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Haunted Museum and KOFXII come to London (UPDATED w/ location pics)

Haunted Museum and KOFXII come to London (UPDATED w/ location pics)

Shaggy May 23, 2009 4

UPDATE: The Stinger Report also sent us some images of the games in London but I accidentally overlooked the attachments. KOFXII The Stinger Report has sent us the rundown on two new arcade titles

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Rifftrax derezzes TRON

Rifftrax derezzes TRON

Shaggy May 21, 2009 3

Label this under the “somewhat related to arcade games” category but Rifftrax – which is helmed by three former cast members of the hysterically funny show Mystery Science Theater 3000 – has released a

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Funspot announces the 11th annual Classic Video game tournament

Funspot announces the 11th annual Classic Video game tournament

Shaggy May 21, 2009 1

We all know that Funspot is one of the coolest arcades on the planet and for the 11th time they are going to hold their big Classic Video Game Tournament. The tourney begins on

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Woman leaves child in car to play unspecified arcade games, gets arrested

Woman leaves child in car to play unspecified arcade games, gets arrested

Shaggy May 21, 2009 0

Gamespy reports that the AP reports on a case where a babysitter left a one year old in the car to play video games at a gas station recently. Gamespy says it was an

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The 1st Sydney Pinball Festival

The 1st Sydney Pinball Festival

Shaggy May 21, 2009 0

Despite the fact that there is only one pinball manufacturer around these days, interest in pinball itself doesn’t seem to be waning, if the number of pinball expos popping up around the world is

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Elevator Action Death Parade gets an official site

Elevator Action Death Parade gets an official site

Shaggy May 21, 2009 0

Taito’s new update of one of their classic properties, Elevator Action: Death Parade isn’t due to hit Japanese arcades until November of this year but they now have a website set up for the

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New arcade releases this week: Nirin and Dance Dance Revolution X

New arcade releases this week: Nirin and Dance Dance Revolution X

Shaggy May 21, 2009 2

My local distributor tells me that two new games are now shipping out to various distributors and thus will be showing up at different locations around the country within the next few weeks. First

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New Dave and Busters opening in Indiana

New Dave and Busters opening in Indiana

Shaggy May 21, 2009 0

The last time we talked about Dave and Busters, earnings were down a little bit for them and we hadn’t heard much about their plans to deal with the economy as it is. This

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Bandai Namco Japan announces Tank! Tank! Tank!

Bandai Namco Japan announces Tank! Tank! Tank!

Shaggy May 17, 2009 0

Another Japanese arcade game which has the potential to hit the overseas market due to it’s content has been announced by Bandai Namco Japan and this time it’s a tank combat game of some

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Forums down

Forums down

Shaggy May 15, 2009 2

Just a quick note here but the forums are down for some reason and I think that they have been for a couple of days. I’m not sure what’s up with them right now

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"Adult arcades" booming in Florida

"Adult arcades" booming in Florida

Shaggy May 15, 2009 10

I’ll apologize in advance for the headline, as when you look into this, it sounds different than what you might think – this has nothing to do with XXX adult arcades, just a type

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Videos from GTI Expo 2009

Videos from GTI Expo 2009

Shaggy May 14, 2009 0

Another arcade trade show has come and gone and with it there are plenty of videos to give us a glimpse of what happened. Quite a few interesting games were at the show, some

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