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City thinks taxing arcades is good idea for their local economy

City thinks taxing arcades is good idea for their local economy

Shaggy January 17, 2009 0

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!

Another radio interview for Will Brierly, maker of Get Outta My Face!

Shaggy January 15, 2009 4

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

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Addendum to the ATEI non-trade media policy

Addendum to the ATEI non-trade media policy

Shaggy January 15, 2009 10

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

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A good Pat Lawlor (pinball designer) Interview

A good Pat Lawlor (pinball designer) Interview

Shaggy January 15, 2009 2

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

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A look back at professional gaming and how it got it's start in arcades

A look back at professional gaming and how it got it's start in arcades

Shaggy January 14, 2009 0

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

New products from Betson includes Big Buck Safari Deluxe

Shaggy January 14, 2009 0

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

A look at arcade cabinets by Fun Company

Shaggy January 14, 2009 3

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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Arc System Works interview (with talk about BlazBlue, Battle Fantasia, Guilty Gear, SFIV and more)

Arc System Works interview (with talk about BlazBlue, Battle Fantasia, Guilty Gear, SFIV and more)

Shaggy January 14, 2009 1

In case you are a junkie for 2D fighters then Gamasutra has got the interview for you. They sat down and talked with four guys at Arc System Works in Japan, Daisuke Ishiwatari (Guilty

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Golden Tee joins the US Navy

Golden Tee joins the US Navy

Shaggy January 13, 2009 1

Here is some interesting and good news out of Incredible Technologies. They have supplied a Golden Tee 2009 game to the USS John C. Stennis, a Nimitz-class nuclear powered US Navy supercarrier. I’ve know

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ATEI 09 News – Registration changes for Consumer Media

ATEI 09 News – Registration changes for Consumer Media

Shaggy January 13, 2009 4

Listen up those of you who are planning on attending ATEI in a couple of weeks.  With high interest in the event, the organizers have put a trade-only policy into effect. They also have

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