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Tekken 6 on US location via The Stinger Report
(Click on the thumbnails to enlarge) I had mentioned in my ASI reports that I had the opportunity to meet up with Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report during the show and after discussing
Read More »Peter Hirschberg interviews Tron cabinet designer George Gomez
If you’re a fan of classic arcade gaming you should find this interesting. Peter Hirschberg, the owner of the famous Luna City Arcade which is perhaps the finest home collection of arcades we’ve ever
Read More »Starting an arcade of your own (Part 1)
While I have been working on getting my own arcade started I have dealt with the problem where it is difficult to come by useful information on arcade business statistics. I know that many
Read More »"House Rules" carved in wood by Melissa Jones
A couple of weeks ago we had a post about the amazing wood work done by Melissa Jones where she was creating pieces of arcade character art in wood. Her latest project is taking
Read More »Brief 'my arcade' update and a new arcade blog
It’s time for a brief update on my arcade and I hate to say that almost nothing has happened since my last post. It’s really infuriated me – I was told to expect signing
Read More »Upcoming game from Namco – AFREC!
[Via Oga in Japan] While Namco had hinted at some interesting developments going on for their arcade division, they didn’t specify what it was that they were working on and honestly I didn’t expect
Read More »Continuing on the violent games debate…
A little while ago I brought up the always fun debate about violent video games in a post briefly discussing some laws that were being looked at by certain local governments in the US
Read More »A look at Eugene Jarvis' work, past and present
In the arcade world it’s hard to miss mega-hits like Defender, Robotron 2048, Smash TV, and Crusin’ USA and while many designers of classic arcade games have moved on to different things, the designer
Read More »Some news from games in Japan
A bit of Japan news here (which as always we must keep in mind that something here may or may not show up outside of Japan although we always hope that it will), first
Read More »Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 3 poster for charity
It’s always nice to see something arcade-related to go up for a good charitable cause, in this case a limited edition poster for the Namco racer, Maximum Tune 3 that is signed by the
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