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Now Open In Monroe, WA: Let’s Play Cafe

Now Open In Monroe, WA: Let’s Play Cafe

December 26, 2014, No Comments on Now Open In Monroe, WA: Let’s Play Cafe

(Thanks to Jon for the tip) This is a story we should have ran in October but I did not hear about it until now. Thus it can be filed under the “Better Late Than Never” category. In October 2014, a new arcade venue opened the doors for customers in Monroe, WA called Let’s »

IAAPA 2014 Mega-Post: The Latest Arcade Games Coming To The West

IAAPA 2014 Mega-Post: The Latest Arcade Games Coming To The West

December 4, 2014, 1 Comment on IAAPA 2014 Mega-Post: The Latest Arcade Games Coming To The West

With this post I can finally breath a sigh of relief as it means that my IAAPA 2014 coverage is wrapped up. The amount of video to edit and comment on was significant this year and with so much media to sift through, it is easy for something to get lost. So here is »

IAAPA 2014: Last Day Wrap-Up With Pinball, Video Games, Videmption and Simulators

IAAPA 2014: Last Day Wrap-Up With Pinball, Video Games, Videmption and Simulators

November 21, 2014, 11 Comments on IAAPA 2014: Last Day Wrap-Up With Pinball, Video Games, Videmption and Simulators

Well that is a wrap on IAAPA 2014 for me – I leave this morning for a slightly colder venue (this week was the coldest I have ever felt in Florida, not that it was truly comparable to Utah) and I had the opportunity to see most everything I needed to see, save a »

Victory Pointe Gaming Lounge Coming to Pittsburgh, PA In December

Victory Pointe Gaming Lounge Coming to Pittsburgh, PA In December

November 17, 2014, 2 Comments on Victory Pointe Gaming Lounge Coming to Pittsburgh, PA In December

While most news this week will focus on IAAPA, there are other news developments taking place such as new arcade venues opening their doors soon. I received this in my email today so I figured it is best to get to it before all my time is spent on editing pictures and video. On »

Countdown to IAAPA 2014: What To Expect

Countdown to IAAPA 2014: What To Expect

November 11, 2014, 1 Comment on Countdown to IAAPA 2014: What To Expect

A week from today, the largest amusement related trade show in the world kicks off and with that, we will get some hands-on time with the latest and greatest developments to come to the out-of-home entertainment sector. On rare occasion something shown at a trade show will not be released but given the amount »

Newsbag: Dog Loves Pinball; Paul’s Video Arcade Move; PvZ Whacker; Zone Dome; NTG# 18

Newsbag: Dog Loves Pinball; Paul’s Video Arcade Move; PvZ Whacker; Zone Dome; NTG# 18

October 4, 2014, 7 Comments on Newsbag: Dog Loves Pinball; Paul’s Video Arcade Move; PvZ Whacker; Zone Dome; NTG# 18

Happy weekend Arcaders! Hopefully with an arcade near you, you can enjoy some great coin-operated entertainment before the workweek starts up again. First item for the newsbag today is a fun video shared by Jersey Jack Pinball of a dog that loves pinball, in particular JJP’s Wizard of Oz Pinball. I’m not sure how »

Replay Amusement Museum Opening In Tarpon Springs, FL In August

Replay Amusement Museum Opening In Tarpon Springs, FL In August

July 30, 2014, 2 Comments on Replay Amusement Museum Opening In Tarpon Springs, FL In August

A lot of new venue/location news lately has been from venues opening in IL but while IL sees a little boom in venues that does not mean that other areas do not have something going on. A new venue is prepping to open its doors in Tarpon Springs, FL which is outside of Tampa. They »

Amusement Expo 2014 Part 2 – Now With Pictures!

Amusement Expo 2014 Part 2 – Now With Pictures!

March 29, 2014, 3 Comments on Amusement Expo 2014 Part 2 – Now With Pictures!

Hot on the heels of Part 1 comes some pictures from the trade show floor thanks to Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report. I didn’t focus on taking pics but video instead while Kevin covered this portion and caught a couple of things I missed. A lot of people at the show asked me »

Amusement Expo 2014 Part 1

Amusement Expo 2014 Part 1

March 28, 2014, 3 Comments on Amusement Expo 2014 Part 1

UPDATE: Part 2 is now live. It’s been a little quiet on the site for the past couple of days, which was due to me being out in Las Vegas for the annual Amusement Expo 2014 trade show. For those who didn’t attend IAAPA, it provided a good hands-on opportunity to check out many »

Pics from the EAG Expo 2014

Pics from the EAG Expo 2014

January 22, 2014, 8 Comments on Pics from the EAG Expo 2014

The first major arcade/amusement industry trade show of the year is now underway in London, UK called EAG Expo. When AH first started the event was called the ATEI Show but the results tend to be the same no matter the name of the event. Here are some pictures from the show, most of »

New Media For Jersey Jack Pinball’s The Hobbit Pinball Game

New Media For Jersey Jack Pinball’s The Hobbit Pinball Game

January 16, 2014, No Comments on New Media For Jersey Jack Pinball’s The Hobbit Pinball Game

The Hobbit films have been a success for MGM and New Line Cinema so far, nearing $1 billion total in earnings with more to go on the 2nd part, The Desolation of Smaug and even more to come when part 3 hits theaters this Summer. Aside from that meaning we’ll probably never see a »

The Arcade Opening In Brighton, MI on Dec. 28th

The Arcade Opening In Brighton, MI on Dec. 28th

December 26, 2013, No Comments on The Arcade Opening In Brighton, MI on Dec. 28th

(Thanks to DJIncompetent on Twitter for the tip!) As the year winds down, we have a new location to talk about. Simply called The Arcade, it is opening in Brighton, Michigan (which is north a short ways from Ann Arbor). As you can see from the logo, it uses a classical font and the »