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The Big Buck Bowl
As I mentioned in the last post, I went to my distributor today to talk about games and some options and one thing we talked about was Big Buck Hunter Online. I did have a chance to play this online a few weeks ago and I automatically saw the appeal – where the game »
IGS revealing new games at GTI '08, will being releasing games in Latin America.
When I went to ASI I was hoping to see something new from American Alpha, the US wing of the Taiwan-based company, IGS. IGS has a particular flare for releasing games with 2D graphics and has some cool games that I would love to see officially released in the US such as Oriental Legend »
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 we’ll be hearing about it for a little while longer where it will die down until the next violent event »
Poll: What do you like to use to pay for your game?
I’m going to try a new poll feature out here, via gfxpoll.com. Other polls I’ve tried have been through SurveyMonkey but I’ve been wanting something that you can embed into the site, so here it goes. Just click on the link below for your preferred choice and it should show up on the graphic »
Big Buck Hunter Media Event
[Via The Stinger Report and Betson] About a week and a half ago, Betson held a media event in New York City they called the “New York Media Night” where they showcased the new Raw Thrills/Play Mechanix game Big Buck Safari and the latest version of BBHPro Online. Writers from AOL, CNet and the »
Reproducing arcade artwork
One of the coolest aspects of arcade games is the artwork that companies commissioned to be made to decorate each cabinet. The better the artwork was, the more attractive the cabinet became. This was especially prominent with companies like Atari and Cinematronics who would hire comic book artists to draw the art, making it »
Missing in Action – Adventure/RPGs
Missing In Action is an editorial series that looks at different genres of games that have been a part of the arcade scene in the past but in recent times have fallen by the wayside in favor of popular genres like racers, dancing games, light-gun shooters, etc. We have previously looked at Space Combat, puzzles, »
Betson Open House proves successful in bringing attention to new games
[Via Betson Enterprises] US Distributor Betson recently held an open house at their headquarters in Carlstadt, NJ and from their press release, it looks like it was a success. I think it’s a good idea for distributors to hold events like this from time to time – I know that some distributors allow the »
Sega's Rambo on location test in Japan
I hadn’t heard anything about this one prior to today, but Kobayan reports that Sega has a new lightgun shooter out on test in Japan at the moment. Rambo is obviously based on the film series starring Sylvester Stallone, and is Sega’s first attempt at taking the license to the arcade (the company previously »
The Fast & The Furious Tokyo Drift Conversion Kit Officially released
At ASI it was confirmed that Raw Thrills’ would release a conversion kit for their racer Tokyo Drift and now we have the official word that the kits are now available. As we have stated before, the kits will go for a little over $2000 (price depends on the distributor but expect between $2200 »
Distributors or direct, a Stinger Report special
We are at an interesting crossroads in the arcade industry at the moment. The argument about the role of the distributor in the industry is nothing new, as proof Play Meter Magazine asked operators the question of if they would prefer to go completely direct or not a couple of years ago when gathering »
Shaggy's Review – Sea Wolf by Coastal Amusements
I am going to try and review all the games I had a chance to play at ASI over the next few weeks – just as long as I can find the time to write all of my thoughts down. This week we’ll start off easy with Sea Wolf and go from there. ————————————————————————————— »
