This is Texas culture. In PA, most folks think Rolling Coal is stupid, and it’s a fringe thing. In Texas, it’s part of the culture. In PA, the kid would have been charged. 

I have a feeling the cops didn’t arrest him because he was just celebrating Texas culture, and this very much is Texas culture. The cops didn’t want to mess up the life of a perfectly good white kid for one “mistake” as they probably empahize because they Roll Coal with their diesel trucks as well.

Seriously though, was the attention worth a low effort 2 paragraph article. This is a click generator and it doesn’t help. Who is the dingus here? 

This, Jason, is one of the many arguments for emulation. This kind of low effort patronizing for a quick buck on the back of nostalgia is why we maintain such skepticism about modern AAA gaming corporatism. I wish the developers of the original 16bit game received a piece of this action at least. I’m happy to keep…

Thanks Kotaku, it was good while it lasted. You’ll get another story about Nintendo shutting it down though.