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Celebrity Pinball Tournament & Arcade Show 2008

Shaggy September 6, 2008 0

There are fundraisers which use expensive dinners to bring people in and then there are fundraisers which use games! This is the latter and not just any games are involved in this fundraiser for

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When the lights go out

Shaggy September 5, 2008 2

Yesterday was not fun. Not fun at all. I had to go through an experience that I’ve dreaded before and that is when the power goes out – for an entire day. When I

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Old DDR tournament photos from Jared Rea

Shaggy September 5, 2008 0

Ah there’s nothing quite like an arcade competition, is there? Especially when it’s with something popular, like DDR. Jared Rea has unearthed some old DDR tournament pictures from Northern California, circa 1999-2001. It’s always

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Golden Tee Championship at AMOA

Shaggy September 5, 2008 3

I have to hand it to Incredible Technologies, while I’ve heard that not everyone is excited about AMOA next week, they certainly are and they are looking to give attendees a reason to be

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Parse Rorunpe – a broom flying arcade game from Japan

Shaggy September 5, 2008 5

If you’ve ever stuck a broom between your legs as a kid pretending that you’re flying around as a witch then this game’s for you. Of course it wouldn’t take much for someone to

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Need For Speed Underground "as an arcade game" at PAX08, media surprised

Shaggy September 4, 2008 9

[Image via Ars Technica] If anyone wonders why I often harp on arcade developers for not properly marketing their games then here is a shining example. From the blog Ars Technica comes the headline

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Video Review: Namco Classics Collection Vol. 2 UPDATED

Shaggy September 3, 2008 5

Here’s another video review from a game at my arcade, sorry about the delay but I had misplaced my transfer cable but after finding it I’m ready to make videos again. Today we’re looking

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Stern press release on Batman

Shaggy September 3, 2008 0

It’s no secret that batman: Dark Knight is an insanely popular and is currently the second highest grossing film of all time, right behind Titanic (which personally I never understood what all the fuss

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An Infinite combo found in SFIV UPDATED

Shaggy September 2, 2008 1

Well that didn’t take long! An infinite combo has been found in Street Fighter IV, it can be done with the new character El Fuerte where he cancels a standing fierce punch into a

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Need For Speed Carbon dedicated to be at AMOA

Shaggy September 1, 2008 0

I almost forgot to post about this since we already posted about NFS: Carbon going dedicated but it is one game that will be at AMOA next week. From the press release they reveal

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