading, people used to buy &#8211; or simply rent &#8211; films on chunky, plastic video cassettes that were the size of a book. A cassette is a thing that stores data on a roll of thin magnetic tape. They were a pain in the ass. Phew. Unfortunately, while your friends and classmates are all busy with much more interesting summer plans, your mom is sending you off to band camp for a fortnight so you can fulfil her wishes of becoming a famous trombonist. <\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, again, just before you&#8217;re set to go, you overhear your mom dealing with loan sharks who are urgently wanting their money back, or else it&#8217;ll be goodbye to Linda&#8217;s video shop. Despite the motherly assurances, Ali is so <em>bummed out<\/em> about what the future may hold by the time she returns from music camp. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-08-31-the-big-con-review-the-fun-adventure-of-a-90s-hustler\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-08-31-the-big-con-review-the-fun-adventure-of-a-90s-hustler\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was incredibly annoyed when 2019 arrived. 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