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The healing power of H2Overdrive
What do you do if you are a professional basketball player with a sprained ankle? Get an arcade game of course! Below is a picture of Boston Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo enjoying his
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Annual DiGRA Japan meeting dives into arcade history
Newsfeed 975 via One good thing for video game history buffs is that many individuals who helped shape the industry in the first place are still around to share their insights into what happened.
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My Thoughts on TRON Legacy
I might not be a movie critic but I am a fan of TRON and arcade games so I may as well share my thoughts on the movie in lieu of some hard arcade
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Sega’s new urinal game
Newsfeed 972 via I’m not really sure how to categorize this one – it’s not an arcade game but it is something that could be considered out-of-home entertainment. In Japan, Sega is testing out
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Gran Turismo 5: The Simulator
Newsfeed 971 via Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report sent us along this photo of one of the new Gran Turismo 5 making it’s out-of-home debut as a simulator. Unfortunately we didn’t get information
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Metal Gear Arcade, Penguins and Pizza, all in one post
As I need to catch up a little on updating the website here(updates might still be a little spotty over the next few days), I am going to combine a couple of Stinger Report
Read More »The story behind a unique arcade game about Waffles
The holiday season is always good for a heart warming story and Kotaku has one they published today that involves a waffle restaurant in Eugene, Ore., a unique arcade game made as a gift
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Astro Ranger combines music and fighter worlds into one game
Newsfeed 968 via Back in September of this year the Tokyo Game Show held a little surprise for arcade fans in the form of something called Astro Ranger. Developed by a South Korean company,
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Konami’s DDR X2 shipping in the US this next week
We have known that the latest installment of Konami’s DDR series, X2, would be getting a December release in the US and that time has finally arrived. The software has reportedly been tweaked to
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Konami’s Metal Gear Arcade coming next week
It’s been quite a while since we first heard about Konami’s Metal Gear Arcade (April 2009 is when the rumors began flying) and finally Konami will be bringing the game to arcades this next
Read More »Daft Punk’s Derezzed music video goes to Flynn’s
This official Daft Punk music video is full of vector arcade and TRON goodness with a little twist in the light-cycle arena as the two combatants joust. Now for someone to build a ‘homebrew’
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Taito’s NESiCAxLive now available in Japan w/ Blazblue CS2
Since I first heard about Taito’s new arcade-based download service NESiCAxLive back in September, I’ve been eager to see the time when it would be in operation and how it would all work out.
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