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Hip Hop Scotch – Namco's foot controlled redemption game

Hip Hop Scotch – Namco's foot controlled redemption game

Shaggy August 27, 2008 0

First there was Taito’s Space Invaders ‘Beat The Attackers’, then someone made an unauthorized foot-controlled Frogger game and now Namco is joining the foot-controlled redemption/video mix with this new title called Hip Hop Scotch.

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MTV brings us Capcom's advice on buying SFIV

MTV brings us Capcom's advice on buying SFIV

Shaggy August 27, 2008 0

The MTV game blog (yeah, they haven’t been just about the music for years) has some advice on buying SFIV if you’re in the market for the game, which boils down to ‘wait for

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Gamespot segment about arcades

Gamespot segment about arcades

Shaggy August 27, 2008 0

Here’s something you don’t see everyday but it does relate to what Editor of The Stinger Report has been telling us about the consumer game media – that the appeal of Street Fighter IV

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A preview of what Sega is showing at next months JAMMA event

A preview of what Sega is showing at next months JAMMA event

Shaggy August 27, 2008 0

  The Amusement Machine Show (also known as JAMMA) will soon be here and thanks to The Stinger Report we have a preview of what we can expect to see from Sega at the

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A Street Fighter IV Players Guide

A Street Fighter IV Players Guide

Shaggy August 24, 2008 0

If you live within the distance of an arcade that happens to have a Street Fighter IV arcade setup and you want to go in knowing what you’re doing already, then this guide is

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New Space Invaders pillow to invade your sleep

New Space Invaders pillow to invade your sleep

Shaggy August 23, 2008 3

If there’s any wonder as to why Taito isn’t happy about their trademarked characters being used in unauthorized exhibits, it’s probably because they are currently in full swing with an advertising campaign that uses

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Taito not happy about the use of Space Invaders at the Leipzig show, considering legal action

Taito not happy about the use of Space Invaders at the Leipzig show, considering legal action

Shaggy August 22, 2008 5

If you follow the consumer game media at all then you probably have heard of the Leipzig Game Show that has been going on in Germany. You also might have heard of the controversial

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What gives with the consumer game media (an open letter)

What gives with the consumer game media (an open letter)

Shaggy August 22, 2008 0

Again from our friend Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report, an open letter discussing the issue of the not-so-glowing coverage of the arcade industry in conventional game media: Why dose the consumer game media

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Post-Edinburgh Interactive Festival Report

Post-Edinburgh Interactive Festival Report

Shaggy August 22, 2008 0

Previously we have discussed the Edinburgh Interactive Festival and how our friend Kevin Williams was going to present a seminar about the amusement industry to that show and now we have the details. He

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System16 gets an update

System16 gets an update

Shaggy August 21, 2008 0

A few years ago, before Arcade Heroes was around I got most of new game news from a great site called system16. Chances are, you are familiar with it too as it was an

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Need For Speed Carbon going dedicated

Need For Speed Carbon going dedicated

Shaggy August 20, 2008 0

Not too long ago, GlobalVr released a new drift racing arcade game called Need for Speed Carbon, which is based upon the console game of the same name. It was first sold only as

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More about BlazBlue (US release date & price)

More about BlazBlue (US release date & price)

Shaggy August 20, 2008 5

I had a a really good conversation with Harry at Arcsys yesterday in regards to BlazBlue and I figured that it would be worthwhile to pass some information along to you. They really are

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