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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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JAEPO 2013: Groove Coaster Arcade, DDR, Sound Voltex II, More
The replacement show for the AOU and JAMMA is officially underway in Japan, known as JAEPO 2013 and through some news sources there we are getting our first look at some of the hot
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News Round-Up: JAEPO News; PIU tournament in WA; The Last Barfighter Arcade Machine + More
A variety of news from new stuff happening in Japan to events in the US and beercade machine, with much more than that so click and read!
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For the Weekend: The Origin of Shmups; NEO XYX Trailer; JAEPO News; Mario Kart loctest; Much More
I hope everyone is having a good weekend. When I first started to put this post together I was thinking there wasn’t much to discuss but it quickly snowballed into a larger post. There’s
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Flood Of News for JAEPO: Under Defeat HD+, DDR, Steel Chronicle Be, Lord of Vermillion 3, more
With EAG now past the next amusement trade show we look forward to is taking place in Japan called JAEPO 2013. This is a new trade show that is taking the place of JAMMA
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Japanese Trailer for Namco’s New Bhutto Burst Kid Game
Some months ago Namco Bandai showed off some pictures of a new concept in what’s known as “kid vending” type games, something that are popular in Japan but not so much here out West.
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Namco Opening New Theme Park In Tokyo This Summer; JAEPO Website Launch
Newsfeed 1280 via For our first Stinger newsfeed of the year, they pointed us to a story about the development of a new Namco Bandai indoor theme park that is set to open its
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Editorial: Where’d The Japanese Arcade Makers Go?
We haven’t had an editorial piece in a while but Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report felt it necessary to address the subject of what is going on in the Japanese amusement space, which
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Not An Anachronism: Konami Testing DanceDanceRevolution In Japan
No it's not 1998 but that is what Konami is calling the newest version of DDR.
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Monday Catch-Up: Golden Tee 2013 Launch; Akihabara Arcades Article
It's Monday and now that I'm off vacation I can catch up a little bit on some items I missed while I was gone. Details inside!
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