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Namco Station – London
In the first of, hopefully many, reviews of arcades that I get the chance to visit, I checked out the Namco Station in County Hall on the South Bank in London. This quite
Read More »Rebuilding a Virtual ON
[‘Roboto-chan!’ is a fortnightly column by Ollie Barder which covers videogames that feature robots and the pop-cultural folklore surrounding them. This week’s column covers the foibles of owning an arcade gaming classic, in this
Read More »Slot Machine's Subliminal Messaging!?
Konami is not just renowned for publishing video games. They have a sneaky gambling division as well. And they have been apparently naughty. “On Friday, an Ontario gambling operator shut down 87 Konami
Read More »Sega Releases 'Initial D Arcade Stage 4' in Arcades Around Japan
Tokyo, Feb 27, 2007 (JCN) – Sega announced the release of ‘Initial D Arcade Stage 4,’ the newest version of the popular racing game. In the new version, players will be able to race
Read More »What's new in the Arcades
Well into 2007 and two major amusement shows down, for an industry that is meant to be dead there seems to be a lot of action. The big UK gaming show soon followed
Read More »Movies theaters to become arcades of the future?
Spain’s Yelmo Cineplex company recently splurged on a “Cinegames” setup, converting one of its small theaters into a sizable LAN arena. Inside, some 50 17-inch LCD screens have been bolted to armrests, a gamepad
Read More »Counter Strike for the Arcade
I was completely unaware this exsisted, and I’m assuming it did taken off very well seeing as I’ve never seen one. Anyone know of any sites that have this game, that’s presuming it actually
Read More »Another ATEI round up
The 63rd Amusement Trade Exhibition International (ATEI) was one of the most eagerly anticipated and discussed in recent years. A barometer of the industry health. The London show had a hard act to follow,
Read More »TMNT coming to XBLA
The turtles rumor mill is churning full force today as 360Style.net posted a few leaked TMNT screenshots. But these screenshots are special, because 360Style.net claims that they come from an unannounced XBLA version of
Read More »The Harvest Moon for Lunch anyone?
Spotted this story in the paper this weekend. Basically some kids from a school were going for thier school dinners at the thier local, that’s not the interesting bit though, it’s the name of the pub that caught
Read More »Silent Hill Screenshots
From what I’ve been reading around the the net, this game has been getting a bit of a pasting. What amuses me about this is the fact that a lot of these comments are
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