Uploaded November 2020 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago

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Print Club is one of the staples of the arcade and really the progenitor of selfies as a culture. Here's how it got started.

The History of Purikura (Print Club)

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youtube.com/watch?v=xfpxfInsHKM - print club commercial
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