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The Battle For California
(Photo credit: James Glover II, Ventura County Star) For those who say that arcades have died off because they can’t match competing online with people you don’t see or have never met, I don’t
Read More »Pac-Man makes the obligatory energy drink appearance
Street Fighter got an energy drink recently so why not the other great arcade icon, Pac-Man? Well, I wouldn’t have cared had Pac-Man never been used in marketing energy drinks but since he has,
Read More »DDR:X making an appearance at ATEI 09
The ATEI 09 news continues to trickle in, now with news on Konami’s DDR:X machine. According to the press release, the game is slated for a world-wide release in “Spring/Summer 2009” and include the
Read More »Justice League to be unveiled at ATEI 09
Global VR has announced that they will be showcasing their latest title, Justice League: Heroes United at the upcoming ATEI 2009 show. With the press release they also have included some pictures of the
Read More »Adventureland premiering at the Sundance Film Festival
The one of the several things I can enjoy about the Sundance Film Festival currently going on in Park City Utah is that it’s close by to me. Unfortunately, I missed the last arcade
Read More »City thinks taxing arcades is good idea for their local economy
Kotaku ran a story today discussing a small shop in Hampshire Illinois called Name Your Game where they sold items like clothes and candy and they had a small collection of arcades there which brought in
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Another radio interview for Will Brierly, maker of Get Outta My Face!
Will Brierly, author of the new independent arcade title Get Outta My Face is still making the rounds in getting the word out about the game, via online radio shows. Unfortunately I didn’t find
Read More »Addendum to the ATEI non-trade media policy
We’ve been asked to pass this along as a follow-up to a previous post: “Following some unusual comments regarding attendance to this month’s Amusement Trade Exhibition International (ATEI) in London, we would like to
Read More »A good Pat Lawlor (pinball designer) Interview
Pat Lawlor has been interviewed by Gamasutra and it’s a pretty good interview where he discusses the modern pinball market along with some talk on his old pins like The Addams Family, Funhouse, Family
Read More »A look back at professional gaming and how it got it's start in arcades
The Kansas City News has posted a fairly long and fascinating article about professional gaming and it deals mostly with Twin Galaxies and how the professional gaming circuit initially got it’s start back in
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New products from Betson includes Big Buck Safari Deluxe
Betson Enterprises has sent us along some information on some new products they are now carrying and from the three games listed, they include Big Buck Safari Deluxe, which we saw as early as
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A look at arcade cabinets by Fun Company
When I was looking at some of the pictures we were sent from IAAPA, I noticed that some of the IT cabinets followed a different design than the ‘official pedestal’ cabinet followed. I liked
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