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The last Pac-Man cake you'd ever need

Shaggy February 11, 2010 6

People making cakes about popular video game/arcade characters is becoming more of an art, as the boutique cake business creates fascinatingly detailed sculptures based upon different themes on a daily basis. Here is a

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Fighter news: Tekken 6 gets a world championship; new Melty Blood Actress goes to Ringwide

Shaggy February 11, 2010 5

Here are a couple of tidbits regarding some fighters out of Japan. First is Tekken 6, which is getting it’s own global championship. While the poster for it shows the Xbox 360 and PS3

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Silver Strike LIVE starts shipping next week

Shaggy February 11, 2010 2

Incredible Technologies has announced that their latest game, Silver Strike LIVE begins shipping next Monday. If you missed out on the details regarding this new title, you can find out more by clicking here.

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Short animated flick about video games

Shaggy February 11, 2010 1

This isn’t entirely arcade related – it’s more about video games in general and how they affected this particular person’s life. His point about video games being a potential place to waste one’s time

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Thief robs an arcade with a cup of coffee

Shaggy February 11, 2010 2

In most stories about robberies, thieves will use conventional weapons such as knives or guns but on some occasions they like to try out new things – like cups of coffee. Such was the

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Lobster crane machines being shut down in New Zealand

Shaggy February 10, 2010 8

I going to try and not use this post to debate the merits of whether lobster crane machines are cruel to the animals but it was only a matter of time before someone, somewhere

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And some of Namco's games at AOU will be…

Shaggy February 10, 2010 0

Via Namco has revealed some of the content that they will be showing off at AOU, which includes a new Gundam VS. title and Midnight Maximum Tune 3 DX + (which I am pretty

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Pump It Up Pro 2 slightly revealed; game to be at the 2010 Amusement Expo in Vegas

Shaggy February 9, 2010 0

Thanks to Phil Ver0 on the forums! It’s been a while since there was a new Pump It Up Pro to talk about – three years in fact. But at the 2010 Amusement Expo

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Taito's AOU site opened

Shaggy February 6, 2010 2

Via Continuing with the pre-AOU hype, Taito revealed their AOU website today. It’s not as descriptive as AOU sites by other companies that we have seen so far and it appears that they will

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Sega unveils their AOU 2010 line-up

Shaggy February 5, 2010 0

Via With AOU in Japan just a week or two away, companies are revealing what they will be bringing to the show – first with Konami and now with Sega. There is nothing on

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More info on Namco/Gamewax's Go Go Grand Prix

Shaggy February 4, 2010 1

(Thanks for the info Sam!) Kevin Williams and I discussed the new “digital toy hybrid racer” Go Go Grand Prix in the latest podcast and now Namco has issued a press release discussing the

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ICE's Standard version of Panic Museum

Shaggy February 4, 2010 1

Via At IAAPA I had a chance to play Taito’s huge, theater style light-gun game, Panic Museum. The setup is impressive, with a large projected screen and theater quality sound, but obviously this does

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