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PAPA Circuit Finals Begin Tomorrow (Pinball)
(Thanks to Bowen Kerins for the tip) Well I guess the news for this week is going to be all pinball, all the time. Nothing wrong with that of course, it’s interesting in fact
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The Games of the Texas Pinball Festival & Michigan Pinball Expo 2013
It’s well past us but there was the Texas Pinball Festival last month and now we have plenty of video-graphic evidence of what was there. We have covered this festival before which takes place
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Retro Arcade Postmortems from GDC
(Image via g4tv.com) The Game Developers Conference is a great place for “postmortems”, or where a developer looks back at the development process for a title that they worked on. Insight is given as
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Hardcore Gamers: What Do You Want To See In Arcades These Days?
It wasn’t long ago we ran a little thought experiment on some potential idea for arcades and while this isn’t directly related to that, it is similar. At the recent Amusement Expo 2013 event,
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Eurogamer Looks At The Arcades Of The Future
Predicting the future is tricky business, as any of the doomsday predictors of 2012 might tell you. Sure the idea of a sister planet crashing into Earth was doomsday internet hit gold but it
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Namco To Open 200 Amusement Centers For Teenage Girls (UPDATED )
Update: Yes this was an April Fools joke. I had wanted to do another one again but that didn’t come together but fortunately Namco decided to do one. There is a notion about arcades/amusement
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Amusement Expo 2013 Report #3 – Wrapping Up The Show In Pictures
Here’s the last report for Amusement Expo 2013. If you missed the previous reports which contained the videos, you can read them here: Report #1 / Report #2. This report will cover everything else,
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Location News Europe: Heart of Gaming Opening In London, UK; Looking at Arcade Street & La Tête Dans Les Nuages, Paris FR
Well today has been nothing but catching up for me. I still have report #3 on Amusement Expo 2013 that I am working on, just waiting on a few pictures from The Stinger Report
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Amusement Expo 2013 Report #1 – Pac-Man Ticket Mania, Cars Arcade, Rock N Roll Verti-Go
It’s another year and thus another Spring amusement trade show has come and gone. The Amusement Expo 2013 was held from March 20th-22nd in Las Vegas, NV and with that we were there to
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GlobalVR Releases The Swarm Conversion Kits
It wasn’t long ago that GlobalVR’s newest light-gun shooter, The Swarm was released as a dedicated game and here comes news that they have conversion kits available for it too. The game is mostly
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The Arcade Scene In Israel
Most of the time our focus on arcades are restricted a few particular regions or countries – the US, Japan, UK, Taiwan, China, Australia and a few others. But just because we don’t get
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Newsblender Weekend Edition: Abandoned Arcades In Japan; Arcadeans Plush; King of Kong Parody
Happy weekend everyone! It’s not quite St. Patrick’s Day yet but have a joyful holiday if its a day of your choice. Also a big thanks to those of you who bought my book!
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