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* {{Expy}}: Jack Li is basically one for [[WebVideo/TalesFromTheInternet Justin Whang]]. Both are Asian Americans who are known on the internet for videos that discuss various stories and events on the internet.

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* {{Expy}}: Jack Li is basically one for [[WebVideo/TalesFromTheInternet Justin Whang]]. Both are Asian Americans who are known on the internet for videos that discuss various stories and events on centered around the internet.web.
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The Snuff Arcade is an old video game cabinet that is said to have contained a pixelated snuff film, which was transcribed and inserted into the machine. People on the internet who have tried to do some serious investigating have mysteriously vanished. But like that's going to stop an adventurer like Jack, who believes that one he'll find the truth about the Arcade's location, all of his problems will go up in flames.

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The Snuff Arcade is an old video game cabinet that is said to have contained a pixelated snuff film, which was transcribed and inserted into the machine. People on the internet who have tried to do some serious investigating have mysteriously vanished. But like that's going to stop an adventurer like Jack, who believes that one once he'll find the truth about the Arcade's location, all of his problems will go up in flames.
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''[[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3351019/1/Snuff-Arcade Snuff Arcade]]'' is an ongoing story on Fictionpress by Tropers/{{Therealjackieboy}}.

Jack Li is a small-time content creator on [=TubeYou=] who hosts an internet show titled ''Unsolved Internet Mysteries''. Needing the extra cash to support him and his girlfriend after his rent was increased, Jack stumbles upon the legend of the Snuff Arcade.

The Snuff Arcade is an old video game cabinet that is said to have contained a pixelated snuff film, which was transcribed and inserted into the machine. People on the internet who have tried to do some serious investigating have mysteriously vanished. But like that's going to stop an adventurer like Jack, who believes that one he'll find the truth about the Arcade's location, all of his problems will go up in flames.

Can't be too hard, right?

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!!This story provides examples of:
* BlandNameProduct: Numerous websites like [=TubeYou=], [=3San=], and Leddit inhabit this story's version of the internet.
* DeconstructiveParody: Of internet urban legends. Jack's research into the Arcade has people attempting to solve find out about the arcade making up facts, adding needless information to the original story, and multiple attempts at actually claiming to have seen the Arcade despite the machine's side effects, end up clouding the original story altogether.
* {{Expy}}: Jack Li is basically one for [[WebVideo/TalesFromTheInternet Justin Whang]]. Both are Asian Americans who are known on the internet for videos that discuss various stories and events on the internet.
* ShoutOut: Franco is clearly modeled after [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Shaggy]], which the narration [[LampshadeHanging lampshades.]] His appearance, combined with his red shades, are a reference to LetsPlay/TomFawkes.
* TheStoner: Franco Jones, Jack's friend, is a clear and obvious pothead.

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