Location Watch October 2025: New Arcades Open Their Doors Worldwide
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Pac-Man – The Real Story
[Via Kotaku] You have to love it when a T-Shirt design turns into a narrative for what really is going on in Pac-Man’s world. Innocent little guy being chased by ghosts in a maze?
Read More »First images of my arcade location in West Valley City UT, The Game Grid Arcade
UPDATE: I have since had to move from this location, to another, to yet another. Still in the same mall (Valley Fair which is outside Salt Lake City) but much larger location that the
Read More »Starting your own arcade (Part 2)
(Click here for Part 1) I haven’t had a lot of time to get to the second part of the Starting your own arcade discussion but I sat down this morning and put my
Read More »More details on video game violence from Greater Good Magazine
Today I’ve heard a lot about GTAIV and people bringing up the subject again of violence in games and is it healthy or not and if games should be banned. I have a feeling
Read More »Continuing on my quest to open an arcade – tomorrow could be it
If you read this site regularly then you know that I am trying to open my own arcade. You know that I have been trying to get into a strip mall owned by Sears
Read More »A visit to a warehouse loaded with games
As I mentioned just a few posts ago, I had the chance to go and check out a warehouse full of games today. I am kicking myself however as I forgot to bring my
Read More »SNES Super Mario Kart on the Force Dynamics 301
While Mario Kart GP marked the arrival of Nintendo’s popular franchise game to the arcade, I honestly have only seen a cabinet once – which was at ASI and it was a GP2 cab.
Read More »Northwest Pinball and Gameroom Show 2008
Say what you will about pinball, it’s impressive to see so many annual events dedicated to the game despite the fact that it does not have the same power in the market that it
Read More »Vega and M. Bison return in SFIV
[Via AM.Net and Famitsu] It looks like the SFIV character roster continues to expand and with it come some characters that might be an old favorite (or not). In pictures revealed by Famitsu, we
Read More »Panel on violent video games next week
A little while back we had a brief discussion on violent video games along with a look at some new research where it was suggested that the effects of violent video games may not
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