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The Big Buck Bowl
As I mentioned in the last post, I went to my distributor today to talk about games and some options and one thing we talked about was Big Buck Hunter Online. I did have
Read More »Another look at ASI 2008
ASI 2008 may have come and gone back in March but it’s still great when someone else shares their photos and thoughts on the the event, as Chris has done on his blog. He
Read More »IGS revealing new games at GTI '08, will being releasing games in Latin America.
When I went to ASI I was hoping to see something new from American Alpha, the US wing of the Taiwan-based company, IGS. IGS has a particular flare for releasing games with 2D graphics
Read More »Arcade update 5/5 (w/video)
Today was full of hard work for getting the arcade started. In addition to painting ceiling tiles and earning some blisters along with it, I also had to register my business through another state
Read More »Xbox 360 kiosks brought to hospitals with pre-loaded games; coin-op version next?
Ever since Microsoft revealed the term “Xbox Live Arcade” along with the concept that has included original content along with remade classic arcade titles, people have thought of bringing the Xbox 360 into the
Read More »Golden Tee 2009 Design-A-Hole Finalists Up for a vote
A little while ago we posted about a new contest that Incredible Technologies was running in regards to their next Golden Tee game, GT2009. The contest is called Design-A-Hole where anyone could submit an
Read More »Pac-Man – The Real Story
[Via Kotaku] You have to love it when a T-Shirt design turns into a narrative for what really is going on in Pac-Man’s world. Innocent little guy being chased by ghosts in a maze?
Read More »First images of my arcade location in West Valley City UT, The Game Grid Arcade
UPDATE: I have since had to move from this location, to another, to yet another. Still in the same mall (Valley Fair which is outside Salt Lake City) but much larger location that the
Read More »Starting your own arcade (Part 2)
(Click here for Part 1) I haven’t had a lot of time to get to the second part of the Starting your own arcade discussion but I sat down this morning and put my
Read More »More details on video game violence from Greater Good Magazine
Today I’ve heard a lot about GTAIV and people bringing up the subject again of violence in games and is it healthy or not and if games should be banned. I have a feeling
Read More »Continuing on my quest to open an arcade – tomorrow could be it
If you read this site regularly then you know that I am trying to open my own arcade. You know that I have been trying to get into a strip mall owned by Sears
Read More »A visit to a warehouse loaded with games
As I mentioned just a few posts ago, I had the chance to go and check out a warehouse full of games today. I am kicking myself however as I forgot to bring my
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