Monthly Archives: October 2008 »

Outcome from the Big Buck Hunter Pro World Championship

Shaggy October 31, 2008 0

I meant to get to this a couple of days ago but unfortunately I’ve been a little tied up and there is a lot of news to post all of the sudden. But that’s

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Happy Halloween!

Shaggy October 31, 2008 0

It’s Halloween and so naturally it’s time to look for frigtening stuff. Arcades themselves have released a few games with a Halloween related theme to it (Splatterhouse, Chiller, House of the Dead, Carnevil, etc.)

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Interesting new augmented reality arcade game on location test in Japan

Shaggy October 28, 2008 0

Are you up for another unique game? I would be too but like usual this is only in Japan for now although it is a Sega title so perhaps there is a tiny possibility

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Video footage of Sky Bandits

Shaggy October 28, 2008 0

Graffiti Entertainment, the developers behind the new Sky Bandits game for GlobalVR’s Vortek V3 system has released some videos of the new game in action. I’m not sure how other games compare on the

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Space Invaders art exhibits portray the story of a world invasion

Shaggy October 27, 2008 0

Video games have almost always been a great place to find inspiration for creating art and in particular classic titles from what many call the 8-bit era. Quite a few classic arcade titles feature

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The risk of doing business and dealing with sudden problems (arcade related)

Shaggy October 25, 2008 6

One thing that is on the mind of most everyone in many countries is the state of the economy. It’s been quite a roller coaster in the States where I am; I know the

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Namco sets up a Razing Storm website

Shaggy October 23, 2008 7

Among the new game revelations last month was Namco’s light-gun shooter called Razing Storm and in Japan it is going on location test and it has a website set up to describe the game

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A little more on Castlevania: The Arcade Game

Shaggy October 23, 2008 0

It will be nice when they develop transporters – then when some new game comes out in Japan I can just head over and give it a hands-on look. Of course so can everyone

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Video Review: House of the Dead 4 by Sega

Shaggy October 23, 2008 7

It’s been a little while but I found the time to do another game review, this time for Sega’s House of the Dead 4. I have been having a number of problems with the

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Boy gets hand caught inside coin door outlet, almost loses hand

Shaggy October 21, 2008 1

 In the time that I have worked in an arcade (not just my own but also another local arcade I managed a couple of years back) I have seen a few injuries where people

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Some Tekken 6 talk

Shaggy October 21, 2008 0

There’s been a lot of talk about fighters lately and as it turns out – here’s some more. Namco Japan sat down and talked about the arcade and console versions of Tekken 6 with

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Redemption Education

Twisted Supreme October 20, 2008 0

Ever thought that playing redemption games could teach you anything? No? Me neither. But below is an interesting piece on how a parent has actually noticed the way there kids play redemption games, and

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