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LEPOS: From street art to arcade game demo

LEPOS: From street art to arcade game demo

arcadehero July 20, 2011 2

As a character who started out as street artwork, the creator of Lepos, Diego Bergia has been looking to move him from there to something a little more interactive. What better way to take

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Hell’s Kitchen’s Pinball Intro

Hell’s Kitchen’s Pinball Intro

arcadehero July 19, 2011 3

Each season of the TV reality competition show Hell’s Kitchen has a different opening sequence. With the season that just started yesterday they actually have a pretty nice nod to pinball on there as

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The Video games of The Simpsons + new VR entertainment system prototype

The Video games of The Simpsons + new VR entertainment system prototype

arcadehero July 10, 2011 1

(Thanks to James for the Simpsons tip. VR system news is Newsfeed 1074 via  ) The Simpsons has been on TV for a really long time. I remember being in elementary school and everyone

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Darius Burst Another Chronicle goes EX

Darius Burst Another Chronicle goes EX

arcadehero June 21, 2011 2

What do you do with a popular game? You “sequelize” it of course. It’s no different for video games than books or movies since people enjoy the original so much. Yesterday we saw that

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Arcade-related Illuminated T-Shirts

Arcade-related Illuminated T-Shirts

arcadehero June 1, 2011 0

One trend that seems to be gaining some steam is that behind illuminated fabrics. I’ve seen a number of ideas tried out over the past few years although I’ve yet to see anyone wander

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The Mood Bar by Coca-Cola

The Mood Bar by Coca-Cola

arcadehero May 24, 2011 1

Newsfeed 1044 via Once again coin-op arcade news has been terribly slow (after a nice little spurt last week) for the past few days so we have to branch out into an area that

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Welcome to the Monday Morning Open Thread

Welcome to the Monday Morning Open Thread

arcadehero May 16, 2011 5

We haven’t really done an ‘Open Thread’ before, where you talk about pretty much anything in the comments (still prefer arcade/pinball discussion) but today I feel like starting one, along with some various pieces

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Chuck E. Cheese’s being sued for use of redemption games

Chuck E. Cheese’s being sued for use of redemption games

arcadehero May 13, 2011 7

A San Diego real estate agent has decided that because she feels that the redemption games her kids played at a local Chuck E. Cheese (after several visits to the location mind you) didn’t

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A closer look at Tecway’s Dino Survivor

A closer look at Tecway’s Dino Survivor

arcadehero May 11, 2011 0

We’ve heard about Dino Survivor before, a mounted light-gun dinosaur shooting by Taiwanese company Tecway Development Co.. But until now, we hadn’t seen the game in action. Tecway sent along the video below and

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From the Floor of the GTI Asia Taipei Expo 2011

From the Floor of the GTI Asia Taipei Expo 2011

arcadehero May 9, 2011 3

The GTI Asia Taipei Expo that took place this past week gave us some interesting news in terms of new games and now we have a few videos and some pictures to share of

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Jeff Koons Must Die!!! The Arcade Game

Jeff Koons Must Die!!! The Arcade Game

arcadehero April 25, 2011 1

Newsfeed 1035 via Here’s something for the “huh?” category to start our week off with – an indie sort of arcade game in a cabinet called Jeff Koons Must Die!!! In this game, it’s

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Visit the Chernobyl Amusement Park, virtually

Visit the Chernobyl Amusement Park, virtually

arcadehero April 19, 2011 1

Newsfeed 1034 via With all the talk of nuclear disaster in the news recently, one place has been coming up again and again in that news and that is Chernobyl, in the Ukraine. I

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