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Gameinformer responds to my letter about arcades in latest issue, but changes a few things
So I received the latest issue of GameInformer magazine in the mail today and to my surprise they published an e-mail I sent to them a few months ago in response to an article
Read More »AOU 2008 – Videos of Jubeat, Action Cop, BlazBlue, Gundam and KOF XII
From youtube user Gigazine comes some videos from AOU 2008. I have to say that it’s nice that so much attention is being given to arcades right now because of AOU but at the
Read More »AOU 2008 – Street Fighter IV to be released in July
[Via AM Net] AM Net reports that Capcom has announced a release date for Street Fighter IV in Japan. The game is scheduled for “late July” or possibly mid-August in the event of a
Read More »AOU Pamphlets of Street Fighter IV, Blazblue, Jubeat, more
One site has posted scans of some pamphlets of several games being showcased at AOU. All the text is in Japanese of course but you still can get an idea of what’s going on.
Read More »AOU 2008 Begins
AOU 2008 has begun in Japan and with it come images. AM Net has posted a number of images up to their site already and expect to see more over the next few days
Read More »Sega's ATEI 2008 Mega Picture Gallery
It’s Super Happy Fun Time at the Sega Amusements Europe site as they have posted their picture gallery of ATEI 2008 for all to see. There are 64 photos total covering from the overall
Read More »No Country for Old Arcades Video – Arcade Infinity
We have mentioned Jared Rea of Gametap a couple of times already – he is going around the country visiting arcades and giving them some mainstream coverage, proving that arcades aren’t “totally dead” as
Read More »Delta32 – new generic cabinet out of Japan (AOU 2008)
Among the many new things we’ll be seeing out of Japan over the next few days, here is a new generic cabinet that is making it’s debut. Arcade cabinets in Japan have their own
Read More »Arcade Exhibit to run in Arizona later this year
If you live in Arizona (particularly in a city called Chandler) and spent some time playing classic arcade and home console games of the 70’s and 80’s, then a historian Jean Reynolds is looking
Read More »More positive arcade coverage
Today I have come across two positive arcade articles, one from Forbes magazine and the other from a blog discussing the state of arcades in the Philippines. The Forbes article focuses primarily on the
Read More »Missing in Action: Puzzle Games
Missing in Action is an editorial mini-series we are running discussing genres that have all but disappeared in today’s arcade releases, taking a backseat to light-gun shooters or racers. We do not think that
Read More »The Cool Hunters Space Invader Hoodies (and Arcade Table)
At a site called “The Cool Hunters”, they have a retro arcade cocktail cabinet for sale that comes loaded with a number of classics on it that seems to fit the typical MAME fare.
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