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2010 Big Buck Hunter World Championships Results

2010 Big Buck Hunter World Championships Results

Shaggy October 6, 2010 1

This past weekend the Big Buck World Championships took place in Chicago and when the dust settled, players walked away with a total of $50,000 in prizes. Two of those players won $10,000 each,

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Konami testing GuitarFreaks & DrumMania XG2 Groove to Live in Japan

Konami testing GuitarFreaks & DrumMania XG2 Groove to Live in Japan

Shaggy October 5, 2010 1

Konami is wasting no time in keeping the GuitarFreaks and DrumMania XG series updated, as shown by a location test taking place in Kawasaki, Japan this Saturday and Sunday. GFXG2 and DMXG2 will feature

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The extra life pinball machines get in home game rooms

The extra life pinball machines get in home game rooms

Shaggy October 5, 2010 2

Newsfeed 940 via As video games have aged, the number of people who collect the old stuff has increased and we see more articles discussing the community behind the collecting. A strong collectors community

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KidZania’s interesting twist on the FEC

KidZania’s interesting twist on the FEC

arcadehero October 4, 2010 0

Newsfeed 939 via When we normally think of FECs (or Family Entertainment Centers) we generally think of indoor amusement parks that can include a number of activities from rides to mini-golf, skating, lazer tag

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Arcades at the FER Interazar 2010 show in Spain

Arcades at the FER Interazar 2010 show in Spain

arcadehero October 3, 2010 1

Newsfeed 938 via The annual  FER event in Spain may focus primarily on slot machines and other gambling devices but where many casinos have an arcade as a part of their facility, what better

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Fast & Furious: Super Cars by Raw Thrills

Fast & Furious: Super Cars by Raw Thrills

arcadehero October 1, 2010 5

If anyone was thinking that the arena for arcade racers was going to be cooling off anytime soon then they will need to think again as Raw Thrills has surprised us with a follow-up

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Sega posts improved profit projections

Sega posts improved profit projections

HeavyElectricity October 1, 2010 0

Sega Sammy Holdings yesterday revised its half and full year financial forecasts, and the good news for the company is that it has increased its projected profits. The full year figure is projected to

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A politician who likes video games, including arcades

A politician who likes video games, including arcades

arcadehero October 1, 2010 0

We don’t dive into politics very often – only when necessary with stories that are generally on the negative side as some city/state/country goes off on a crusade to ban coin-op games for some

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